I have been running with my new Nike+ SportWatch GPS powered by Tom Tom for about a month now. All in all glad I got it!
Now this is my first GPS watch. I had a short time with the NIKE+ Sportsband before make the big switch. The sportsband for me I just couldn't get to give me an accurate in run pace even after a few bouts of calibration. I will say it did hold its value when I re-sold on ebay.
For starters it was very easy to setup and link to my existing Nike+ account that I've add since 2006. The account has been me used Ipod nano to Iphone to Iphone GPS app to sportsband to Nike + GPS. Which is my biggest reason for sticking with Nike over Garmin.
Here are a few of my Pros & Cons:
Pros:
- Fits well and not to bulky
- Nike + web interface and account
- Cool color
- unique haven't seen any runners wearing yet
- battery life is good (if you remeber to charge it)
Cons:
- Syncing:
- Can't get a consistant sync connection. Sometimes it works sometimes it complains and just shuts down
- During sync it always is update GPS which takes a bit
- I have a workout it won't sync but is still on watch
- If my wrist were bigger i'd have issues as i am on second to last wrung
- No ability to add bike module. Which works for me but not for those triathletes
- when doing labs you really have to whack its face pretty good to manual mark lap
- Takes a good 2 mins before GPS is synced. Its fine for me as long as i walk abit and have it ready and paused before a race.
- GPS mapping is a bit off, though its getting better.