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Sports watches: more than just a clock

Do you not only want to enjoy nature on your sporty outdoor tours, but also keep an eye on your physical fitness? Then a good sports watch, also known as a fitness watch, might be just the thing for you. With a sports watch, you always have the time in view and, depending on the model, numerous functions that prove very useful during your outdoor activities - from running to hiking, biking and swimming.

Whether it's a heart rate monitor, GPS watch or multisport watch - at Transa you'll find a variety of practical sports watch models that you can wear for a wide range of outdoor activities.

Sports watches: practical at any altitude

If you're often out and about doing sports, good quality and reliability of the sports watch is extremely important. In addition, a sports watch must fulfil many other criteria so that you can enjoy it for a long time.

You can recognise good sports watches by the following features:

• Depending on the features and functionality, it is relatively light.
• The outer material (e.g. stainless steel, aluminium) is extremely robust, waterproof and can withstand wind and weather as well as light impacts.
• The display is clearly legible and does not reflect.
• The strap of the sports watch is comfortable and does not cut in. It can also be easily replaced and securely fastened.
• Thanks to a backlight, you can also use the sports watch at night.
• The operation is very simple and intuitive.
• The sports watches can also withstand larger temperature fluctuations and are heat-resistant and insensitive to cold.
• An integrated button lock prevents unintentional entries when you're out and about.
• An integrated altimeter (e.g. -500 m to 9000 m) is particularly useful if you spend a lot of time travelling in the mountains. This reliably shows you the current altitude and tells you when you need to slow down a little due to the lower oxygen content at high altitudes.
• To ensure that your sports watches don't run out of juice when you're out and about, a low battery alarm is useful.
• The range of functions offered by the various models is diverse, so you can choose the model that best suits your outdoor sports needs. Possible functions include: Barometer, compass, weather display, calendar, alarm clock with snooze function, stopwatch, log graph, logbook, sea level pressure, storm alarm, weather alarm, thermometer display, solar, GPS, depth gauge for snorkelling, weather alerts, heart rate, calories, pedometer, training planning and analysis, hunting and fishing calendar, solar and lunar calendar, torch mode, notification of incoming calls and text messages via your smartphone's push function or data exchange via Bluetooth and USB and much more.

Sports watches for more outdoor functionality

For most active outdoor athletes, the most important functions include a weather display, compass, altimeter and GPS function. You can select other functions depending on your personal needs. It is important that the material is unbreakable and weather-resistant so that the sports watch can withstand the often extreme conditions of hiking, trekking, biking or climbing.