Garmin Running Watch Research Paper
I chose to write about Garmin running watches. Growing up, my whole family was a “running family” so it was only a matter of time before I became a runner too. I will never forget the first day my mom came home with her brand new Garmin watch absolutely RAVING about how it tracked her time, distance, and pace while she runs. Through the years, my family and I have gone through our share of running watches and nothing compares to a Garmin running watch. Especially recently when their new technology introduced a wrist-based heartrate, smart notifications, and activity tracking all in one watch!! The price of the Garmin watches vary depending on the model. You can find a basic watch that just does GPS tracking, time, distance, and pace for a
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These watches gave you the smart notifications right on your wrist via Bluetooth to your smart phone. It also combined the activity tracking and sleep tracking with the watch. It would show you how many steps per day you are taking as well as track your movement while you sleep and upload onto the Garmin Connect app and track it over time. What made the watch even better for the runner though is that it had all these features that were new to technology as well as a multisport option. This multi-sport would allow the user to use it for running, swimming, biking, and even golfing. No other watch at the time had this option and at a price of $220 which is unbeatable still today compared to the comparable $280 for the Apple Watch that doesn’t have all of these features, the Polar M400 which only is for running, and the Fitbit Surge which is not as accurate and is $250. Garmin has proved many times to my family and friends that they are superior to any other competitor in every division. When I am back home in West Palm Beach, I work in a running store and Garmin is our number one selling running watch. Out of the 3 years that I have worked at the running store, I have only sold 8 non-Garmin watches, and 3 of them were returned later to buy a Garmin watch instead. Garmin is a trusted brand with incredible customer service and I have never met anyone upset with
These watches gave you the smart notifications right on your wrist via Bluetooth to your smart phone. It also combined the activity tracking and sleep tracking with the watch. It would show you how many steps per day you are taking as well as track your movement while you sleep and upload onto the Garmin Connect app and track it over time. What made the watch even better for the runner though is that it had all these features that were new to technology as well as a multisport option. This multi-sport would allow the user to use it for running, swimming, biking, and even golfing. No other watch at the time had this option and at a price of $220 which is unbeatable still today compared to the comparable $280 for the Apple Watch that doesn’t have all of these features, the Polar M400 which only is for running, and the Fitbit Surge which is not as accurate and is $250. Garmin has proved many times to my family and friends that they are superior to any other competitor in every division. When I am back home in West Palm Beach, I work in a running store and Garmin is our number one selling running watch. Out of the 3 years that I have worked at the running store, I have only sold 8 non-Garmin watches, and 3 of them were returned later to buy a Garmin watch instead. Garmin is a trusted brand with incredible customer service and I have never met anyone upset with