New GPS Watch for runners from Casio

Casio has a wide line of sport watches, from casual sports to full trekking machines with barometer, GPS and so on. This time the Japanese brand announces a GPS watch for runners, the GPR-100-1JR. This watch wants to compete directly with devices like the Garmin Forerunner, especially the 205 model.

The GPR-100-1JR has the following features, according to Watch Report (see links at the end of the post):

• Automatic time zone adjustment (via its GPS signal).
• Store up to 100 Points of Interest.
• Automatic electro-luminescent backlight.
• Water-resistant 50mt (165 ft).
• Chronometer (1/100th of a second).
• Data recording (up to 50 workouts).
• Pace verification.
• Countdown timer.
• Rechargeable battery (3 hours to recharge).
• Alarm.
• Small: 63.1mm x 49.5mm x 17.1mm

Two negative points: the battery, that lasts from 2 to 4.3 hours (compared to the 10 hours of the Forerunner), and the price which is set at 54.000 yen (about $467), much higher than the Forerunner’s.

Links:

• This information was found in Watch Report.
• Casio GPR-100-1JR product page from Casio’s Japanese site.
• Product page of the Garmin Forerunner 205.
• The Garmin Forerunner 205 at Amazon.
• Sport gadgets from Casio at Amazon.

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