Magellan TW0203SGXNA Echo Fit Smart Sports Watch with Activity and Sleep Tracking (Gray)

This was the most disappointing purchase I have ever made on Amazon. I did research before and determined this watch had exactly what I was looking for...pace on the watch face, app compatibility and the ability to control music on my phone. This watch "kind of" worked for about 10 days before it completely broke down. I took it out on about 6 5 mile runs. I could see my pace and time using the Runkeeper app. I have a new Android phone that is on the compatible list. The watch frequently would not connect to my bluetooth without multiple attempts and randomly turned off without warning. After 10 days, it turned off and never turned back on. Customer service was useless. Despite the Android compatibility claims, customer service could not identify any apps to use to control my music and repeatedly suggested iphone only apps despite my clear indication I had an Android.Now, I just attempted to return it and missed the return window by 4 days so I left with a completely useless piece of plastic and I'm out over $100.

Magellan Echo Fit watch is easy to use. It needed an update, which was done through the Echo App available on the PlayStore.I used the Magellan Echo Fit watch with Golfpad App, the initial configuration (pairing process) was a bit slow, or maybe I was just to excited.Great watch and stylish may I say.Cant wait to use it with other Apps.

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I'm breaking this review down to hopefully help you find what you're looking for.MY BACKGROUNDI've been running for just about a year now, and I'm just now starting to get interested in running watches. I've run several 10ks and a half-marathon, and run consistently three times a week. This whole year running, I've kept my stats using RunKeeper with my android phone (first with a Samsung Galaxy S3 and currently with an LG Nexus 5). Most of the reviews I've seen for the Echo Fit have been from iPhone users. When I do a run less than about 6 miles, I just hold my phone in my hand, but for anything longer, I'll put my phone in a ziplock bag (for sweat protection) and stuff it in my running belt. The expensive, do-it-all GPS watches seemed like they were "too much" for what I needed/wanted at this point in my running career. Since I always use RunKeeper to keep my stats anyway, and I really like RunKeeper, I knew I wanted to keep using my phone. When I heard about the Echo Fit, it seemed like my answer--I could get my stats on my wrist, but have the phone put away in my belt to actually keep track.I had been eyeing the Echo Fit for about a month or so, but was reluctant to buy because of the lack of reviews (especially with Android compatibility), and the reviews that I DID see, were hit or miss. Amazon had it on sale for $99 after Black Friday, and at that price I was willing to try it out (always thinking I could return it if it didn't fit my needs).FIRST IMPRESSIONSI received it today, and I must say--Magellan REALLLLY should include instructions in the box. For an Android user, there were several kinks upon setup. Setup took probably an hour, after I finally got the firmware updates on the watch. Really, I don't think it should take that long, and I consider myself pretty savvy with tech. There weren't many steps to go through for the setup, but like I said, the Android hiccups were an annoyance (everything was easy until the watch needed to do the software updates. The first one went smooth until I moved my phone away from the download screen when it was ALMOST finished at about 20 minutes. This caused the download to stop and I had to start over from the beginning for another 20 minutes. Lesson learned: don't move your phone away from the download screen. I assumed the download would take five minutes at the longest, so this was kind of a bummer, but I guess they shipped the device with a VERY early software and it needed a lot of updates. After the first update finished, my phone said the watch needed a SECOND update, but this one never actually downloaded even after roughly 10 attempts. I did a factory reset on the watch and started over, wondering if that would help. Again, tried about 10 times to download the second update. I don't think it ever did download, but somehow the watch and app started working correctly. My guess this was more of an app issue than a watch issue, but I can't be sure).PAIRING TO RUNKEEPEROnce the kinks were worked out with starting up the watch, I was able to pair it to RunKeeper with no difficulty. The watch can start, pause, and resume runs (but cannot stop them). It did this with no problems. Everything paired perfectly on the app and watch.PEDOMETERIt's not very good. Since it's accelerometer-based, it over-calculated my "steps" by a lot; I work in an office, where I don't walk all too much, but it said I got three miles in, which I highly doubt (and then it gave me another two miles from DRIVING home). To get to the pedometer screen on the watch, press the top left button. You can continue scrolling with the top left button to get mileage, calories, and sleep information.BUTTONSSpeaking of scrolling with the top left button: so far, the other buttons only look like they turn on the backlight if you press them quickly (if the watch isn't paired with anything). With any of the buttons, if you do a long press, it will take you to a screen where you can choose to sync the watch with your phone, put it in sleep mode, put it in stopwatch mode, or to exit back to the watch face. I am left to assume all four of the buttons may have more options depending on what app you're trying to control with it, but in my experince it seems like four buttons is two or three too many.APPSI DO want to mention that I assumed the watch could control multiple apps at once on your phone (i.e. multitask by being able to control RunKeeper AND a music player while on a run). However, this is not true. The Echo Fit can only pair with one app at a time (and right now, no android music apps are supported). So, I know I can't give the Echo Fit a full five-stars based on that fact alone.AESTHETICSI have pretty slender wrists, and this is definitely a bulky watch, but probably smaller than a running GPS watch. It's not necessarily heavy, but the watch face is pretty big (most unisex watches are, on a woman's wrist). The digital face itself is maybe only a little larger than a US quarter (not very big), so the mechanics of the unit take up a large percentage of the size. This won't be an everyday watch for me, but the size is just fine for being a sports watch. The band is rubber and has PLENTY of holes to fit nearly any size wrist. The watch as a whole feels sturdy to me. I also wish, though, the watch face had more customization. But, oh well. For $99, so far it's just fine.FINAL FIRST IMPRESSIONSI intend to update this review as I use the watch more, so I can learn the ins and outs, the pros and cons. But so far, once the startup kinks smoothed out, it's about a 3/5-star product (my meaning: "it's just okay.")EDIT 12/10/14:I'm downgrading my review from 3 to 2 stars, and I plan to return the watch... For $99 (and that's the SALE price, so really, for $130) the watch should do more than just beam stats from your phone to your wrist. I feel like there's probably a $50 product out there that can do that (and I bet there's a market for a cheap device that does ONLY that). Being able to pause/resume a run doesn't seem like it's worth the extra cost. So, while GREAT in concept, the Echo Fit needs a little more "umph" to make it worth it for me. The watch CAN track your steps and sleep, but there's no Magellan Active app yet to see these stats over a period of time--ALSO a downer. They advertise this ability, but it's useless at this point. I used the watch on one run; it synced with RunKeeper like a champ, so 5-stars for that. As a complete package, though, the Echo Fit just didn't do it for me. It feels like Magellan rushed it to market while only having 50% of it fine-tuned. It really should still be in beta. I could understand releasing something at 90% or 95% as long as the final touches were guaranteed within, say, 3 months. But as of now, the Echo Fit doesn't do what Magellan says it can do. From other reviews, too, it sounds like a good percentage of consumers have legitimate questions about how to use it, and customer service sounds a little on the clueless side.I decided to try out a Pebble, since at $99 it can do a lot more than the Echo Fit (and it can multitask). So far I like that one a lot more. Size is nicer for my wrist, it can function as an everyday watch (especially after I choose a new band), and runkeeper + music compatibility is exactly what I wanted!

I purchased an Echo Fit Smart part number TW0203SGXNA from Amazon on January 4, 2015. I started using it on January 6th and am having some issues with it only a month later. First off the watch is drawing moisture when I run causing the lens to fog over and I cannot see the display. Second it disconnects from the MapMyRun app frequently during a run unless you do not autolock the phone. And last but not least the battery life is terrible on my run yesterday it already says the battery is low and needs replaced. Not very happy with the purchase. I have just quit using it with the running app, as it is more difficult to connect and get working properly. I am outside of my return/exchange window by 2 days, and I would rather return it for one of the better quality smart watches.

Returned it! Bluetooth dropped out constantly, would not respond to music change, took too long to get connected. I do not have time to deal with gadget issues. If you want a watch for running/biking go with a true GPS and forget about all the connections to your phone. Not worth the price when you compare it to actual GPS watches.

Second Magellan watch last lasted <two years.