I asked a lot of friends their opinions about this product and the only other product I was told about was from Polar which had almost all the same features but was geared more towards bikers and a WHOLE lot more expensive. The Garmin fit my needs as a runner and was in my price range. I love the GPS and the fact that it syncs with my mapmyrun.com account which I have been using for a bit now too. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT.