GPS Watch with Stopwatch Function?

i have the FR 25. It's garbage for intervals. For GPS it's fine, but if you want to do intervals and stuff like that, you gotta use your regular running watch. It sucks, i know.

Not sure what all watches can use the apps in the Garmin store but was easily able to add a stopwatch feature. I also added a find my car widget to my girlfriends watch because she is reallllly bond. Both were free...

almostsbs wrote:

Not sure what all watches can use the apps in the Garmin store but was easily able to add a stopwatch feature. I also added a find my car widget to my girlfriends watch because she is reallllly bond. Both were free...

She is? I remember him using that widget on his phone in Tomorrow Never Dies! Worked fantastically well...

almostsbs wrote:

Not sure what all watches can use the apps in the Garmin store but was easily able to add a stopwatch feature. I also added a find my car widget to my girlfriends watch because she is reallllly bond. Both were free...

Any watch that has Garmin IQ (I think FR230 and up?) can add it. The last post was right, the FR10/15/25/35(?) don't have it.

The simple Garmins don't work like that... there are NO apps.

I have the Forerunner 15, which the older version of the 25. Mine doesn't have a stopwatch feature either. Yes, it's annoying as heck. If I would've known that, I would've went for a different model at the time. It was something that I over looked somehow and I didn't realize it until a couple days after buying it.

What happened, was a misread "timer" function as stopwatch. Thinking oh, timer.. same thing as stopwatch. Nope.

Kind of irritating -- a running watch, but no stopwatch??? LOL

When this one starts giving me battery or other issues, then I'll upgrade. For now, I just live with it... yes annoying, but I live with it.

My next watch will have a stopwatch feature for sure.

manualf150 wrote:

Kind of irritating -- a running watch, but no stopwatch??? LOL

Seriously! Legitimately does not make sense. Thank you for the feedback so far everyone.

I forgot to add, one of my HAM radios has a stopwatch function... which makes it even more hilarious. *sigh*

Can't do splits or record intervals, but it took me a while to realize you can use the simple garmins as a simple stopwatch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7x8vP2y80

You have to say 'no' to using the GPS.

That is a timer. Not a stopwatch.

Garmin_Guy wrote:

almostsbs wrote:

Not sure what all watches can use the apps in the Garmin store but was easily able to add a stopwatch feature. I also added a find my car widget to my girlfriends watch because she is reallllly bond. Both were free...

Any watch that has Garmin IQ (I think FR230 and up?) can add it. The last post was right, the FR10/15/25/35(?) don't have it.

The problem is that there are so many of these apps it is hard to find one that really does what you want. I use a Garmin 630 which is a nice light watch I can use all the time. I've found using it with the HR monitor is a good tool to slow me down and avoid overtraining. I wish I could find an app for it that has the features of the Timex Ironman which I still use for interval workouts. I know DC Rainmaker is probably the best resource but I haven't gotten around to fussing with that.