pankration
White Belt
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- Dec 12, 2002
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I bought the gymboss after seeing it in FIght! magazine. It was only $19.95 and a few bucks shipping - it comes with 1 AAA battery and has an already attached belt clip.
It's much smaller than I thought, height and width are smaller than credit card and its about as think as a dime on its side.
Controls feel cheap as does the whole product but it seems to do the job. It's relatively easy to program if you read the instructions, not intuitive like an iphone.
Since you can program and amount of time and rest in between rounds, this makes the timer really useful for all types of exercises but it does require you to reprogram it for each new exercise.
Choice of 1, 5, 10 seconds of beeping or it does have a vibration mode too. If you listen to music than it might be difficult to hear unless it's right next to you.
Probably my biggest complaint is that once you start the time (after you program) there appears NO WAY to stop it unless you run it down or take out the battery. Battery option sucks because you then have to reprogram (it doesn't remember the last setting).
PROS: small, lightweight and easily programmed.
CONS: requires reprogramming for each new exercise. not intuitive instructions and can't manually clear timer once it starts.
WHERE TO BUY: Gymboss Interval Timer: perfect for workouts : improves your body for life
RECOMMENDATION: for those looking for a budget, flexible timer it's a great buy.
Dan
It's much smaller than I thought, height and width are smaller than credit card and its about as think as a dime on its side.
Controls feel cheap as does the whole product but it seems to do the job. It's relatively easy to program if you read the instructions, not intuitive like an iphone.
Since you can program and amount of time and rest in between rounds, this makes the timer really useful for all types of exercises but it does require you to reprogram it for each new exercise.
Choice of 1, 5, 10 seconds of beeping or it does have a vibration mode too. If you listen to music than it might be difficult to hear unless it's right next to you.
Probably my biggest complaint is that once you start the time (after you program) there appears NO WAY to stop it unless you run it down or take out the battery. Battery option sucks because you then have to reprogram (it doesn't remember the last setting).
PROS: small, lightweight and easily programmed.
CONS: requires reprogramming for each new exercise. not intuitive instructions and can't manually clear timer once it starts.
WHERE TO BUY: Gymboss Interval Timer: perfect for workouts : improves your body for life
RECOMMENDATION: for those looking for a budget, flexible timer it's a great buy.
Dan
