Customer Reviews

Suunto t1c Heart Rate Monitor and Fitness Trainer Watch (Espresso)

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This was a very disappointing purchase. Like others reviews have stated, this watch does not look nearly as nice as the photo.

The face of the watch is an unusually soft form plastic that seems to scratch much more easily than any watch I have ever had. Mine is quite scratched.

Finally, after about two months, after showering with the watch on, the screen went blank (It is my understanding that this watch is water resistant). I sent the watch in for repairs. After more than a month it was returned to me. In a matter of days it ceased functioning. I am now sending it in a second time.

Definitely not worth the expense. Maybe the higher quality Suunto watches perform better.

Finally, the interface for programing, controlling and using the basic functions of the watch is not particularly logical. I found it quite annoying to use.

I was so excited by this product--an attractive watch with additional functions that my old heart rate monitor (HRM) didn't feature, like an on/off for the HRM. From day one this has not functioned well. One day after Spin class, the monitor recorded that I burned 90 calories walking to the locker room. The next day it recorded 120 calories burned in Spin class. I frequently had problems with the HRM. It failed to work in one location entirely. Sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't in others. There I would be in class, checking my heart rate and seeing error messages or the generic screen that displays when it can't find your heart rate. At other times it would display my heart rate intermittently.

It also has a poor second count-down feature: a little block moves around the face of the watch. It's not very good if you want to time yourself for a 1-minute, 15-second plank or if you want to check cadence.

Before I wrote this review, I looked at the watch to check the time. The watch face is blank. I've only had this product a few months and it's dead already???? This is an expensive product that doesn't work, has an uncomfortable watch band, and doesn't hold up. Buy something else. If only Amazon permitted zero stars.