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TrailFit Review: Casio Pathfinder PAW1300 Series
Posted May 23rd, 2007 at 10:45 AM by Paul Petersen
Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces., Product Reviews
It is essential to track and monitor your body’s performance and response, as well as the surrounding elements to which you are exposed, whenever you are participating in outdoor activities such as trail running, hiking, back- packing and fastpacking. GPS technology provides information such as speed, altitude, and bearing, but often requires athletes to carry yet another device and is generally incapable of providing weather-related information.
Casio has introduced the Pathfinder Series as a way to disseminate vital information to trekkers using the low-profile and convenient platform of a wristwatch. I recently had the pleasure of exploring the 3V model of Casio’s Pathfinder PAW1300 Series and tested it on several types of training runs and within various environments.
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Casio G-Shock GW-800: Finally … a positive sports watch experience
Posted April 19th, 2007 at 3:05 PM by Paul Petersen
Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces., Product Reviews
I am often surprised at just how flimsy and breakable many of my expensive sports watches turn out to be. Too often these gadgets, which are high-tech in functionality, literally fall apart (usually from the band breaking). And if the body of the watch actually withstands the punishment I dish out, the battery inevitably dies a premature death. These past experiences have made me - admittedly - a bit cynical when it comes to sports watches.
However, this all changed when I had the opportunity to try the GW-800 1V model of Casio’s G-Shock watch series.
At first glance it appears to be a normal sports watch, and it many ways - it is. Its core modes include date/time, world time, stopwatch, countdown timer, back-light, and alarm. But there are several “special” features that separate it from it’s peers:
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The Final Sprint
On December 3, 2008
Larry Eder said:
Adam, Great service to the sport, your interviews of Dee, Bob and Stephanie. We will link them to...