WHAT’S NEW IN THE COROS NOMAD
Before we get started, here is the full spec listing for the Coros, detailing the materials, dimensions, temperature and battery range, satellite systems, in-depth training features, third party integration, etc.
And here is a full feature comparison of all the Coros models, so you can see which one best suits your needs.
What separates this watch from all the others is its outdoor features. I’m not talking about GPS accuracy or altimeter or mapping qualities (though I will talk about those).
I’m talking about things that will help you plan and adjust, help you remember where you are and what you did, and take your outdoor lifestyle to the next level.
Particularly, the following features:
> Pins
On your run, a simple press of an action button will give you the option to drop various pins. Drop a voice pin and you can record a message using the dual microphone set up on the watch. Drop a water pin to remember a water stop. Multiple in-activity pin options abound, including bathroom, trailfork, or campground. For fishing, mark a good spot for cover or structure. Drop a catch pin to remember where you caught that 5 lb. largemouth bass on a wacky rig Senko. Take a picture of the wacky rig Senko with your phone and it’ll stick to your location in the app once you sync it. When your activity is finished, all of these will show up as waypoints on your map within Coros. Navigate back to them whenever you come back.
> Weather, Moon Phases, Tides
You can now add locations within the Coros app and access the weather for each of them by flicking up on the crown dial while on the home screen of the watch. From the weather screen, you can view 5-day forecast or drop into today’s forecast and get the hourly report, wind report, barometric pressure, and tide report.
Tide chart (left), hourly weather (right)
> Offline mapping with street names
This is the first Coros watch to have offline color and topo mapping with street names, something that not even the Garmin Instinct has. This is a huge step forward and is a welcome feature for the true adventurers who are prone to exploring (i.e. getting lost), especially when their phone dies out on the run (me).
