( 12 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 13 2009
My first watch worked for a while, and then the indiglo stopped working, which makes it useless after dark. I returned that for a replacement, in which the indiglo again stopped working, and the interval timer began "stalling": rather than a steady 5 seconds of beeping the beeping became erratic and sometimes would halt, stopping the chrono along with it. I called timex and am now on my third watch. The indiglo still works so far, but the interval timer has already begun beeping erratically again. The GPS is hit-or-miss; it often loses the signal under trees or on cloudy days, and the algorithm the watch uses to calculate distance can't handle weak signals. Another annoying feature is that you have to dig through multiple menu screens to activate "night mode," rather than just holding the indiglo button like on other timex models.
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Posted: Jun 1 2009
I found the Ironman T5F011 to work as suggested. Even though I run an area with tall trees the GPS held signal almost all of the time. Accuracy (GPS) was within acceptable parameters with the heart monitor spot on. My guess is if there is trouble it is because it takes several readings of the manual and trials to understand how to configure the watch. However, once you understand it, it works great.
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Posted: Apr 5 2009
This watch was everything I thought it would be and continues to wow me with the features... I've only had it for 5 days and it is so feature rich that I still do not have all of it figured out. DO NOT LISTEN to the issues with the GPS. This synced FLAWLESSLY in a little over 2 minutes on 4 different occassions. I never had any issues with losing the signal or anything. I took it for a long bike ride in very woody and covered roads and still didn't have any issues. The distance is right on the mark with the Bike computer that I have so I'm impressed with the accuracy. My advice is to "read the instructions" and forget about the negative ratings. I almost didn't buy it just because of the negative ratings and I'm glad that I listened to myself and bought it anyway. I tested the Polar version and wasn't too impressed especially with the ridiculous price. Save yourself some money and buy the Timex.
