I'm looking to get an apple watch as my next running watch. I am looking to get the GPS + cellular version that way I can use it on runs. But I was wondering if it can map routes on the maps app so if I get lost i can get back since I do not have my phone on me.
Don’t. It’s not a good running watch. You’d miss the most basic feature of any running watch: the confident tactile feedback of a button press among many other things. AW will make you double tap the fancy touch screen, which is a pain, especially in winter but even otherwise.
It does have maps to help navigate back home. But you can’t pre-populate your workout with a trail that you expect to follow if that’s what you expect.
I wear an Apple Watch on one wrist and a Coros Pace 2 on the other. I use the former for music, payments, emergency phone calls, maps etc. and the latter for running. It’s pretty cost-effective and superior in functionality — especially if you live in the Apple ecosystem — than a single watch with all of the combined features.
Agree 100%. It’s not a good running watch. I only use it as my only running watch on very easy days when I need to be reachable by phone. If I am doing a workout and I need cell phone availability, I wear a Garmin 235 for running data and the Apple Watch for other.
Wearing an Apple 8.0 now as part of study. I get to keep the watch at the end of the study, that is the good part. The GPS seems accurate and is helpful. Also in spite of what many say, the heartrate monitor appears to be fairly accurate (at least for me).
Otherwise, IMO the Apple 8.0 is crap as a running watch. I would much rather use my old school Timex Ironman.
thanks for all the feedback, in that case what would be a good option for a garmin watch that can navigate back home? ive been seeing a few with "track back function"s
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