Garmin 110 vs Nike Sportwatch

I had the 110, awesome simple watch. The material eventually ripped after 9 months making it useless. I currently own the Nike watch and it sucks. It takes FOREVER to get a signal and the footpod is crazy off.

I have the sportwatch and I love it. I never even need to use the footpod.

I plug my watch in daily, it's constantly getting GPS updates and firmware updates from Nike. The Nike website is very good. I've heard that it's getting a major update in June....

Ran 13 today on a marked road loop it was nearly perfect.

I've never had a GPS device that works well in the woods or on "real" trails. However, the Nike watch is as good or better than any other product at the $200 price point.

If you're going to get a Garmin 110, get a 210. Don't be a retard. The 110 is for big-box market and lacks proper lap functionality, as well as the interval feature of the 210. Plus, if you get the heart rate version you get a shitty hard strap rather than the comfier new soft ones.

Also, the Nike watch also lacks decent lap functionality AND has the worst accuracy of any unit from the current generation from any brand.

Actually, the Nike+ SportWatch has the highest degree of accuracy of all major GPS wrist based devices. It out preforms the Garmin 210 & 610, and the Motorola Motoactv in distance accuracy, instantaneous pace, and time to first fix.

The Nike+ was horribly inaccurate the one time I used it. My one experience with it was when a friend brought it along for what we mapped out as 20 miles. According to the trail and road maps, our distance was exactly 20 miles. According to the Nike+, it was 4.5. If it said 19.x or 20.x, I could see it being moderately useful, but, at least for that one run, it was completely worthless.

Another vote for the 210, mostly because it not only offers more options but also looks better.

210.

I have a Garmin 110 and I really like it. I've had it for about 8 months now and it works fine. I've never tried the newer versions, but I'm happy with my 110.

I use the Nike Sportwatch coaching my athletes, running with them, and doing training runs for my marathon.

There were instances of error, but that was last May. In June they asked me to send my old Sportwatch back. I received a brand new watch a week later, with updated firmware. Ever since it has been incredibly precise.

Since Nike essentially is keeping TomTom alive with this contract, the GPS can be nothing less than perfect. Nike expects to make huge gains on the Garmin products, and surely is with name recognition. Plus, I do not think that the maps feature that is available when you plug the USB into your computer on the Nike watch is similar to Garmins. It is a much higher quality.

It provides perfect split and lap counting too. Training sub 2:00 minute HS 800 runners is no small feat, and it helps a lot, especially running with them. The lap can be noted with the flick of the wrist, or a tap of the screen.

It is a superior product, stylistically cooler, and ultimately will out live the Garmin.

onlyNikeforme wrote:

The Nike website is very good.

Unless your sole criteria for is "pretty" and "slick animations" then the Nike website is very good.

If you value other criteria like reliability, responsiveness, or actually conveying any useful information as in putting freaking labels on data graphs, then Nike has potentially the biggest piece of crap website of all time.

I would go with the Garmin simply to avoid this abomination.

Citizen Runner wrote:

If your sole criteria for is "pretty" and "slick animations" then the Nike website is very good.

There are good in depth product reviews for various GPS enable watches here: