Timex Ironman Triathlon Sleek 150 Lap Watch with TapScreen - One

by Timex

Product Features

• Key Features - Timex TapScreen
• TapScreen
• Dated Training Logs - An innovative training log recalls workouts by date displaying best
• 16 Labeled Interval Timers - Do you ever get so engrossed in your workout, you can't remem
• Dynamic Design Open vents in the straps of the full- and mid-size models minimize skin con

Product Description

Cutting edge technology meets the sleek design of the new Timex Sleek 150 Lap watch with the impressive Timex TapScreen Key Features - Timex TapScreen TapScreen Dated Training Logs - An innovative training log recalls workouts by date displaying best lap, average alp0 and all laps; meaning improvements and personal bests are effortlessly tracked. 16 Labeled Interval Timers - Do you ever get so engrossed in your workout, you can't remember if you're supposed to be starting a sprint or jog interval? Complex routines become automatic and effortless with three customizable workouts, each with up to 16 labeled intervals. Dynamic Design Open vents in the straps of the full- and mid-size models minimize skin contact and increase breathability. Also featured is our largest display yet Hydration & Nutrition Alerts - With times as your most fierce competitor, it's easy to lose track of your vital needs. Once you set this countdown timer, the audible and visual alarm reminds you to refuel at regular intervals to top up essential reserves. Target Time Pacer This feature helps you maintain your desired pace in a workout or race, so you can achieve an overall time goal. With every lap - or distance segment - you take, audible alerts and visual displays will indicate whether your pace per-lap is too slow, too fast, or on-target. Without even a glance at your watch, you'll hear if you're on track to meet your goal.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004TLVK7I
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,829 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Timex: You have a problem!, March 1, 2010

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W. Baker (Conn., USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Timex Ironman Triathlon Sleek 150 Lap Watch with TapScreen - One (Sports)

I have been using Timex Ironman watches for more than 20 years. I love them and never wear anything else.

I bought this one for two reasons:

1.) The display is big and easier to read during workouts than some of my other watches;

2.) I like new gadgets.

I took the watch for my first swim workout and during a 2,000 yard swim, the stopwatch randomly recorded a split 87 times. Sometimes, it would record a split every 5-10 seconds, for no reason.

I attribute this to either the tap screen being defective or there is a small leak in the watch, which will eventually destroy the watch.

Otherwise, the watch is just about like every other Ironman watch, though I really do like the large display and the tap-screen function is kind of cool and allows for mindless split recording in the middle of a workout or a race.

I have contacted the seller for a replacement and will post an update when I get a new one.

***MARCH 13, 2010 UPDATE***

I received my second watch from the seller. It too has the same flaw. As I told them in an email - Timex has a fundamental design flaw with the Tap Screen: Even at the highest tap setting, when you swim, unless you place your arm gently in the water on each swim stroke, it records that stroke as a tap i.e. a lap. Obviously, this is useless to a triathlete.

I actually live about 15 miles from Timex headquarters. It is a great company, with great people. Timex supports local races that I compete in and I have nothing bad to say about it as a company. I just can't believe that it would release a watch for TRIATHLETES that does not work in the water. It took me exactly five minutes each with two separate watches to determine that the tap screen technology is flawed. How did this product ever make it out of testing???

This is simply an unfortunate mistake by Timex.

If you are just running and/or biking, the watch may be OK. If you are a triathlete, avoid this watch like the plague. I just wish I could give it zero stars.


***MARCH 27, 2010 UPDATE***

The seller of this product - Clever Training - is great. They were very cooperative and after the second watch was returned, issued a full refund. I would definitely do business with them again. (Though I think Timex should reimburse me for the shipping charges to send back two of their defective watches.)

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Watch logs laps randomly, April 5, 2010

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Serge M. (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Timex Ironman Triathlon Sleek 150 Lap Watch with TapScreen - One (Sports)

I have the same problem with the tap technology -- my watch logs laps randomly even on my easy runs (with the tap force setting set on "High"). This is possible to reproduce, try flipping the watch upside down (with the screen face down) and gently tap at it, it's logging a lap with almost no force tap at the "high force" setting.

This makes logging laps impossible, affecting target time pacer as well.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Design flaw possibility, March 2, 2010

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Goheels92 (Spokane, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Timex Ironman Triathlon Sleek 150 Lap Watch with TapScreen - One (Sports)

I bought the Ironman Sleek 150 with TapScreen technology mainly for the large watch face so that I can better see my times during workouts and races. I thought the tap technology would be cool too. However, I have now had the watch a little over a week and completed three swim works out with it on. During the workouts the watch, all on its own, recored several lap splits without me touching anything. I don't know if it is a flaw in the tap technology design or what, but if this happens during a triathlon it defeats the purpose of accuratly keeping track of your split times. I am also worried that the watch will at some point leak during a swim, due to this problem, and ruin the watch. I am very disappointed in this watch. I have always raced and trained with a Timex Ironman watch, and this is the only one I have had problems with. The fact that it cost $90 doesn't make me feel any better. The best thing about the watch is the large face and the sleek design, as well as the many functions, but the tap technology isn't working correctly for me. This is a brand new product and I should have waited and read reviews before I purchased it.

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