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Originally Posted by craigepo
Question: why mess with the foot pod stuff when the gps running trackers are so accurate? I have a garmin wrist thingie, which has proven to be very accurate, even in hilly, heavy forest. I'm just curious as to if there is an advantage with the nike system.
ETA: Plus, you can enter your weight into the garmin, and it will give you a fairly accurate calorie count, which will allow you to know how many twinkies you eat per day.
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For me, the advantage is having all my eggs in one basket in this case. Its a consumer-level, non life-dependent device. So I'm not worried about it being redundant or any such thing. Instead, its a huge plus to be able to have my phone, music player, work-out tracker, restaurant finder, news reader, etc, etc, ad nausea in one device. I don't have to remember a million things to pack. If you already own a ForeRunner then go for it. But if not, a ten dollar app (free this month), or an expensive pod, is certainly cheaper if you already own a smart phone or iPod.