It’s a reasonably priced stopwatch, which is perfect for the sports I intend to use it with: swimming. It can measure times, both lap and split, and the stroke rate of the swimmer can easily be measured. A slight disadvantage is that the FT9 will not save the stroke rates, so you have to write it down immediately or just remember the numbers (but that is not to be expected from a stopwatch in this price range, I think). Switching between time menu and stroke rate menu is very easy and fast (sometimes you have to run through a lot of other menus, but that is not the case here), and the time will continue to run when measuring stroke rates. The only reason why it doesn’t get 5 stars, is that a decent carrying case is not provided within this price.