Soleus brand running watches

I have the 10k. It displays the lap time over the cumulative time. There's an option to make the cumulative time take up the whole screen. When you hit the lap button, it resets the lap time but keeps the cumulative going. So to answer that question, yes.

I like mine. I like the larger display. It also looks much more sporty than Timex watches. It works great for what I need it to do.

Thanks. Anybody else have any input on these watches? Reliability, durability, ease of use, functions, battery life/ease of replacement, etc?

Thanks in advance!

Yes, our watches are both reliable as well as durable. You can put them to the test! Simplicity is a big theme of ours so they are very easy to use. Battery life is pretty standard as you would find with any running watch on the market. Depends on the usage. Customer service is great as well as our After Sale Services. If you aren't interested in the GPS, we would recommend the PR or Ultra Sole. Purchases made at www.soleusrunning.com receive FREE shipping as well. Email us at info@soleusrunning.com if you have any other questions for us! Have a good day!

I have a Soleus 131 and I like it except for 1 thing which is only a problem when running intervals at night. There is no way to set the light to come on automatically, unlike the prior generation Nike watches (I was told that Nike sold their watch business to Soleus). You need to hit the set button to turn on the light and it stays on for 3 seconds or so. When splitting an interval, once the light button is pushed, it immediately switches off of the split time back to the current interval/cumulative time view. In the dark there is no way to see what the last interval time was. The only real solution is to hit the light button first and then hit the split button. Kind of a pain to do this but it only really affects me for a few runs per year as I'm mostly doing interval work during daylight.

I've had two, both the 13.1 version. First one lasted about 18 months of heavy use. I'm very happy with the watch, only minor complaint is the exact one the above poster mentioned about night intervals. I work around this the same way as mentioned above.

I bought my girlfriend a Soleus last Christmas; forget which model. She wears it 24/7, other than showering. The battery lasted just over year. Her only complaint has been about the light/interval inconvenience as well. It seems much more durable than the old Nike watches.

Has anyone with these been able to change the battery themself - if it has a clip covering the battery? I couldn't figure out how to pop the clip out myself, and she wound up taking it a jewler to handle.

If you have one of those little screwdrivers (for glasses, etc) you can force the clip off by putting pressure on the metal parts that go down over the battery. You should be able to see that the metal clip pops over two plastic catches on either side. You just have to push the clip off of one side of clips.

If you can do that then it's <$2 to buy the right battery and replace it yourself.

NOTE! Make sure you don't have warranty left (it's an old watch, so I doubt you'd have it) or you void the warranty.