Gymboss GB2009 SILVER

by Gymboss

Product Features

• Size of a small pager. Water and shock resistant.
• One or two different time intervals from 2 seconds to 99 minutes. The GYMBOSS now comes with a Stopwatch feature!
• Auto mode keeps repeating through intervals. Can set from 1 to 99 rounds. Special alarm/vibrate notifies you when preset rounds are completed.
• Alarm by beep, vibration, or both. Alarm duration of 1, 5, or 10 seconds.
• For use with: MMA, Boxing, Martial Arts, Cardio, Strength Training, Kettlebells, Body for Life, Weightlifting, Running, HIIT, Learn-to-Run, and more.

Product Description

This is the Original SILVER color. The Gymboss is also available in a HOT PINK RUBBERIZED SOFTCOAT, and a new BLACK RUBBERIZED SOFTCOAT. All are available here on Amazon. The Gymboss is a small, easy-to-use, dual-mode, interval timer. This multi-use timer has many versatile functions that make it beneficial to virtually any type of exercise program. No more looking at the clock. The Gymboss allows you to focus all your intensity on the workout, giving you a better workout with better results! Maximize your training to increase: Anaerobic endurance, Cardio endurance, Increased VO2max, Muscle strength/size, and Fat loss

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 0.6 x 1.8 inches ; 1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces
• ASIN: B001IYVYRA
• Item model number: SILVERGB2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,384 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Functionality is A+ but ease of use a C-, September 6, 2009

By 

Eduardo Nietzsche (Houston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gymboss GB2009 SILVER (Misc.)

I was already happy with my Everlast Round Timer, which seems to be subject to a smear campaign here on Amazon but works wonderfully and is really easy to use, didn't have to look at the instructions at all.

This Gymboss has the advantage of letting me customize the length of each interval so it's ideal for the Tabata training that was the reason why I bought it. The beeps are quite audible, and I like that it beeps once at the end of the first interval but twice at the end of the second interval, rather than once all the time. Also nice that you can customize the length of the beeps.

HOWEVER, the user interface is *ANYTHING* but intuitive! I am quite a gadget geek and usually never need to read instructions, and I have owned several countdown timers, but this Gymboss has probably the most convoluted and arbitrary button system I have EVER come across. This is not helped by the included instructions seeming to have been written by a complete retard. In all honesty, it probably needs more like SIX buttons, not three. The Everlast timer has a far, far more intuitive user interface.

Anyway, I had to rewrite the instructions for myself (I've pasted them into the Comments section below this review), and after much repetitive practice am now able to use it without constantly having to refer back to them. Sheesh!

It's a shame that such a handy device has to be so user unfriendly.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just what I was looking for, January 31, 2009

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S. Osborne "Combat Chaps" (Pearl City, HI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gymboss GB2009 SILVER (Misc.)

I didn't know a product like this existed until recently. The alarm is loud enough to be heard over the hum of a speed bag and clips tightly to a pair of shorts. I didn't have to worry about it falling off while I was jumping rope either. I absolutely love this product. My wife uses it too.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Tabata intervals, December 3, 2008

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JoeyG (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gymboss GB2009 SILVER (Misc.)

I use the Gymboss for tabata intervals at CrossFit. The vibrate feature is great when the music is high and you are busy coaching. Forget how to set the timer? Don't worry the directions are right on the back of the thing; so easy a caveman like myself could use it.