COROS PACE 2

Is it Stryd compatible?

yeah, but has power in the watch on YOUR WRIST!

I don't know much about power meters for runners. Can you please explain exactly why this is beneficial?

I like the look of the watch and the size. Much better than the sh*t design that Garmin has in their lowest-end units. Those things are either ugly or way too big for smaller sized wrists (or both).

Wrist based power relies on GPS speed and elevation changes, which will be slower to respond compared to a foot pod.

However, Stryd will now be compatible with all Coros watches beside the original pace.

I'm looking into this watch now. Seems to nail the basics better than garmin has. Accuracy, long battery life, lightweight and a good screen. Anyone have any real world experience with this watch?

Does anybody know if they plan to add a music feature? My garmin vivoactive 3 is trash and inaccurate, would switch to coros if they added offline music

Coros Pace 2:

Has a dial on the side for moving between selections which isn't great

Made by some Chinese company, Garmin is American owned

The UX is a bit trash I hear

Power meters for running do not MEASURE power, they ESTIMATE it. Big difference as compared to power meters for cycling which MEASURE power on the pedals.

Power is meh. But this watch features a really cool mode for track running that will adjust the gps track and measurement to accurately represent the path/distance for the track. In other words, it will measure 400m exactly for each lap on the track which is pretty awesome. It would be cool if other companies would follow up with this feature as well.

I have not used the watch but I think I would prefer to have buttons like the garmins over the rotating dial button. But I admittedly have not tried it and cannot be 100% certain.

I have one. I like it. Very light and great battery life. It hasn't generated any crazy GPS tracks like all my previous Garmins did once or twice a year. I'd prefer buttons over the dial but I don't do a lot of clicking when I'm running so I'm ok with that. Wrist based HR seems about like my old Fenix 3.. mostly accurate but random enough to piss me off. I only use the HR when I'm not running.

I have one too. It's better than any other watch that you can get new for $200.

Does it have a workout mode like most Garmin do?

After some searching it appears that Garmin now has a "Track Run" app on the 245, 745 and 945. I will have to head to the track to calibrate it and see how well it works. How could they have not made this more well known. I had no idea this was even a thing.

TBoonePickens wrote:

Power is meh. But this watch features a really cool mode for track running that will adjust the gps track and measurement to accurately represent the path/distance for the track. In other words, it will measure 400m exactly for each lap on the track which is pretty awesome. It would be cool if other companies would follow up with this feature as well.

I have not used the watch but I think I would prefer to have buttons like the garmins over the rotating dial button. But I admittedly have not tried it and cannot be 100% certain.

Garmin just added this feature to their watches.

interesting idea wrote:

TBoonePickens wrote:

Power is meh. But this watch features a really cool mode for track running that will adjust the gps track and measurement to accurately represent the path/distance for the track. In other words, it will measure 400m exactly for each lap on the track which is pretty awesome. It would be cool if other companies would follow up with this feature as well.

I have not used the watch but I think I would prefer to have buttons like the garmins over the rotating dial button. But I admittedly have not tried it and cannot be 100% certain.

Garmin just added this feature to their watches.

Yes, I just found this with much searching. Why was this not more publicized? This should be all over the net and I can find hardly anything about it.

Think of it as grade adjusted pace in real time. It's less important for runners than for cyclists because we do workouts on the track where pace correlates almost perfectly with energy use.

Garmin's recent stuff is just fine. The Vivoactive 4/4x/Venu are all small and pretty attractive. They aren't tri watches, but for a runner, they're just as good.

Wrist-based power relies on accelerometers in the watch, which respond instantly to pace changes. DC Rainmaker tested it as almost identical to Stryd. Almost every GPS watch today uses accelerometers to add instant pace sensitivity.

It doesn't have the necessary hardware, and it's not really feasible for Coros anyway. They need to be big enough players that they can negotiate with the streaming providers. Theoretically, they could make a watch that lets you load your MP3 library, but that's a pretty outdated way to listen to music, so there's probably not much interest.

There isn't a clear difference between measuring and estimating. Bike power meters have strain gauges, which estimate your power output, but it's not perfect. Pedaling technique, where the power meter is located (pedals, hub, crank) can all change the numbers, even if power output is constant.

help me break 16 wrote:

Coros Pace 2:

Made by some Chinese company, Garmin is American owned

You do realize that Garmin watches are....made in China right? How about that while Garmin's HQ is American based (Kansas), they are actually incorporated in Switzerland?

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

help me break 16 wrote:

Coros Pace 2:

Made by some Chinese company, Garmin is American owned

You do realize that Garmin watches are....made in China right?

Well, Taiwan, not Mainland, but good point.

My main concern with Coros is, what happens if they go under? Could you still upload runs if they stop maintaining the app?

Ho Hum wrote:

My main concern with Coros is, what happens if they go under? Could you still upload runs if they stop maintaining the app?

Good point. No idea on if you could upload but I'm guessing not.

They did just sign Kipchoge to a sponsorship and given they are a Chinese company, they are probably being bankrolled by the Chinese government to compete with/take down Garmin in the GPS running watch realm, so I wouldn't really worry about them going anywhere.

I'm really only interested in having a lightweight watch that gets the best gps, great battery life and can sync to strava easily. Seems that Garmin has been adding all these crazy features and analytics, but the gps has gotten worse. I say this coming from a 630 to a 645. The 630 was pretty great with accuracy and battery was good. 645 has been terrible on accuracy .