COROS PACE 3 GPS Sport Watch –Lightweight, Comfortable Running Watch, 17-Day Battery Life, Accurate GPS, Heart Rate Monitor, Navigation, Sleep Tracking, Training Plan, Run, Bike, and Ski- Black Nylon

After owning this for a year, this watch has seriously impressed me. It is one of the most aesthetic and lightweight running watch in the market. Oftentimes, I forget that it is even on my wrist. Perfect if you're into long runs or hikes and don’t want something weighing you down.I really like the GPS tracking feature, which is really accurate, locks in fast, and doesn’t lag like some other brands I’ve used. Even on trail runs through wooded areas, it keeps the signal strong the whole time. I also love that my workout gets saved to the COROS app, which is really easy to use and is able to connect to Strava so I can share and document my runs!Oh, and it’s also waterproof. I’ve swam laps with it, and that also gets accurately tracked.The app also lets me tweak my data screens for different workouts (running, cycling, etc.), which is great for staying focused during training. The watch screen is highly customizable with different layouts and metrics that are important to you.If you’re into endurance training or just want something that actually works without overcomplicating things, this watch is it. Doesn’t look like a brick, lasts 3 weeks on a charge, and gives you all the metrics you actually care about.

I've had several less expensive fitness watches. I finally wanted one that would not break the bank, had good GPS tracking for hiking, accurate step counter, good heart monitor, easy to use, read & get around on. After much research, I decided on the Coros pace 3. I have not been disappointed. It's all it says it is. Bonus, I lost my watch charger on a mission trip in Guatemala. I was there 8 days & was at 30% when I got home.

this watch has so many more things on it than garmin. it also has like a three week battery life so you barely ever charge it. my friend has a garmin and hers is more expensive than my coros yet hers has barely any applications on it and it doesn’t have a scroll dial like this and there are so many confusing buttons. this one is simple. the watch itself and all the applications are clean looking and aesthetic. it tells me the sunrise and sunset, all my notifications, my training load, race predictors. and the app that comes with is amazing. if you have strava, you know the subscription is annoying but the coros app has all that strava subscription stuff for free. i can plan maps, workouts, and see how my fitness is. highly recomend.

I've been a fitbit and Apple Watch user for MANY years. The fitbit just didn't work for me for features I wanted as I had started to do a lot of biking and running and I wasn't able to easily see the features I wanted at a glance. After a bunch of research, I found this watch to be highly accurate, clear to see in daylight and indoors in moderate lighting. I had a 10k coming up.... my first and the Pace 3 wasn't out yet and wasn't going to arrive in time, so I decided to try the Pace 2. The user interface is nearly identical to the Pace 2 as I found out later. But the Pace 2 screen is not nearly as easy to read under low light conditions. It's not quality, but rather a different screen tech that just doesn't work great in daylight as much as I wanted. Also, when I ran through tall building areas, it completely lost my pace. It would show a pace many minutes different than what I felt I was running at. The Pace 3 doesn't have this much of a problem as it uses multiple GPS channels to compensate. I returned the Pace 2 and went with the Pace 3.Here are my pro's and cons about this watch.Pro's1) Accurate heart rate better than fitbit, but not as good as Apple watch. (using polar H10 chest strap) as comparison2) GPS routes work well on run and bike. Works much better than Pace 2.3) The price can't be ignored for what you get compared to Garmin, Polar, Fitbit, Polar. It's too good a price.4) Love the nylon strap. I work on a laptop all day and the silicon strap buckle part digs into my wrist for nearly any watch and makes me constantly taking it off in serious work moments. The Apple watch and this nylon straps don't have that problem for me. Also the strap is really comfortable.5) Some say the watch lightness makes it feel cheap. I can see how that would be felt. But after multiple hits on the bars and hard bumps on the site of weight machines only to see the watch with no scratches or bumps, I don't think you'll see a problem with the sturdiness like I have. also, the plastic manufacturing makes the watch feel unusually light for a sports watch. Love that.6) Customizable screens to show heart rate, pace, total time, and other stuff for more or less of what you want to see for each sport. For biking I like to see elevation and time and heart rate. For running, heart rate, pace and total time are the keys for me and choosing more stats or less makes the numbers bigger or smaller depending on what you want to fit. Perfect for me and a feature competitive with other sports watches of much higher price points. Fitbit and Apple just suck at this customizable optionality.7) The phone app is really well done to show recovery, heart rate, work out details and syncs well with the watch.8) Allows for multiple bluetooth connections. I use a polar h10 chest strap heart rate monitor and the watch connects well and will therefore have the Polar H10 heart rate override the heart rate. I use the Polar over the Coros heart rate just because I want the most accurate heart rate. No watch in the industry can compete with the chest strap. For casual runs or bike rides, I depend solely on the Coros alone. For high intensity instant reaction.. I'm just picky and prefer the best. Having said that, I would put the Coros at a 9 out of 10 on accuracy. So I'm not overlooking the Coros at all for the heart rate reliability on accuracy.9) The battery life is hella good. 1 week to 1 1/2 weeks with no need to charge is great. Compare that to the Apple watch 1 1/2 - 2 day need to recharge.Con1) the music part as advertised is bologne. You have to literally copy the MP3's to the watch like it's USB stick. No spotify, apple music or etc connection capability at all.2) Temperature for the watch is only for swimming. I does not record body temperature. So you'll only get external water temp for the feature.3) No HRV. Have to get the next tier Coros watch for that. I never used it.. but it does bug me a bit not to have it. And the Coros App has the feature showing on the phone as a blank section which always nags me a bit that I don't have that data. There is a clear statement that HRV is available with the watch.4) the app has this running fitness section that shows predicted time your current performance would forecast for 5k to marathon pacing. But it only updates it with outdoor running and no treadmill running. That's a bummer.Overall, this watch doesn't have glaring cons. If I had more money, I would have gone up a level. But truthfully that would have perhaps got me HRV, longer battery life and better screen. But I'm happy with the Pace 3 screen and battery life. So. Unless I have a lot of extra cash or get the better coros as a gift. I'm loving this watch.Honestly, I'm so blown away by sports watches for athletes. I had only known fitbit features and this Coros like Garmin just blows away what I experienced for features in the fitbit lifestyle type watches. Sports watches are worth it for athletes or people doing regular workouts and make serious efforts to track progress.{Dec 10 2023} UpdateStill love the watch. Here are some lessoned learned about the watch though.1) The web browser use has a calendar activity area to pre-plan workouts which initially seemed great. You get reminders and planned forecast of fit level for doing this. But it has some issues in this feature that force me to no longer use it. #1: if you go longer or shorter than planned on a treadmill workout, it won't recalibrate the mileage or allow you to recalibrate distance. What I mean is it won't let you manually adjust treadmill distance with what it says onto the watch for minor adjustment. If you do a manual workout, it will let you adjust.2) I enjoy the stickman graphic on the phone app to show me recovery and showing me how recovered I am.3) The battery life continues to amaze me. I like the warnings it gives me when battery is running low.4) The case continues to show it's resiliance. I've banged it so many times and I don't see a scratch.5) I find the screen easy to read indoor and outdoor at all times of the day. And I require reading glasses. There are 65-70% of the watch faces I can't use cuz the font is too damn small as I don't have the glasses. There are so many watch faces to chose from. Love that.6) I use the fabric band and I never take it off in shower, jacuzzi or bath. It dries rather quickly and doesn't bother me.{Dec 22, 2023 Update}Recent firmware update did the following1) Added HRV which nullifies my comments earlier. Great news.2) Removed the annoying lock symbol smack in the middle of the screen that would show every time you want to look at the time. They moved it out of the way and to the side. Good work Coros.3) Added weather forecast.Still loving the watch.Coros, if you're reading this. Please add the ability to have the Coros app show live HR on the Coros app so that it can show while I have the Coros app running front and center on my phone while on the treadmlll. Fitbit, Polar, Garmin all do that.. why not yours? Also, add the ability to control how long the watch fades to lower brightness after first glancing the watch. For those of us that are older that need reading glasses... the fonts are just too small on 85% of the watchface options.