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Cold waters pc game max depth6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Wahoo says they want to aim for roughly a quarterly release cadence for major releases, but may drop smaller things earlier/when ready. Now, as for whether or not these features get rolled out – undoubtedly some will. – No anything else I didn’t explicitly list above. – No training load, recovery, or other physiological type metrics – No Strava Live Segments on device itself heart rate zones, speed, power, cadence, etc…) – No sleep tracking, stairs, or most other activity tracking metrics – No courses/routing/navigation/compass support Else, one can just read marketing fluff (or regurgitated marketing fluff somewhere else): Now here’s the thing – I’m sure Wahoo won’t terribly like me listing out all the things that aren’t in this watch, but when there’s no baseline to establish from, and no clarity on Wahoo’s own site, this is the kind of detail people actually want. ![]() – Uploads to 3rd party sites like Strava, TrainingPeaks, Dropbox, and tons more – Supports Running Dynamics from TICKR-X (new 2020 variant) – Supports running power meters like Stryd – Supports ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart sensors – Multisport/triathlon mode, including touchless transitions – Livetrack support when paired with phone – Broadcasts your heart rate over Bluetooth Smart & ANT+ – Optical HR sensor (for workout and 24×7 tracking) – Color 240x240px screen (64 colors) with Gorilla Glass – GPS watch with claimed battery life of 24 hours GPS, and 14 days standby It’s just that the RIVAL looks a heck of a lot better, and also has more robust sensor support (inversely, TomTom had better activity tracking data, GPS/HR accuracy, and full structured workout support). They’re roughly on-par with a TomTom Multisport GPS watch from 7 years ago, albeit with a few features in different buckets. For the most part, the features on the RIVAL are pretty basic. It’s got the optical HR sensor in the back for workout HR data (including while swimming). It’s got a barometric altimeter for more accurate elevation data. So you can do openwater swims, pool swims, use a power meter on the bike – and it’ll even pair with and record running power data from a Stryd running power meter. Quick Summary:Īs I started off with, RIVAL is a triathlon watch, which means it can cover swim/bike/run both indoors and outdoors. If you’ve found this review useful, feel free to hit up the links at the end of the site. I don’t take any money, ads, or products from companies I review. As usual, afterwards I’ll send it back to them and go out and pick up my own through normal retail channels. You’re welcome.įinally, note that Wahoo sent me a media loaner RIVAL for the purposes of testing. I legit went out and did a mock-triathlon in mid-November in Northern Europe to test it all out. It’s super cool.īut, we’ll get into all the features at a high level in the next section, before diving into them in even more detail later on in the sports section. ![]() It even allows you to ‘undo’ mid-race if you or the algorithm makes a mistake, and to top that off, lets you get super precise on transition splits after the fact in the app before it uploads to 3rd party sites like Strava or TrainingPeaks. RIVAL’s marquee feature is a new touchless transition mode that automatically changes the sport modes on your watch as you iterate through your triathlon race. Of course, wearables are a far more established, widespread, and a more difficult market to master – as the RIVAL shows.įor Wahoo’s first go at this, they’re squarely targeting the triathlon market. Remember CompuTrainer? Yup – Wahoo was the legit ‘CompuTrainer Killer’. And while Wahoo has a long road ahead of them, the company also has a long history of coming into the market and causing grief for incumbents. And one day, it might take some sales from those companies above – undoubtedly. It’s not even a killer of the already dead TomTom multisport watches.īut that doesn’t mean it’s not promising. Nor is it a Suunto killer, nor a Polar killer, nor a COROS killer. After years of rumors, leaks, and even a high crimes story I’ve got for another day, Wahoo’s first watch has landed – the aptly named Wahoo RIVAL, a $379 entrant in a field full of competitive options.Īnd to begin, despite what clickbait headlines you might read today – no, it’s not a Garmin killer. ![]()
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