{"id":162978,"date":"2025-08-21T05:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162978\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:16:11","slug":"coros-just-launched-the-nomad-adventure-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162978\/","title":{"rendered":"Coros Just Launched the Nomad &#8216;Adventure&#8217; Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n            We may earn a commission from links on this page.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Coros, maker of some of my favorite running watches, has launched a new model: the $349 <a data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-template=\"News\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" data-ga-element=\"offer\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-event_label=\"Nomad\" href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/a03rmr?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=News&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Nomad&amp;short_url=a03rmr&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Fhealth%2Fcoros-launched-nomad-adventure-watch&amp;event_label=Nomad\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"open in a new window\">Nomad<\/a>. It\u2019s an adventure watch, meant to appeal to outdoorsy folks, with features for hiking and fishing. In some ways it\u2019s like a Garmin Instinct, but I wouldn\u2019t take that comparison too far\u2014it\u2019s really its own thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coros Nomad\u2019s main features and specs<\/p>\n<p>In this list of highlights I\u2019m focusing on the things that set it apart from other Coros watches and from competitors like the Instinct.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Full color, touchscreen MIP display<\/strong>. This is the kind that\u2019s reflective with a backlight rather than the smartphone-style AMOLED screen that\u2019s more popular these days. (I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/health\/which-is-better-smart-watch-display-mip-vs-amoled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an explainer on the pros and cons<\/a> of this type.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Maps with street names<\/strong>. The Pace Pro has maps, but street names seem to be an entirely new offering.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>A new \u201cadventure journal\u201d<\/strong> that lets you mark a pin on a map with a voice note saying what it is. Coros suggests using it for campsites, fishing spots, and places you might have to cross water. (Having fumbled through menus recently to add and label waypoints for all the water taps in my favorite park, this sounds amazing.) You can add photos and videos to the journal from your phone.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Moon phases and tide data<\/strong>, aimed at anglers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>22-day battery life, not counting activities<\/strong>, or 50 hours running an activity with all-systems GPS (34 hours for dual band). This is a few days longer than the Pace 3 and Pace Pro, but less than comparable Garmin Instinct models.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>48 millimeter size, weighing in at 61 grams with the silicone band<\/strong>, or 49 if you swap in a nylon band. (Coros is only selling a silicone band version at the moment, but it takes standard 24 mm watch bands\u2014larger than the Pace Pro or Pace 3.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Price is $349<\/strong>, same as the Pace Pro, but cheaper than any of the Garmin Instinct 3 models.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What the Coros Nomad is missing<\/p>\n<p>For a watch that seems to be angling itself as a Garmin Instinct competitor, there are two huge omissions: The Nomad does not have solar charging, nor does it have an LED flashlight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garmin\u2019s Instinct 3 comes in either an AMOLED version (the glowy smartphone-style screen) or a MIP version that can top up its battery from a solar panel built into the screen. With the Coros Nomad, you get MIP rather than AMOLED, but you still don\u2019t get a solar panel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Nomad also only comes in one size, which is typical for Coros. Garmin\u2019s Instinct 3 comes in 45 and 50 millimeter versions. The Nomad is 48 millimeters, splitting the difference but still a large watch compared to a lot of what\u2019s on the market. The Pace 3, for example, is 42 millimeters.<\/p>\n<p>                What do you think so far?<\/p>\n<p>For Coros fans who were hoping that today\u2019s announcement would be about a new version of the company\u2019s Apex or Vertix watches, Coros teased a forthcoming release cryptically in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Coros\/comments\/1muhhz6\/comment\/n9j2ong\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"open in a new window\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">comment<\/a> on a Reddit thread about the Nomad: \u201cWhile I can&#8217;t say much publicly about specifics, I can say that for those who are disappointed, we are currently developing and testing some really cool (and expected (?)) things to be released before the end of the year :)\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We may earn a commission from links on this page. 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