Garmin Edge 305 Bicycle GPS Navigator with Heart Rate Monitor and Speed/Cadence Sensor by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of Garmin Edge 305 Bicycle GPS Navigator with Heart Rate Monitor and Speed/Cadence Sensor
Digital camera Review: Excellent Device/Tool... a little expensive
Summary: 4 Stars
I just bought the Edge 305, but have used it on my trainer and walking around my local office buildings. I have had both the 201 and 301 and am VERY impressed with the 305's GPS reception.
Fit and finish is excellent and the hardware sync'd quickly.
I'll follow up with a long-term assesment.
Digital camera Review: Excellent Product
Summary: 5 Stars
Other than the difficulty to navigate through some of the menus it's overall an amazing product. Rightly priced and amazing functionality at very low weight.Digital camera Review: Excellent device!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had spent many nights looking for a bike computer and I finally decided on the Edge 305. It tracks very accurately, can list a ton of information on the display and you can even customize a second screen with more information. I mainly got this so I can load my rides up to mapmyride with the Garmin import feature to keep a log of my rides. The map of my ride is dead on also. The altimeter is a plus, I've noticed that Google maps and the altimeter accumulated feet do not match all the time and sometimes they are really off. I would tend to believe the altimeter over Google maps. I just make a note of the reading in the notes field on my log.
Battery life is good on Smart Recording mode (haven't tried the every second mode). I've been on two century rides and the battery only went down approximately 1/2 each time.
Cadence sensor, I haven't used this yet because my frame has a unique shape and doesn't sit exactly snug. However the speed does show well from only the GPS signal.
Heart Rate monitor works really well, I've used this on just about all the rides and syncs with no problem, it's a good piece of information to gauge your ride exertion.
Hands down this is one fine bike computer. I've been using this for about 2 months now and have logged about 400 miles so far with no complaints.
I highly suggest this device!
Digital camera Review: Excellent product
Summary: 4 Stars
Very pleased with the product, gives me all the information I want. Can customize screens to my needs, I did have trouble making the cadence function work... so I took it into a bike shop and had them figure it out.Digital camera Review: Finally, a bike computer worth the price
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used all of the latest and greatest bike computers for ten years and this is the first one I would say is worth the price. With the big caveat of not being a power meter, this computer has everything you could want in one package with a great pc download and interface.
What I find especially enjoyable is that this computer can functions well at any level of interaction. You can do intervals and monitor your cadence or you can just go out and spin and not think about it. Either way, the computer is recording all of the data for your log when you want to look at it.