We figured that would be enough power for the half marathon with the GPS, so we didn’t charge it overnight. The evening before the event the next morning, the watch battery was about 60 per cent charged. The watch was used a second time during a 21km run, or half marathon. So we pushed the button to the right to start the clock and set off.ĭuring the run, the display was easy to read and as expected, the distance, average pace and time seemed accurate on a course that we have been running almost every week for a few years. On this occasion, the watch took about 30 seconds before the word 'Go' appeared in the middle of its monochrome LCD display, indicating the GPS was ready. It's always good to give a GPS watch at least two or three minutes to find the GPS satellites before setting off on a run.
The TomTom Multi-Sport was first tested during an 11km run along bush trails, 50km outside of the Sydney CBD.
Read more: TomTom Runner Cardio GPS watch Good performance, average battery life 'Goal' mode allows the runner to set a distance, time or calorie goal before running and view their progress while the ‘zone’ feature allows the user to set a target pace for pace or heart rate and view how they are going throughout a run. The 'race' option in the training folder is useful as it allows the runner to try and beat a previous time, or select one of five pre-set races on the watch and compete against them. In this mode, pushing up shows activity history and pushing down shows training and display settings. We selected the 'run' option and the watch started searching for GPS satellites. The 'race' option allows the runner to try and beat a previous time. These options are selected by pushing the button up and down. Pushing the button to the right presents four options: run, cycle, swim and treadmill.
Pushing down on the button let's you set the clock, activate the heart rate monitor, view the runner's profile (weight, height, age, gender and language), and change options (kilometres or miles, and backlight for running at night). The large button under the screen makes it very easy to navigate the Multi-Sport's menu. Simply push the button to the left to view the watch status, including battery level, amount of available storage and the 'tick' that indicates TomTom’s QuickGPS technology - claimed to find GPS satellites fast - is operating.
The TomTom Multi-Sport model also ships with a bike mount so the watch face and button can be easily clipped onto the handlebars of a bike. Secondly, the watch face and the button slip out of the watch band as one unit, which is easily slotted into a small cradle and plugged into a USB connection for charging. GPS watches from other manufacturers generally have four buttons (two on each side of the watch) so having a responsive 'one-button control' is useful. /theme_assets/9171351/1181f8f514e03c276d276ca3ecc72ad3819c0bed.Having a responsive 'one-button control' is useful.įirstly, underneath the display there’s a large button, which makes it very easy to navigate the menu before you get moving.
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