Watch Out, Garmin: This New Coros Has 3 Weeks Of Battery Life And Extensive Tracking Features

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ZDNET cardinal takeaways

• 22 days of artillery life pinch optimized outdoor tracking
• Adventure Journal syncs maps, routes, photos, and sound pins
• Lightweight 47-millimeter creation starts astatine $349

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You tin usually find a watch connected each of my wrists, and astir of nan time, they way my running, biking, and indoor rowing. However, I besides usage sports watches to seizure activity erstwhile alert fishing, hiking, kayaking, and more, truthful erstwhile Coros revealed nan caller Nomad bid I felt for illustration nan institution made a watch conscionable for me.

The caller Coros Nomad is designed for group who bask spending clip outdoors pinch activities specified arsenic hiking, fishing, upland biking, and exploring quality while besides being capable to archive those activities. For years, I person utilized Garmin sports watches pinch nan food usability to way wherever and erstwhile I onshore trout successful rivers truthful that I tin return to nan basking spots successful nan future. 

The Coros Nomad takes things to nan adjacent level pinch optimization for these types of activities, and I'll soon beryllium taking it retired pinch my rod, reel, backpack, and eMTB.

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The Nomad joins nan Vertix, Apex, and Pace bid arsenic Coros rounds retired its lineup for a scope of activities and attraction areas. The Nomad has a caller hardware constituent pinch a bottommost near action fastener to move connected nan backlight, move betwixt representation and information screens, and service arsenic a shortcut for your astir communal activity. 

Unlike astir modern watches, nan Nomad remains focused connected artillery life. It uses a third-generation memory-in-pixel show that is visible extracurricular and stays connected each nan time.

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Coros advertises 22 days of artillery life pinch regular use, 50 hours of search pinch each systems on, and 34 hours of search pinch dual-frequency mode enabled and each GNSS on. A emblematic play pinch 2 days of regular use, 2.5 hours of hiking, and 5 hours of alert sportfishing should consequence successful only 20% artillery consumption, truthful enactment tuned for our real-life testing.

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Dual microphones are different caller hardware characteristic designed to support signaling sound pins and different cardinal information to archive your adventures. The 47mm diameter size is cleanable for those who want a ample show but who besides don't want a large, chunky watch. With a nylon band, nan watch weighs successful astatine conscionable 49 grams, truthful you tin attraction connected your activities without weighing down your wrist.

Adventure Journal 

One distinguishing characteristic I cannot hold to trial is nan Adventure Journal. It useful pinch your watch and phone. Before your outing, download maps and routes, create and edit routes, cheque nan weather, navigate pinch your watch and widen that navigation to your phone, prevention cardinal locations on nan way, grounds pins pinch your voice, and seizure photos that will past beryllium saved pinch your route. 

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After you safely return from your activity, you tin position nan summary, position nan trek successful 3D, and easy stock your memories pinch family and friends.

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Coros didn't conscionable adhd immoderate of these outdoor escapade features pinch names and basal search metrics, but it has optimized nan Nomad for these activities. For example, sportfishing features see a drawback log, sportfishing clip predictor, upwind status, and more. 

The number of your casts is captured, you tin pin logs and structures successful nan water, and create a food log dissimilar thing I person seen before.

Availability and value

The Nomad is disposable successful Dark Grey, Green, and Brown, with a very reasonable value of $349. Unlike immoderate different Coros watches, it doesn't usage sapphire solid connected nan show and incorporates lighter polymer materials, but nan value is right. You tin besides still usage it for running, biking, swimming, and overmuch more. Add an LED flashlight to nan Nomad 2, and nan watch will beryllium cleanable for regular use.