TomTom Spark Music Cardio GPS Multi-Sport Fitness Running Runner Watch : Disappointing yet good.

I replaced my fitbit with this – my second fitbit strap had failed so wanted a different brand. Great for some things – tracks well, nice having music on the watch, clear screen etc. But you’ll see a lot of forum comments about the screen damaging. I’m not very active, and have 2 small scratches on the screen after 1 month, so i suggest buying a screen protector which the fitbit never needed.

Was looking for a smartwatch that allowed me to register my sport activities, measuring heart rate and allowing me to listen to music while leaving my huge smartphone at home. When reading reviews about this device i saw the heart rate sensor was perfect (without using a terrible chest sensor) and it also contained the other features. I decided to drop the idea for a smartwatch and purchased this device instead. I don’t miss reading emails or using other smartwatch features, it does exactly what it does, heart rate is indeed accurate and gps signalling is perfect. It just needs some time to get correct gps signal before i can start (sometimes up to five minutes). Also tried it while swimming indoors and after entering the size of the pool it also measured that perfectly. Music storage is 3 gigs and more than sufficient for a very large number of songs. Also connected 2 different bluetooth headsets (plantronics and jabra) and both worked fine.

This is an excellent product at a great price with two very annoying features, firstly it can often take along time to find gps, and i have been known to go out sandpit it on my car roof till it gets reception. Secondly if i leave it for 6 days or more without charging (even though its not been used at all) it will die. Still at the price may still be the best option.

I love it now that i have gotten used to it. It doesn’t beep like a garmin, but once you get used to the vibration you look out for it to tell you your interval or hr zone. It can take a few minutes to connect to the gps system but generally it’s pretty quick to do that. The only downside i think is the battery life. If you have all the hr working with music too, then you are looking at 4-5hr running time only. That’s fine for a marathon but not for ultra’s. You can set it so that the data automatically uploads to something like strava and then you can really look at the metrics :)the music is awesome too although just one track shows, so you can’t skip songs. You have to use itunes or window’s media to put more music on there. But there is plenty of room to do that. It fits so comfortably, that i use it constantly.

I have had this watch for 3 weeks. It is a good watch/activity tracker. I have used polar watches for 20 years and find this tomtom better. (i am very cynical about help desks. Most of them should be called frustration centres. Try phoning bt sometime) firstly i had trouble with the control button and was convinced i had been sent a defective watch. After a conversation with tomtom support, i sent my ‘defective’ watch back and was sent a replacement immediately. I now realise it was my inexperience with the watch. However i had problems setting up my tomtom account. These were quickly resolved with another call to support. My eyesight is not that great.

This was bought for a xmas present i waited a while before posting a review to see how it worked and my partner uses it all the time she said it works really well and is really happy with it and has had no problems with it working.