COROS PACE 3 GPS Sport Watch –Lightweight, Comfortable Running Watch, 17-Day Battery Life, Accurate GPS, Heart Rate Monitor, Navigation, Sleep Tracking, Training Plan, Run, Bike, and Ski- Black Nylon

Long story short: I am really really happy with this product. A few things I'd change. --I am running my first ever half marathon this coming April. I have about 5-6 years experience with running but have never done more to track my runs than use my stopwatch on the timer app and Google Maps, both on my phone. Prior to my training for the half, I knew I needed something more reliable, more responsible, and more accurate than just my phone. I did my research and talked to my friends and family who are runners about the type of exercise watch I should buy that is accurate and benefits my training and how to change and help myself. Of course I saw Garmin, Apple, Samsung, and other massively known brands, but I was reading similar negative things about each of them. Their accuracy. That is when I landed on the Coros Pace 3.Everything you need to know about your running is here. Using the watch, choose what workout you are doing, and that is it. The watch does everything for you. Once you have completed the workout, go to the app. Now is when the real magic happens. It shows you your times (Activity Time, Avg. Pace, Avg. Effort Pace, Best Mile, Avg. Heart Rate, Calories, Elev. Gain, Running Performance, Training Load) in the first section. This is the best way to quickly understand your ultimate time and how much you are pushing yourself.This watch will tell you how a run impacts your Aerboic TE (how your body improves physically while training). I will say, some of the verbiage used is a little above my knowledge. So, it may take some time to research each section so that you know what each means and how you can work from it and continue to progress. It tells you your Cadence, Running Power, Stride Length, and more.When you're not running, and want to use it as a typical watch, there are hundreds of watch faces to choose from. It took me about 2 weeks of playing around with different ones to find the one that I loved, which I have now been using for the last 4 months. On the face it tells you time, BPM, calories burned, activity time, steps, elevation, date (mm/dd/year), and battery life.Battery Life: IT IS INSANE!! On 2%, it takes about 40-50 minutes to charge to 100%. On 100%, using it for a workout 4 times/week, the battery lasts for up to 10 days. When not working out during the week, it can last up to 2 weeks. It is crazy. Probably one of the best things I like about the watch.WHAT I WOULD CHANGE:The interface. The notifications I get from my phone pop up on my watch and the text seems like what I would get on my Blackberry in 2010. It gets the job done, but the notification text could use a change.Screen. It is a little dim at times. You can not change the brightness of the watch. When in a dark area, it will go black, but if you're in a dim-light area, it will still be on, but very hard to see. You have to click one of the buttons to unlock it and is then better to see. That's just me.Music. You cannot use Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, or Soundcloud on your watch. You have to download an MP3 of a song and put it on the file when plugged into your computer. It is a pain, but I figured out how to do it and stick to 3 1-hr playlists each time.That's it.I will say the accuracy of the BPM, Stress Levels, Steps, and Calories Burned is immaculate. I have tested this while using certified machinery to track these levels, and the watch has been 1-2 points around what the test is showing.This has been a lot, but I hope it helps. Overall it is very accurate, benefits me and what I was looking for in a watch. The pros DEFINITELY outweigh the cons.

I personally like this watch so much better than the Garmen Forerunner. The battery lasts longer and the display isn't so intrusively bright. Actually it works exceptionally well in the sunlight which is mostly when I'm using it on my hikes. But I've used it on Hikes and kayaking trips and mountain biking trips. I abuse this watch and it's very durable. I prefer the vinyl band over this rubber one. My husband has the Garmin and I make fun of him all the time. LOL I adore the accuracy from the GPS on this watch. Especially when I'm far out in the boonies and I want it to be accurate. And when I'm out that far I don't want to have to be charging it! I also love that I can customize the watch face to the coolest hike and show that off. At black Friday I got a free bag with it. :)

I started running late last year and was disappointed with my Apple Watch as a running watch, so I decided to give Coros a try. I'm sure glad I did. I love this watch. It's inexpensive but solid. I find it easy to use, easy to read and I like the breadth of metrics it tracks, even if I don't use all of them. The Coros TrainingHub website is also well thought out, a pure delight to navigate. No buyer's remorse here. Good experience all around.

I've been a fitbit and Apple Watch user for MANY years. The fitbit just didn't work for me for features I wanted as I had started to do a lot of biking and running and I wasn't able to easily see the features I wanted at a glance. After a bunch of research, I found this watch to be highly accurate, clear to see in daylight and indoors in moderate lighting. I had a 10k coming up.... my first and the Pace 3 wasn't out yet and wasn't going to arrive in time, so I decided to try the Pace 2. The user interface is nearly identical to the Pace 2 as I found out later. But the Pace 2 screen is not nearly as easy to read under low light conditions. It's not quality, but rather a different screen tech that just doesn't work great in daylight as much as I wanted. Also, when I ran through tall building areas, it completely lost my pace. It would show a pace many minutes different than what I felt I was running at. The Pace 3 doesn't have this much of a problem as it uses multiple GPS channels to compensate. I returned the Pace 2 and went with the Pace 3.Here are my pro's and cons about this watch.Pro's1) Accurate heart rate better than fitbit, but not as good as Apple watch. (using polar H10 chest strap) as comparison2) GPS routes work well on run and bike. Works much better than Pace 2.3) The price can't be ignored for what you get compared to Garmin, Polar, Fitbit, Polar. It's too good a price.4) Love the nylon strap. I work on a laptop all day and the silicon strap buckle part digs into my wrist for nearly any watch and makes me constantly taking it off in serious work moments. The Apple watch and this nylon straps don't have that problem for me. Also the strap is really comfortable.5) Some say the watch lightness makes it feel cheap. I can see how that would be felt. But after multiple hits on the bars and hard bumps on the site of weight machines only to see the watch with no scratches or bumps, I don't think you'll see a problem with the sturdiness like I have. also, the plastic manufacturing makes the watch feel unusually light for a sports watch. Love that.6) Customizable screens to show heart rate, pace, total time, and other stuff for more or less of what you want to see for each sport. For biking I like to see elevation and time and heart rate. For running, heart rate, pace and total time are the keys for me and choosing more stats or less makes the numbers bigger or smaller depending on what you want to fit. Perfect for me and a feature competitive with other sports watches of much higher price points. Fitbit and Apple just suck at this customizable optionality.7) The phone app is really well done to show recovery, heart rate, work out details and syncs well with the watch.8) Allows for multiple bluetooth connections. I use a polar h10 chest strap heart rate monitor and the watch connects well and will therefore have the Polar H10 heart rate override the heart rate. I use the Polar over the Coros heart rate just because I want the most accurate heart rate. No watch in the industry can compete with the chest strap. For casual runs or bike rides, I depend solely on the Coros alone. For high intensity instant reaction.. I'm just picky and prefer the best. Having said that, I would put the Coros at a 9 out of 10 on accuracy. So I'm not overlooking the Coros at all for the heart rate reliability on accuracy.9) The battery life is hella good. 1 week to 1 1/2 weeks with no need to charge is great. Compare that to the Apple watch 1 1/2 - 2 day need to recharge.Con1) the music part as advertised is bologne. You have to literally copy the MP3's to the watch like it's USB stick. No spotify, apple music or etc connection capability at all.2) Temperature for the watch is only for swimming. I does not record body temperature. So you'll only get external water temp for the feature.3) No HRV. Have to get the next tier Coros watch for that. I never used it.. but it does bug me a bit not to have it. And the Coros App has the feature showing on the phone as a blank section which always nags me a bit that I don't have that data. There is a clear statement that HRV is available with the watch.4) the app has this running fitness section that shows predicted time your current performance would forecast for 5k to marathon pacing. But it only updates it with outdoor running and no treadmill running. That's a bummer.Overall, this watch doesn't have glaring cons. If I had more money, I would have gone up a level. But truthfully that would have perhaps got me HRV, longer battery life and better screen. But I'm happy with the Pace 3 screen and battery life. So. Unless I have a lot of extra cash or get the better coros as a gift. I'm loving this watch.Honestly, I'm so blown away by sports watches for athletes. I had only known fitbit features and this Coros like Garmin just blows away what I experienced for features in the fitbit lifestyle type watches. Sports watches are worth it for athletes or people doing regular workouts and make serious efforts to track progress.{Dec 10 2023} UpdateStill love the watch. Here are some lessoned learned about the watch though.1) The web browser use has a calendar activity area to pre-plan workouts which initially seemed great. You get reminders and planned forecast of fit level for doing this. But it has some issues in this feature that force me to no longer use it. #1: if you go longer or shorter than planned on a treadmill workout, it won't recalibrate the mileage or allow you to recalibrate distance. What I mean is it won't let you manually adjust treadmill distance with what it says onto the watch for minor adjustment. If you do a manual workout, it will let you adjust.2) I enjoy the stickman graphic on the phone app to show me recovery and showing me how recovered I am.3) The battery life continues to amaze me. I like the warnings it gives me when battery is running low.4) The case continues to show it's resiliance. I've banged it so many times and I don't see a scratch.5) I find the screen easy to read indoor and outdoor at all times of the day. And I require reading glasses. There are 65-70% of the watch faces I can't use cuz the font is too damn small as I don't have the glasses. There are so many watch faces to chose from. Love that.6) I use the fabric band and I never take it off in shower, jacuzzi or bath. It dries rather quickly and doesn't bother me.{Dec 22, 2023 Update}Recent firmware update did the following1) Added HRV which nullifies my comments earlier. Great news.2) Removed the annoying lock symbol smack in the middle of the screen that would show every time you want to look at the time. They moved it out of the way and to the side. Good work Coros.3) Added weather forecast.Still loving the watch.Coros, if you're reading this. Please add the ability to have the Coros app show live HR on the Coros app so that it can show while I have the Coros app running front and center on my phone while on the treadmlll. Fitbit, Polar, Garmin all do that.. why not yours? Also, add the ability to control how long the watch fades to lower brightness after first glancing the watch. For those of us that are older that need reading glasses... the fonts are just too small on 85% of the watchface options.