Huawei Watch GT Runner – Smartwatch with Scientific Running
Huawei Watch GT Runner – Smartwatch with Scientific Running Program and Running Coach – Lightweight and Comfortable Sport Watch with up to 2 Weeks Battery Life – 46mm Black
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| Dimensions: | 21 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm; 38.5 Grams |
| Model: | Huawei Watch GT Runner Black |
| Batteries Included: | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. |
| Manufacture: | Huawei |
| Dimensions: | 21 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm; 38.5 Grams |
A good all inclusive smart running watch with lots of interchangeable watch faces. GPS seems to be on par with my older garmin watch as well as heart rate monitor. Lots of storage for music. Battery life is good also. Only problem with watch is that it does not link to strava, if it is a deal breaker then it isn’t for you.
I’ve owned various watches over the years and recently had Garmin devices – the Forerunner 235 and 245. I went for GT Runner as I wanted something with better notification support that still offered great fitness tracking. My thoughts:
Battery Life — this is excellent and seems well on par with the Forerunner 245. I use it with raise to wake and this is very reliable. I charge my watch about every 6 days when it’s down to about 30% charge remaining. I do track my heart rate and the GPS is on quite a bit as I run a lot.
Notifications — These are so much better than on a Forerunner. The quick replies to messages are very handy.
Phone calls — Yes you can answer phone calls! If you have your phone with you, it come over the built-in speaker. Very handy.
Run tracking accuracy — This seems OK. Slightly different results to Garmin — up and down on the same routes previously ran — so I can’t see it being a problem really.
Heart Rate monitoring — This is very good on the GT Runner. I wear my watch a night now and I’m happy with the accuracy. Something I never did with the Garmin.
Huawei Health app — This works well and I’m able to sync all the data to Strava — including heart rate. Now I don’t like Strava at all but it’s useful to have a single location for your activities when using different fitness watches.
Closing thoughts. It’s interesting to see people complaining about problems with data sync etc. All I can say is that I’ve had zero problems, Huawei do have a good record on updates, and I’ve received many since October. Maybe they have fixed these issues which is why I haven’t seen them. Anyway, I would recommend this device to any serious runners looking for good notification support.
i really loved this watch and the looking is amazing, it’s very light as well and loaded with options.
But ..
All the other primary watch features are brilliant. The watch is incredibly responsive/snappy, love the built in apps .. and the Huawei health app itself is also really good and is getting better all the time.
Best of all is the battery life. I run most days & it still only needs recharging once a month!!!
The heart rate sensor is also incredibly accurate for a watch – gives identical results to my chest strap sensor – so I no longer wear that.
If it did sync fully to Strava, I would absolutely give it 5 stars.
I strongly suspect Huawei will add the extra data now they have included basic activity sync.
Excellent sports watch and brilliant value. I’ve found the app and connectivity to be flawless with my android phone (oppo find X5 pro). This watch has all the features of a premium Garmin (multi band GPS, training plans, predicted times, training readiness, ECG, accurate heart rate monitoring) at an inexplicably low price. I’ve been really impressed with its tracking accuracy and the training plans are well balanced and have helped me take 90 secs off my 5k time in over a 4 week period. Sleep tracking seems to work ok, but sometimes misses times when I wake but lay still. Highly recommended.