Full-featured GPS (SIRF IV) navigations with Find Waypoint functionality with route planning, tracking and track logging, 100 waypoint creations in watch and Movescount.com, location in multiple coordinate systems, 3D compass (including military scale), barometric altitude, temperature. Exercise mode uses GPS technologies and full heart rate functions with 15 hours of battery life. When GPS is not being used, the Ambit stays charged and operational in other functions for 100 hours.

Get 15 hours of battery life in full GPS mode (enough for even us lazy back-of-the-pack runners to make it through the toughest of 50-milers) and get up to 100 hours with the GPS off. If 15 hours isn't enough for you, then take note of Ambit's ability to change GPS tracking settings. If the GPS is set to track one point every second then you'll get the same 15 hours of battery; extend the tracking to one point every 60 seconds and you suddenly have 50 hours of battery life. Your route won't be as accurate as it would be when pinging the satellites each second, but it's a good trade-off for such a boost in battery life. The only small catch is it must be done through Movescount.com -- the online platform -- before you head out. The Ambit will run you more than many GPS watches on the market, so be ready. It comes in black and silver (shown above) with and without Suunto's Dual Comfort Heart Rate Belt. MSRP with the belt is $550, without is $500. We're working on a GPS watch roundup for OFFduty later this spring. Look for full reviews of the Ambit and several new entrants to the market, including -- listen up cyclists -- Magellan's new Switch series. More on that soon.

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