I received this watch as a birthday present and I like that its water proof and I never have to take it off. Then when going for a run just put on the chest strap. In the setup you put in your age and weight so it knows what your target range is. Then if I'm going too hard an alarm beeps and tells me to slow down. All run data is stored on the watch. The only downside to this watch is that you need to buy an extra accessory called 'Flowlink' to connect it to a PC.