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 Great Product Mar 01, 2010
I have owned this system for about 1 year and have never had any problems with it. The unit syncs within a couple of minutes, once I'm outside and I have never had issues with the link being broken. On the rare occasion that the connection is lost (ducking under a shelter for water, for instance), it picks it back up almost immediately. I am running my first marathon in 3 weeks and finished a 21-miler yesterday. The real life pacing information helped me through that run--and will help me stay on target for the marathon. For the money, I would recommend this product. It does what it says and that's good enough for me.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Timex Ironman Oct 03, 2009
When I ordered the Timex Ironman there were only two reviews -both of which were very negative, but I ordered despite that because comparable GPS watches were much more expensive. I have had no problems with either the watch or the GPS. The only reason I did not give it five stars is that you need the instruction book to use all of the features of the system. It is not user friendly, but when instructions are followed, it works as promised.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 This sucks Jul 24, 2009
Ugh. I have been using this watch for over a month and have yet to have it work correctly. I have already had to glue the transmitter piece back together. If I do manage to find a connection I had better be careful not to run within 10 miles of the nearest ground projection or the satellite connection will be broken. Any stray wispy cloud or piece of floating cottonwood can cause the satellite connection to be lost. I love how the literature says it is great for hiking. Maybe above the treeline and cloud cover. So, if you are planning a trip to the top of Mount Everest, this may be the watch for you. Otherwise, save your money and your sanity.
19 of 22 found the following review helpful:
Dot even think about buying it Aug 24, 2008
Hi,
I bought this watch on ebay brand new about three weeks ago (did not even realized it was women's watch).For the record I live in Chicago, US - so I'm sure I have plenty of satellites over my had
Ok here it goes. The manual says it takes about 5 minutes to connect watch to satellite first time or if you move from your location by hundreds of miles - well; it took me over sixty minute to connect first time. The manual say every next time you turn it on it takes about 45seconds -it takes me every time about 15 minutes when I try to connect each day.
Then when I jog this over glorified stop watch disconnects from satellite on average every 60 seconds. And if you happen to be in stopwatch/distance mode it will not beep to let you know that you are disconnected. So you have to look at this dam watch every 15seconds to see if the mileage updates.
Speaking of "dates" the time does not displays correctly ether. It has dual time zones, but one shows correct date but hour is way off and the other shows time with one hour difference but date way off.
They advertise it to be water resistant up to 100 meters - but the manual say: it will not measure distance or speed under water and not to push any buttons because it may leak. I guess thay made it water resistant so then you though it into a lake it will stay there for next generations.
So this morning after running about 3 miles and the watch showing .545 mile I took the receiver and smashed it against the wall -there goes my $155.00.
Do yourself a favor, don't by it
P.S.
I gave it one star only because the system will not let me proceed with the review if I don't pick any stars. But zero stars from me.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Review of Timex Watch with GPS Nov 03, 2006
Good watch, but could never get the GPS to work. Difficult to get
battery in compartment not sure it works.
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