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The Triax watch from Nike is super handy for running, but it has a tragic flaw. This instructable is about how I decided to analyze the flaw and figure out a way to make a workaround for myself.
I've long been a fan of the Triax watches. The designers behind it, ASTRO, even got a Design of the Decade award for it. The big numbers and the tilted face make it a dream to use while running. And yet I never had one until I got one as a Christmas present last year.
While all of the standard features work great with the easy-to-read digits and the lap times, there was one feature that was included that has caused plenty of problems. For the life of me, I have no idea why it's on there.
I've long been a fan of the Triax watches. The designers behind it, ASTRO, even got a Design of the Decade award for it. The big numbers and the tilted face make it a dream to use while running. And yet I never had one until I got one as a Christmas present last year.
While all of the standard features work great with the easy-to-read digits and the lap times, there was one feature that was included that has caused plenty of problems. For the life of me, I have no idea why it's on there.
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This situation has happened to me dozens of times. I'll look down at my watch and see that the time is 12:00 am. The watch is stuck in Alarm Set mode because the Alarm Set button was pressed.
Why anyone would use their watch, especially one designed for running, as an alarm system is beyond me. There are clocks everywhere! Alarm clocks, clocks on the walls, clocks on poles, clocks on your computer monitor, a clock on your cell phone. Most of these have the ability to make an awful noise at a set time if you want them to.
In the past year, I've used the alarm function once and that was only as the third alarm that was set because I was so exhausted I figured that I could use every back-up system available. One use per year should hardly make this button so important, but it is.
I'll show you how.
Why anyone would use their watch, especially one designed for running, as an alarm system is beyond me. There are clocks everywhere! Alarm clocks, clocks on the walls, clocks on poles, clocks on your computer monitor, a clock on your cell phone. Most of these have the ability to make an awful noise at a set time if you want them to.
In the past year, I've used the alarm function once and that was only as the third alarm that was set because I was so exhausted I figured that I could use every back-up system available. One use per year should hardly make this button so important, but it is.
I'll show you how.
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Then again, it doesn't matter. The watch fell apart after about a year. Both wristband connections broke. Fixed them with some gorilla glue, and then broke again.
Let us know if you hear anything back from them!
Personally, I'd be tempted to just file the button down a bit. Maybe even file it flush, so you need a pencil or paperclip to push the button. Might not stop accidental contacts completely, and it'd be more annoying if and when it did happen, but that would make it a much more rare event at least. With a button that small, it seems highly unlikely they would bother to make it hollow, so you should be safe regarding creating a hole to let water in.
Then again, I didn't pay for the watch...
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Also, the reason I have this watch is because I disassembled my last watch and I couldn't get the molded rubber arms back on.