26 miles) – how much you can slow down and/or speed up to hit that goal with the remaining distance left. But what it won’t tell you is given a specific distance (i.e. Typically a Virtual Pacer will simply only tell you how far ahead/behind you are at a given pace, in other words, that you’re running 2 minutes ahead of your 8:30/mile goal. Estimated Arrival Time/Estimated Pace Differential (aka Activity Pacer):įirst up is a different twist on the Virtual Pacer concept, which Magellan calls Activity Pacer. But it also has some unique features, and those are the areas I want to focus on. If you take the FR310XT, or the Edge 500 for example – this unit does pretty much everything major and most minor features that those units do. One item we discussed at the time was what I heard from all of you, which is that if you’re introducing a new product to the market, you have to have it ‘do everything everyone else is doing, and then do a bit more’ – and these guys actually took it to heart. When I first started to talk to the Magellan folks about Switch, it was actually more than a year ago. Someday someone will give me a good training reason for it… Features: If it’s cold, I know it, and if it’s hot, I know it.
#Hit him on the switchup series#
I still have yet to find a use for the temperature gauge that’s been included on the Edge series units I use. In general, I find the barometric altimeter worth it if you run in the mountains a lot, or if you’re doing longer rides.
#Hit him on the switchup upgrade#
Note though that you can always upgrade the regular Switch later with a quick release kit via their accessories if you want, but you can’t upgrade the internal chips providing the barometric altimeter or temperature gauge. In short, the Switch Up product has the barometric altimeter (whereas Switch has a GPS based one) and a temperature gauge, vibration alerts, and Switch Up comes with the quick release system. Now you may be wondering what the difference is between Switch, and Switch Up (besides $50). The difference in height is solely the quick release kit addition, and not any inherent differences between the Switch and Switch Up. Note, here you can see the difference in height that the quick release kit makes – with the standard Switch on the left, and the Switch Up with the quick release kit installed on the right. The depth of the units are pretty similar though: Once you see it compared next to that, it’s really not much different actually in width – but a little in overall height:
Here’s one on The Girl’s super-tiny wrists, which may help give you an idea on a small female’s wrist:Īnd finally, here’s one comparing a Garmin FR610 to the unit, just to give you a better impression of size. It’s probably a bit larger than I would wear as a day to day watch (which it can do easily for three weeks) – but I know some folks don’t mind the larger size. You’ll note that the unit doesn’t look too big – a bit smaller (width) than the FR310XT or FR910XT, though about the same height. So let’s start off with a few shots to put things in perspective, starting with some on my wrist: Coming into the meeting, I expected it to be much bigger than it really was. When you look at some of the images released to date of the Switch product, you may come away with the impression that the unit is thicker and bulkier than it really is. With that – let’s get cooking! Size, feel, unit comparisons:
I should be getting a unit pretty soon here to start understanding a bit more, so then I’ll be able to really dig into it. But in the meantime, this serves as a good placeholder on how the device works, and the functionality contained within. My time was limited to a private room in the middle of a convention center. Though, Magellan prefers the name ‘crossover’ device, so you’ll tend to see that more in marketing speak.īecause the device was just announced, and won’t be available for a bit of time still, I wasn’t able to just take it for a run or bike ride – so my experience may change once I get some outdoor time with it. This unit will be available in the coming months, and aims to compete with the likes of the Garmin FR310XT, FR910XT, Polar RCX5 and Timex Global Trainer – as an all-in-one multisport device. Last week at CES I got the chance to sit down with the product development leads behind the newest multisport watch in the market – the Magellan Switch (or Switch Up depending on the model).
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