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22 days of battery life with optimized outdoor tracking
Adventure Journal syncs maps, routes, photos, and voice pins
Lightweight 47-millimeter design starts at $349
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You can usually find a watch on each of my wrists, and most of the time, they track my running, biking, and indoor rowing. However, I also use sports watches to capture movement when fly fishing, hiking, kayaking, and more, so when Coros revealed the new Nomad series I felt like the company made a watch just for me.
The new Coros Nomad is designed for people who enjoy spending time outdoors with activities such as hiking, fishing, mountain biking, and exploring nature while also being able to document those activities. For years, I have used Garmin sports watches with the fish function to track where and when I land trout in rivers so that I can return to the hot spots in the future.
The Coros Nomad takes things to the next level with optimization for these types of activities, and I'll soon be taking it out with my rod, reel, backpack, and eMTB.
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