Customer Reviews

Timex Unisex T5H561 Ironman Traditional 30-Lap Watch

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I bought this watch a few weeks ago and so far it has been performing flawlessly. I was able to set up the time and my personalized settings in just a few quick minutes. It is small enough to be unobtrusive but substantial enough to feel like a watch. It also comes loaded with a bunch of handy features such as a stopwatch, timer, three alarms, three time settings, indiglo watch illumination with Night Mode, and a thirty lap memory with splits.

A very nice feature of this watch is night mode, in which you hold down the indiglo button for a few seconds, and the watch beeps and enters night mode. Then the watch, whenever you press a button in the next eight hours, will automatically illuminate for a few seconds. Also, you can flick your wrist to illuminate the watch rather than pressing the button. You can also exit night mode by holding the button down again, or it will automatically turn off in eight hours. This feature comes in handy at various times.

One odd thing about the watch is the "occasions" feature. This feature seems a little useless to me. I mean if you really are bad with these things, you can program your sister's birthday into your watch, but honestly it comes off as a feature that Timex added to increase the watch's asking price. The other issue one might have with this watch is that the color of blue of the watch is actually somewhat lighter than the display picture of the watch, and this might be a reason for some guys not to buy this watch- not too macho.

However, it's a good price from Amazon and seeing as competing watches with a few more features run anywhere from $75 to over $100, I am more than satisfied with my price/features ratio in this watch. If you don't like the light-ish blue on the watch, this same watch in darker or just plain different colors is available, too. In conclusion, this watch comes with plenty of features for any type of casual athlete and serves its timekeeping purpose very well. Timex-brand quality for a low price is a deal you can't beat.

I've used a Timex Ironman watch for the last 15+ years. When I couldn't find the model that I had been using, I ordered this one because it had the features I wanted--big numbers, chronograph and timer, different time zones, multiple alarms and convenient buttons. BUT when it came, it was smaller than what I expected a "midsize" watch would be, and my first thought was 'Well, let's send it back". Then I started playing with it and discovered now easy it is to set, to use and how comfortable it is to wear! It's perfect for this little old gray-haired lady!!

Originally I rated this 3 stars, but I've downgraded it, retitled my review and edited it. After less than two years this watch has stopped working. The button in the lower left stuck so now I can't change mode to stopwatch or alarm or reset the time. The time is off by 2.5 minutes now and when daylight savings rolls around it'll be off by a lot more. It's not fixable so I just went out and bought a Casio. I never liked this watch from the first week I had it.

I'm not positive mine is the exact same model as this because mine is all black, but it is a Timex unisex 30-lap Flix Ironman and my comments should apply to all in this series. This one is larger than I'd like because I have thin wrists but it's better than the men's Timexes. Sorry to say, Amazon, but you really shouldn't buy a watch online; you need to try them on to see if they will fit your wrist.

I wanted it as my everyday watch to show time and date and as a stopwatch for running. It served the first purpose well, with nice big numerals, which my middle aged eyes need. I was happy with that part. I was disappointed in it as a stopwatch, though, and as an alarm clock/timer. The biggest difference between the Casios and the Timexes to me as a runner was that the Timex watches have the start/split button in front and stop on the side, while my old Casio had the front button be stop/start (but my new one has that on the right side). My new Casio still has one button be stop and start, though, which I like better. Of course now the biggest difference is that my old Casio lasted 15 years and the Timex 15 months. I found it almost impossible to push the stop button on this Timex. At first when I began using this for timing my runs I would fail to stop the watch at the end more often than I succeeded, thus losing the timing data. You can't use the split button for that because 10 seconds after you press it it reverts to the continuously running mode, so you have to memorize the split time or write it down. I want to stop the time and write down the time after I get home (driving from where I run at the park).

It is so hard to stop it that I found I was twisting the bejeebers out of the band when I pressed hard enough, so I started pressing equally hard from the opposite direction (the upper left) in a pinching motion to counteract the thumb at the stop button (lower right), but that didn't work because the Set/Recall button (upper left) would always register the push first, changing it out of stopwatch mode to time set mode and thus the stop button didn't work as a stop but instead changed the time. Eventually I learned to prepare to stop it about 10 seconds before the end of the run by finding the tiny sweet spot between the mode button and the 12:00 position with one finger and placing my thumb on the stop button, then squeezing really hard when I reach the end. Even doing this sometimes it doesn't stop. This is not just my particular watch with this problem, either, because I tested several in the store when I bought an identical (except purple) one for my daughter (who specifically asked for an Ironman). They all had the really hard-to-press stop buttons. For what it's worth, she loves hers, but she's a triathlete and uses the lap features a lot, which I don't.

For the alarm functions, I found them really hard to use mainly due to the Occasion mode always jumping in. If you don't use it regularly, you can think you're setting the alarm to wake you the next morning and instead it turns out you set it to ring when it's somebody's birthday or some other occasion. I find it much easier (and much louder) to use my cell phone as an alarm clock when traveling.

The watch is a little stiff, but easy function buttons, easy to read, holds up under heavy working conditions. I would recommend for a woman or teen. Not large enough for a man. Godd value, it's a Timex you can't go wrong!

When I was in sixth grade (11 years ago) my dad bought me a watch. I used that same watch through three watch bands and countless numbers of batteries until I lost it two weeks ago. I loved it so much that I searched for the same one until I found it. This watch is today's version of the same thing. I love it! It has the same features I love, plus more! I predict I'll have this one for another ump-teen years! I highly recommend it!

I was looking for something to replace my old timex ironman watch. I was going to get the same model, but this one was cheaper. I like this watch too. It has all the functions I need and some more. Like in my old watch I had the two different times (T1/T2), but this one has three. Also it's easier to set the functions, because in my old watch, I could never remember which one was + or -. This one has the +/- over near the buttons when you're setting anything.
The reason I gave this watch 4 stars. The strap was skinnier than I liked, but I've learned to live with it. It's still a great watch and I recommend it for anyone looking for a mid-size sports watch.

This watch looks great and feels really comfortable on my wrist. I bought it for a simple watch to wear when I working around the house and exercising. For the price, it is great.

I love that the simplicity of its use as well as the stopwatch and 3 alarms.

The only downside, in my opinion, is that the strap is thinner than I thought. I took some getting used to but I think it actually makes it more comfortable.

I have always loved and used Timex watches. I saw this and I immediately bought it. It's been quite some years now and am still using it. The only negative is....its kinda smaller than what the image shows.

This is a good watch, the only thing I would like is the option to display larger chronograph, allowing easier viewing while running. Has many functions and options for multiple alarms.

My husband loved this watch. I bought him one as a gift, but after a few months, the watch band ripped where the hole is. I bought him another one for a Christmas gift. After a few months, the small part where the band goes in to keep it in place ripped in half. I took the small part from the old wristband and put it on the new one. Well, after 2 weeks, that small part broke also. SO disappointing! I expect Timex to make better quality watch bands.