I'm gradually easing myself back into running after illness, and as a reward for managing a whole year without a hospital stay I'm hoping to buy myself a GPS running watch.
Before I commit myself (and a good chunk of money that I saved thanks to being a student who couldn't go out!) too strongly to the idea, I'd love to know if the straps of running watches are even suitable for people with relatively small wrists. I'm not particularly tiny but the arm strap I bought a while ago for my phone drives me crazy slipping around, and I definitely don't want to pay several hundred pounds for something that annoying!
I've had a look through the specs of a Garmin and a Timex, and I can't see anything about strap length. My wrists are just over 13cm around - am I likely to be able to find anything that's comfortable?
Edit: I'm an idiot and didn't realise that the tape measure doesn't start at the beginning - my wrists are about 15cm around. *duh*
0 ·
Comments
I have 15cm wrists too. I found the 305 drove me crazy, it slipped when I sweated, and would press on the little bone on the outside of the wrist.
The 405 is much better, as it's smaller and lighter it doesn't slip and doesn't bug me. You can buy a velcro strap for it, but it's £21
The existing strap is fine.
I have 15cm wrists, also with a protruding wrist bone and I have the 410. It's fine - I have it a bit loose but not loose enough so that it twists round and I really don't notice it there. When it first arrived, I thought it looked massive and the 410 does come with those velcro straps for smaller or larger wrists, but I think that they make it feel worse.
You can have the strap tighter - I have it on the 6th hole from the face of the watch.
I think that you'd be fine with a 410 or a 405 (which is the same size as 410).