The Suunto running gps POD is the most sought after addition to athletic performance enhancing watches. The GPS POD uses Global Positioning System technology to track and send real-time speed and distance data to your Suunto wrist top computer. This elegant “one button – one mode” POD is ideal for all outdoor athletes who want a constant feed of information regarding their speed and distance. This POD will work for any outdoor sport that covers a distance, from running to cross country or downhill skiing, and back again. It attaches with a durable clip to your arm, belt, or bicycle and is truly the most versatile of Suunto’s PODs. It’s two batteries are user replaceable. The GPS Pod is compatible with the Suunto t3, t4, t6, t3c, t4c, and t6c wristop training computers.
Running GPS Suunto T6c Watch (Fall 2009) – The T6c Heart Rate Monitor by Suunto accurately records how your body performs during exercise, enabling later analysis and planning with Suunto Training Manager. By measuring your exercise load and relating it to your personal fitness level, Suunto t6 tells you if the session improved your condition or not. Features: Time mode: includes functions such as time, date and alarm. In addition to time and date, displays either day, seconds or dual time Alti/Baro mode: displays data on either altitude and related parameters in Alti or weather data such as barometric pressure and temperature Baro Training mode: stopwatch functions, such as lap time and interval time, and heart rate data. Offers control functions as well as logbook Speed/Distance mode: available for use with an external speed and distance sensor. Displays speed and distance information and offers control functions and alarms Heart rate belt uses error-free ANT transmission technology Compatible with following wireless Peripheral Observation Devices (PODs)*) Foot POD, attached to the shoe, measures speed and distance while running gps. Combined with the heart rate data, it gives you all the info you need from your run Bike POD combines speed and distance functions with the detailed heart rate analysis of the Suunto t6, making it one of the most advanced training tools ever developed for biking GPS POD employs the Global Positioning System to track speed and distance PC POD is a wireless USB link for PC. It enables real time heart rate detection with PC directly from the heart rate belt. (Downloading from Suunto t6 still works with cable only.) PC interface software + cable Water resistant to 30 m (100 ft)
Reaching your goals can be tough. It takes the right tools, knowledge, and guidance to improve with each training session. Enter the running gps Watch Suunto t6c heart rate monitor and fitness trainer watch, a professional-grade training tool for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing your workouts. The t6c is equipped with a bundle of valuable features, but none is more valuable than its correspondence with the included Suunto Training Manager PC software, which provides a detailed analysis of seven physiological parameters with an accuracy previously available only in sports laboratories. This analysis breaks down nearly every aspect of your training, so you can make adjustments and train more efficiently in the future.
The t6c also tracks your real-time Training Effect, a quick and accurate measurement of how hard your body is working at any given moment. By knowing your Training Effect, you’ll enjoy a more intimate understanding of your body’s workout “sweet spot,” an essential tidbit if you want to achieve your targets without setting yourself back by under- or over-training. The Training Effect works intuitively: The watch first notes the info from your personal fitness profile, and then analyzes your physiological progress and translates the data into a simple one-to-five scale. For example, if you want to improve your aerobic fitness at a moderate tempo, you should exercise until your TE meter reads between 3.0 and 3.9, two to four times per week. To improve your aerobic condition more rapidly–but without the risk of over-training–you should push yourself harder once or twice per week, so your TE meter reads 4.0 to 4.9, with a few recovery sessions in the TE 1.0 to 2.0 range. The Training Effect is relative to each individual. While a novice runner might achieve a TE of 4.0 on a four-mile jog, a professional runner might have to complete an uphill marathon to get the same reading. In other words, both runners will have to exercise hard to achieve a TE of 4.0.
Suunto Training Manager PC software,
The running GPS watch Suunto t6c includes a couple of additional features that put it above and beyond traditional heart rate monitor watches. For example, the t6c gives you a readout of your excess post-exercise oxygen consumption level (EPOC), letting you measure and adjust your training loads to ensure that your body is safely getting the most from each workout. And users will love the built-in altimeter, which lets you monitor your climbing or hill performance to know how your body will react when training at various altitudes.
Finally, the running GPS Suunto t6c offers interference-free digital ANT transmission, making it easy to pair your heart rate monitor with the included Suunto comfort belt. You can also use this secure connection to monitor your speed, distance, or cadence by pairing your Suunto t6c with an optional Suunto training pod. Training pods are small units that attach to such items as a running shoe or a bike to calculate your speed, distance, and even pedal revolutions per minute while you exercise. Pods are ideal for athletes who aren’t satisfied with half-hearted training efforts, but really want to monitor their training routines down to the last detail.
What I Say
Running GPS watch Suunto t6 heart rate monitor has been designed for everyone who exercises with the goal of improving their fitness and who wants to know how effective their exercise is. Whatever your current fitness level, by using Suunto t6 and its training software you can plan a program that maximizes the effectiveness of your training and enables you to meet your goals.
Suunto t6 provides sports laboratory accurate information on seven key body parameters including EPOC. By understanding how your body responds to exercise, you can better plan your own personal training program and, most importantly, monitor its effectiveness. The technical features of the wristop computer, combined with the PC interface developed for more graphical representation of your performance, and our Internet Community, where you can share information with other like-minded athletes from around the world, make Suunto t6 the device of choice for every true athlete and fitness enthusiast. Foot POD, attached to the shoe, measures speed and distance while running.
Combined with the heart rate data, it gives you all the info you need from your run Bike POD combines speed and distance functions with the detailed heart rate analysis of the Suunto t6, making it one of the most advanced training tools ever developed for biking GPS POD employs the Global Positioning System to track speed and distance PC POD is a wireless USB link for PC. It enables real time heart rate detection with PC directly from the heart rate belt. (Downloading from Suunto t6 still works with cable only.) PC interface software + cable Water resistant to 30 m (100 ft)
Suunto is a top manufacturer of GPS watches, Suunto delivers critical data using twenty-seven satellites and a wide network of powerful computers. It’s easy to keep track of your location and route with a Suunto GPS watch on your wrist. The Suunto X10 allows you to plan your trek at home and upload the route to your watch. Transform your Suunto training watch into a GPS wristop computer with the Suunto GPS POD or Suunto Multisport Pack.
The running gps Watch Suunto X10 and X10 Military watch provides full GPS functionality as well as outdoor essentials like an altimeter, barometer, and compass.
Suunto commemorates 10 years with the Suunto X10. When you’re trekking through a new frontier, adventure racing, biking, fishing, or conducting field operations, the Suunto X10 provides critical decision-making data. With full GPS functionality, including route planning and uploading, as well as outdoor essentials like an altimeter, barometer, and compass, the Suunto X10 wristop computer shows nature who’s boss.
Main Features:
Faster GPS performance than any other Suunto Watch
Top notch GPS tracking in difficult conditions, such as when you’re in a storm or thick jungle
Long battery life and universal USB chargeability
Plan routes on your PC and upload them to your watch
Calculate speed, distance, direction, and time to your next waypoint
Find home
Includes altimeter, barometer, and compass
100 m water resistant
Complete watch functions: calendar, alarm, dual time, and stop watch
National Geographic TOPO! Maps
Running GPS Watch: Go beyond north and south with a GPS watch that knows where you are going and knows how to get you back to base camp. Plan your trek at home and upload the route to the X10. The X10 GPS watch is compatible with National Geographic TOPO! Maps, Google Earth, and Fugawi.
Also included with the X10 and free for download from Suunto.com is the Suunto Track Exporter PC software, which makes route planning and waypoint programming, fast, accurate and simple.
Going where you’ve never gone before? The X10 records your tracks, which you can save or use to find your way home. Found the perfect swimming whole? Mark the coordinates on your watch.
Altimeter Watch: Measure your altitude from the lowest points of Death Valley to the highest peak of Mount Everest. Suunto altimeters measure elevation using air-pressure. An altimeter is useful for a load of outdoor activities, including running, biking, hiking, skiing, or snowboarding.
Barometer Watch: Know when to take shelter from a storm and when to carry on. A barometer measures atmospheric pressure in order to forecast weather.
Compass Watch: Know your direction at all times. The standard version of the X10 uses degrees while the military version uses Mils. Mils spaces the compass to 6400 units, with the value being that one mil delimits one meter at the distance of one kilometer.
What I Say:
Anyone with an adventurous spirit will love the Running GPS Suunto X10. Professionals such as mountain guides, explorers, outdoor professionals, members of the military, and law enforcement officers make critical decisions based on the X10′s information. Avid trekkers, adventure racers, bikers, hunters, and fishermen will find a lot to love in the X10′s GPS, altimeter, barometer, and compass capabilities.
The Suunto X10 Military Watch adds to the already full-featured X10 a red back light and a compass that measures in mils or degrees.
Personal Review:
GPS – after setting it up correctly, it only took about 3 minutes to lock in. (I was also riding in a car)
Barometer/Altimeter – tested against what the weather.com had for my location and the X10 was spot on. (haven’t tried the weather alarm yet)
Compass – works great. Even has degrees in order to be more precise.
Navigation – haven’t used it much, but worked like a charm getting me back to my car.
Activity – This gives you a review of how far you have gone, how fast, how long it has been, etc. I mostly use the distance traveled.
Thermometer – Hmmm… well this thing works great, BUT only if it is off your wrist. It seems your body temperature affects it. I just take it off for a few minutes then it works fine.
This thing has some great little features that I didn’t even think about when I bought it. It has sunrise and sunset time for your last known GPS coordinates. It allows you to track back to the start or end of a route. It records your max altitude. It records your average speed. It has many more features that I haven’t used yet. I am going to buy a solio solar charger to take with me on long trips.
The one thing that I have a problem with is that the map software that comes with the watch is not compatible with a Mac.
