PACE 3 GPS Sport Watch - Lightweight, Comfortable Running Watch, 17-Day Battery Life, Accurate GPS, Heart Rate Monitor, Navigation, Sleep Tracking - Black Silicone

I am delighted with this watch. Recommended by Chat GPT over Garmin and Apple Ultra 2 ( I tried it and return it because it is not only expensive, inaccurate and HUGE for sports) This watch is a pleasure to wear, lightweight, accurate, reliable, comfortable, the data is amazing. I use it 24/7, charges very fast and the battery life is insane. Very happy. Not easy to find a good sport watch for swimming, specially for open ocean swimming!

I started running and signed up for a marathon last year. Around the same time, my fitbit stopped working so I ended up buying this coros pace 3. I was admittedly a bit nervous as I've never even heard of them before. I mainly track my running and sleep and this does exactly what I need it to. No, it's not a fancy applewatch, but it gets the work done. The battery lasts forever. It charges from nearly dead to full faster than i can realize that I'm not wearing it. It's the perfect activity/sport watch with so many preset exercises/sports to make recording more accurate. I love mine, and hope to never have to replace it. If I do, it's going to be another Coros.

After doing way more research than I should have on the best watch for triathlon training, I coincidentally ran into an article that raved about the 2023 version of this watch even while mentioning its shortcomings. Then I found another article raving again about the enhancements made to their 2024 model and that it was a no brainer for those of us non-professionals that are also on a budget and want wearable tech with features we will use rather than a bunch we won’t. Only thing I would mention, you’ll see other reviews saying the same thing so I knew ahead of my purchase, is that the display is a bit on the darker side BUT it’s true that in full sun it’s ironically easier to read because of it. If you’re training AND in the market for wearable tech you will not be disappointed in this 2024 model; strongly consider bundling their branded heart monitor before checking out, it’s a game changer even if you can’t wear it for swim workouts. The data it gives is invaluable Update Nov 2024: The battery life on the watch and the HR monitor are just astonishing! The watch charge is well over a week on average and the HR monitor is the same with consistent use 6 days a week (workouts include running, cycling), watch only during swim workouts. For those using the run:walk (galloway) method to train, you can absolutely use the intervals function to set up your workouts.

I bought this to replace a Fitbit charge 5 that has become a buggy mess. And I'd rather not deal with Google anymore. This watch is great. Although they need to work out the bugs if they want me to recommend it to people. I'll explain later. This watch has many features but it is clearly focused on running and maybe cycling. It doesn't have badges for anything else. So if you didn't buy it for that, don't expect any badges. It's step and heart rate detection are top notch. But only while you're doing an activity. Once your not actively doing something. It becomes spotty at best. Some of the bugs that I mentioned. The heart rate detection is completely unreliable at all other times. It tries to tell me that I'm running at 40 beats, my heart never goes that slow. And step detection is slow to respond. I find that it misses thousands of steps throughout the day. Anything can confuse it. If you look at it while you're walking, it will completely stop counting. I also ended up disabling the touch screen. It's fine but the interface was clearly designed for the digital crown. The only time I find it useful is when I'm quickly hiking a trail. The crown becomes cumbersome to use and it's just easier to swipe between screens. Another bug is the sleep tracking. On a normal day it's fairly close. Although it doesn't know that I'm awake until I stand up. If I stay in bed and say grab my Nintendo Switch. It won't know that I'm up until an hour later when I actually get out of bed. It also doesn't detect any sleep that happens before Midnight. I don't typically go to bed before 2am. So it usually isn't a problem. But on the weekends, I'm random. I fell asleep at 7pm one day and it recorded nothing until 12:30am. Other than that, it's been a solid watch. It can set plenty of alarms. The timer function remembers several times. There are many watch faces to choose from. Although most of them look like they were designed by programmers and children. I'm not sure what is going on with it's storm warning system. Don't rely on it. It will warn you when nothing is happening. And remain silent for actual storms. The elevation feature is also inconsistent. But it will give you a general picture. The battery life is fantastic as well. Although, I'm fairly certain that is the focus of the device. At least when your not being active. If you can afford to spend more, I would. But if you are looking for a cheap watch with good battery life that does most things well. This will do the job.

Long story short: I am really really happy with this product. A few things I'd change. -- I am running my first ever half marathon this coming April. I have about 5-6 years experience with running but have never done more to track my runs than use my stopwatch on the timer app and Google Maps, both on my phone. Prior to my training for the half, I knew I needed something more reliable, more responsible, and more accurate than just my phone. I did my research and talked to my friends and family who are runners about the type of exercise watch I should buy that is accurate and benefits my training and how to change and help myself. Of course I saw Garmin, Apple, Samsung, and other massively known brands, but I was reading similar negative things about each of them. Their accuracy. That is when I landed on the Coros Pace 3. Everything you need to know about your running is here. Using the watch, choose what workout you are doing, and that is it. The watch does everything for you. Once you have completed the workout, go to the app. Now is when the real magic happens. It shows you your times (Activity Time, Avg. Pace, Avg. Effort Pace, Best Mile, Avg. Heart Rate, Calories, Elev. Gain, Running Performance, Training Load) in the first section. This is the best way to quickly understand your ultimate time and how much you are pushing yourself. This watch will tell you how a run impacts your Aerboic TE (how your body improves physically while training). I will say, some of the verbiage used is a little above my knowledge. So, it may take some time to research each section so that you know what each means and how you can work from it and continue to progress. It tells you your Cadence, Running Power, Stride Length, and more. When you're not running, and want to use it as a typical watch, there are hundreds of watch faces to choose from. It took me about 2 weeks of playing around with different ones to find the one that I loved, which I have now been using for the last 4 months. On the face it tells you time, BPM, calories burned, activity time, steps, elevation, date (mm/dd/year), and battery life. Battery Life: IT IS INSANE!! On 2%, it takes about 40-50 minutes to charge to 100%. On 100%, using it for a workout 4 times/week, the battery lasts for up to 10 days. When not working out during the week, it can last up to 2 weeks. It is crazy. Probably one of the best things I like about the watch. WHAT I WOULD CHANGE: The interface. The notifications I get from my phone pop up on my watch and the text seems like what I would get on my Blackberry in 2010. It gets the job done, but the notification text could use a change. Screen. It is a little dim at times. You can not change the brightness of the watch. When in a dark area, it will go black, but if you're in a dim-light area, it will still be on, but very hard to see. You have to click one of the buttons to unlock it and is then better to see. That's just me. Music. You cannot use Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, or Soundcloud on your watch. You have to download an MP3 of a song and put it on the file when plugged into your computer. It is a pain, but I figured out how to do it and stick to 3 1-hr playlists each time. That's it. I will say the accuracy of the BPM, Stress Levels, Steps, and Calories Burned is immaculate. I have tested this while using certified machinery to track these levels, and the watch has been 1-2 points around what the test is showing. This has been a lot, but I hope it helps. Overall it is very accurate, benefits me and what I was looking for in a watch. The pros DEFINITELY outweigh the cons.

Absolutely love this thing! Wear it 24/7. It fits great and is so lightweight I can sleep with it on without it bothering me. Great features to really track how I'm running and other workouts. Battery life is amazing, holds up for my longest runs with plenty to spare.

This watch has (or had) so much promise. I had a 2021 Polar Vantage M2. And I wanted an equivalent watch. Which seems like the Pace 3. But…the Pace 3 had better features (that I care about) and it was less expensive 4 years later (I paid $290 for the Polar in 2021 and $229 for the Pace 3 in 2025. What technology should do…make things better and for less money. Perfect). Also, the Coros App is way easier to use than Polar. The problem with this Coros watch comes in the daily use…which amounts to multiple frustrating and annoying activities that cause me to give this a one star and return it. For starters, and this is a small thing, but every time I pick up the watch, the screen changes and it vibrates. The spin dial button is so sensitive that I have to pick up the watch like I would a glass of water that I mistakenly filled to the rim and didn’t want to spill it, just so the screen doesn’t change or vibrate. I guess I can turn off the vibration. But I just find it annoying that I hit that spin dial just picking it up and the screen changes. So I have to hit the back button to get back to the watch face. Every time I pickup the watch. Second, the charging wire seems to come loose and charging stops (See Video). The wire doesn’t feel loose. But when I pick up the watch while it is plugged in, charging stops. The consequence of this is that I plug it in, put it down, and walk away not knowing the charging stops. So I come back 2 hours later and the watch isn’t charged. Not good when I timed that for going on a run. Third, the silicon watch band is comically difficult to thread through the plastic clip and then again through the silicon watch end holder (I don’t know what you call it). So every time I put the watch on I struggle with that. It seems as if the thickness of the band is too big to feed through the clips. It’s a twice a day frustration. Fourth, and this was the deal breaker for me, I think the Engineers at Coros think Lock means “make every button work and work more sensitively.’ I lock the screen, but all the buttons still work. And the touch screen still works. Lock should mean lock….so that NO buttons work. What happens is that when I am running, I move my wrist and the activity screen changes to a screen I don’t want. So I look down at the screen and I do’t see the customized screen I configured. This happens repeatedly when I wear my RoadID on my wrist. The watch bumps up against the band. Fine. I take off the RoadID, which I should not have to do. Even then, the watch wheel button sometimes still changes screens when I bend my wrist and the wheel hits my arm. Fine. I delete the extra Activity screens so there is only ONE activity screen. Therefore, nothing else to change to. But the ONE Activity screen still moves on LOCK mode. I changes to the same Activity screen like it is moving to another one. It just recycles on itself. And each time it does it, the watch vibrates. Which, sure, I can turn vibrate off. But I shouldn’t have to do that on LOCK mode. I shudder to think what would happen when I wear gloves on a cold day. Moreover, I sometimes use Leki poles and this watch will constantly switch screens when it bumps up against the Leki wrist strap and change screens. Imagine that happening for 12 hours on a 50 mile race. I want to use this watch skiing. But since the Lock Screen doesn’t actually lock the screen, the watch will constantly be changing screens while I wear it under my ski gloves, etc. I’d upgrade and pay more for another Coros Watch but I think Coros designs the Lock Screen this way so all watches won’t have a Lock Screen. I will return this.

Purchased this sports watch to replace a Fitbit that went toes up. The primary feature I was interested in was its ability to track my hikes, walks and bike rides. At first, it was not intuitive nor was online help useful. It appeared to direct me to 3rd party apps in order to plot routes prior to activating gps and starting the activity. After some fumbling around and experimenting, I learned how to track routes simply by starting the activity. Aside from what I describe as poor help on that topic and very small screen font, I really enjoy this sport watch. Battery life is crazy long. Tracking of steps, heart rate, elevation gain, altitude and routes is excellent. Much better capability over my Firbit. Love it and would buy again!