The Garmin Forerunner 620 is a big improvement over the Garmin Forerunner 610 that it is possible nobody would want the Garmin Forerunner 610 any more. Both products are GPS for runners as they check this product out in order to check out the total amount of time they have run and the distance as well. It is certainly a big upgrade and runners would want to check this out before deciding to run again. Here are 4 major improvements the Garmin Forerunner 620 made over its predecessor.
Weight
The Garmin Forerunner 620 is one ounce lighter than the Garmin Forerunner 610. It may not sound important but it is actually going to affect your performance since you are going to run with a light GPS. You are going to actually move 1125 less pounds when you move your arms 18000 times in a marathon and that is going to affect your endurance a lot. When comparing the weight of the two models, the Garmin Forerunner 620 is 38% lighter which would light the eyes up of runners everywhere. Women will find out this wrist watch is a good fit for them. There is a new hinged wrist band here and it fits perfectly for small and large wrists so it won’t pose a problem for anybody.
Screen Resolution
The Garmin Forerunner 620 is in full color which may pose a problem for older runners as they may have to wear glasses in order to see clearly. The Garmin Forerunner 620 has a 180 pixel by 180 pixel screen which is a big improvement over the usual 60 px by 60 px of most watches. Young people would love the new screen resolution as they would get in the mood even more to use this wrist watch.
Advanced Features
The Garmin Forerunner 620 also measures two things and that is ground contact time and run oscillation. Ground contact time is the amount of time that your feet is on the ground so you would want to minimize that because it means you are not moving enough. Meanwhile, run oscillation is the measurement of the amount of vertical energy going into your stride as you would want to minimize this as well because if this is big then it means you are not exerting enough effort. The ground contact time is measured in milliseconds and it is going up real fast as you progress in your running. There is no other watch that will give you both of these statistics so that is really a huge advantage for those who have the Garmin Forerunner 620.
Water resistant
The Garmin Forerunner 620 can resist water for up to 50 meters. This is a big improvement over the Garmin Forerunner 610 which can resist water for 30 minutes up to 3 ft. This means that the Garmin Forerunner can be used for swimming and even a triathlon. The Garmin Forerunner 610 is good enough when you run and it suddenly starts to rain. You can’t really blame yourself if you want to run outdoors when the sun is out. The weather is so unpredictable so it is a good thing both of these watches are alright to get wet.
So there you have a quick run down of the main differences between the two Garmin devices. It’s up to you to decide which is right for you.
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