The Freestyle Shark Watch, the watch that I use for biking and kayaking is a worthy workout watch, but its physical design doesn’t always agree with me. The watch is programmed using four big knobby buttons. The buttons get accidentally set when I am doing activities that bend my wrist back and forth… easily done when paddling or riding.

I’ve had the watch get into funky modes where the time would disappear or the watch would beep every few minutes, and no combination of pressing buttons would restore the watch function, until I was able to get the instruction sheet out.

Well that brings up another issue, the instructions are printed in such small type that I can barely read it. Continue reading →