Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS Receiver With Heart Rate Monitor by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS Receiver With Heart Rate Monitor
Digital camera Review: 12 month warranty and at 14 monthis it DIES!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought it just over a year ago for my wife. She has used it often over the past year for training and various triathlons and marathons. It apparently worked great and she has been very happy with it.
Then today, for her last, long, training run before a 27 Mar 2011 marathon at White Sands, it just would not start. No display what-so-ever, no indications; pushing buttons had no effect. Tried charging more, tried hooking the USB to the PC, tried staring at it very hard, NO results!
After having read the many 1-star and 2-star reviews on here about folks having the same issues, I have decided to find a highly recommended competitor product and spare myself the heartburn and rage of dealing with what I have determined to be a hateful, sorry, corrupt, and anti-social customer service department for an over-hyped, under-engineered piece of CRAPOLA!!!
Garmin, get your act together or quit peddling your cheap, Tiawan-made crap here in the US!
Digital camera Review: 15 Minutes to Acquire Satellite Position Outweighs Great Features
Summary: 1 Stars
The Forerunner 305 has great features, and its workout tracking performance is great, once it gets started. But be prepared to turn the device on to let it start acquiring satellites at least 15 minutes before you want to start running or biking. In my experience, with a clear view of the sky, average time to get a position is about 5 minutes, but it is often more like 15 minutes, even though I start and end all my runs at the same place. Until it has a solid fix, it is unable to track your speed, distance, etc., so much time is wasted standing around waiting to start my runs until the watch finds its position. To me, having to turn the watch on that far in advance is completely unacceptable.Digital camera Review: 2nd 305
Summary: 5 Stars
Overall, a great product. Does exactly what it's designed for - for the runner/wallker. Not intended as a mapping GPS.
This is my second purchase of a 305 as my wife was enjoying mine so much (have had mine about two years). While they are identical, I have noticed hers (the new one) is slighly lighter and the satellite pick-up is light-years faster than the one I currently have (so much, I may have to take mine in). Nevertheless, I am very happy with mine over the years (once satellite is picked up -- never have lost coverage) and I know my wife will be too. Battery life is just under 10 hours, so cannot be worn on a regular basis.
Highly recommended for the avid runner/walker/hiker.
Digital camera Review: 2nd Time I bought one
Summary: 4 Stars
I little on the bulky side compared to the 405, but it gets the job done and that's all that matters to me.Digital camera Review: 3 Years and still Running
Summary: 5 Stars
First of my Army Friends to have this toy and have been the cause of many to buy this product. Simply an awesome tool while running to give you exercise time, distance, pace, heart rate, and much more. Awesome tool after running as it automatically creates a log for every run while it is on your wrist calculating time, distance, and splits(I set mine at 1 mile pace splits). Every friend I have loaned it to has bought their own soon afterwards. Over the past 3 years it has been very durable with no issues. My only complaint is the software that it comes with has really baseline maps with no graphics(I know Gramin can do better in this area), the pace lags about 5 seconds behind but is still a good benchmark to see where you are at that point in time.