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 On: 2006-07-17
"Ive become addicted to the t6 for all my running workouts. The heart-rate monitor keeps my recovery runs recovery runs. My tempo runs tempo runs. And the darn thing wont let me slack off during my interval workouts. The biggest surprise has been the foot pod. Its accurate on and off the roads. It doesnt just measure foot stride but has a couple of acceleration sensors so measures distance very accurately. Even on the trails when your stride length changes constantly. The most addictive part is downloading the data and seeing your run in graphical form. The t6 has helped me get the most out of each run."
Hardware seems like an incremental improvement over Polar. The watch is smaller, lighter, and nice to look at. Footpod is better: smaller and lighter, and battery lasts three times as long. Bike pod and PC interface are fine. ANT wireless interface (coded footpod and bike pod) is excellent. All the hardware plays together very well.
Watch software and button logic is somewhat confusing at first. The Suunto PC Software does not have as many features as the S625X yet. Feature set in the watch is not as robust as Polar - I miss exercise sets, multiple zones, pace zones, uploading a week of my training plan, etc. But still a great system - especially for a user that wouldnt normally use all those extra features anyway.
Buy this watch if: You need coded footpod or bikepod (if you often run/bike in a group, and the rest of the group uses Polar S625X or RS200sd). Also, if a better looking watch is important, this is a good choice.
 On: 2005-09-06
I would have to say that I am satisfied with the T6 so far. I still need to calibrate my foot pod, first time I ran it showed me running sub 5 minute miles. But the watch is doing all that it says.
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