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| GARMIN Forerunner 405 Black GPS Enabled Sports Watch/ HRM | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $373.32
Buy New: $331.99
You Save: $41.33 (11%)
New (6) from $331.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 443
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 124 x 95
Size: 000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 0.6 x 1.9 x 2.8
MPN: Forerunner 405 ANT S
Model: Forerunner 405 ANT S
UPC: 753759075347
EAN: 0753759075347
ASIN: B0011UNMIK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: This is a brand new Garmin Foreunner 405 with GPS and Heart Rate Monitor. It is in the original sealed box with all the original manuals and equipment.
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| Features:
| • | Black GPS Enabled Sports Watch/ HRM | | • | Can be Used for Running and Cycling /Outdoors or Indoors w/Optional Sensor | | • | Training and Motivational Features: Virtual Partner, Courses, Workouts, Goals | | • | GPS Features Mark Waypoints / Back to Start | | • | 1.0 Lbs (WxLxH) 1.5" x 5.0" x 0.5" |
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Product Description
The Garmin Forerunner 405 is a GPS-enabled sport watch with a slim and sleek design that tracks your distance, pace, heart rate, and calories. It displays them on the easy-to-read screen, and you can simply tap or slide your finger around the innovative bezel to change information without fumbling for a button. The ANT+Sport wireless technology automatically transfers workout data to and from your computer.
Amazon.com Product Description -- January 10, 2008
With the Forerunner 405, Garmin has finally put the power of GPS location-based date into a sleek sport watch that can be worn all day. Runners no longer have to choose between function and fashion. Garmin's ANT + Sport wireless platform that wirelessly sends your data to your computer and a touch bezel that lets you change screens with a simple tap (no more fumbling for buttons) run make this not just a leap forward in GPS-enabled fitness devices, but in training devices period. Forerunner 405 comes in two color options — black or green.
The Power Of Location-Based Data
Anyone who has used Garmin's Forerunner 205 or 305 already understands the power that attaching location data to traditional measurements like distance, speed, time, calories burned, and heart rate can provide. Knowing exactly where you worked hardest, ran fastest (or most slowly), and lets you tailor your workouts to improve for specific distances, conditions, and types of terrain. It gives a complete picture of how you interact with every portion of your run.
Forerunner 405 comes in two color options — black or green | 
Train with a virtual partner | Watch Results
Loaded with serious training features, Forerunner 405 continuously monitors your time, distance, pace, calories and heart rate (when paired with heart rate monitor). Each run is stored in memory so you can review and analyze the data to see how you've improved. The high-sensitivity GPS receiver sustains satellite reception, whether you're tackling a trail or jogging through the urban canyons of skyscrapers. The Forerunner 405 is water-resistant (IPX7) and can be used outdoors or indoors (with an optional foot pod), making it the ultimate year-round, all-weather training tool. Forerunner 405 is available with or without a heart rate monitor (see the versions tab) to help you make the most out of your training. Versions with a digital heart rate monitor continuously track heart beats per minute. Train in a certain heart rate zone to improve your fitness level or compare your pace and heart rate to past performance on the same run. The revolutionary patent-pending touch bezel on the face of the watch makes navigating the options easier than ever. Simply by tapping, holding or running a finger along the bezel, runners can begin a new workout, access their training history or challenge a Virtual Partner. The Forerunner 405 makes training with a Virtual Partner easy and efficient. Runners can adjust the Virtual Partner's pace without stopping in the middle of a workout, and the Virtual Partner is always on and ready for a challenge. Run, Sync, Store and Share
One of Garmin's most ambitious decisions has been to approach fitness devices as a total platform with their "ANT + Sport" connectivity system. All of Garmin's new fitness devices, including the Forerunner 405, Edge 605 and 705 bike computers, and Forerunner 50 heart rate monitor watches, will interface wirelessly with any devices that are compatible wiht the "ANT + Sport" protocol, including devices from other manufacturers. Once you've logged the miles, the ANT+Sport wireless technology automatically transfers data to your computer when the Forerunner is in range. No cables, no hookups. The data's just there, ready for you to analyze, categorize and share through Garmin's online community, Garmin Connect or optional Garmin Training Center software. You can wirelessly send workouts from your computer to Forerunner, too. Share Wirelessly
With Forerunner 405 you can share your locations, advanced workouts and courses wirelessly with other Forerunner 405 users. Now you can send your favorite workout to your buddy to try, or compete against a friend's recorded course. Sharing data is easy. Just select "transfer" to send your information to nearby units. Cross-Train
Take your training inside with the versatile Forerunner 405. Pair it with an optional foot pod to track your speed, distance and running cadence indoors when a GPS signal is unavailable. This new design clips onto your laces for easy removal and automatically turns on when you start moving. You can also add a speed/cadence bike sensor to track the speed and distance of your cycling workouts. Be Part of A Community
In 2007, Garmin acquired Motion-based, the largest shared repository of customer-generated gps-based routes, courses and maps. This was a significant move for Garmin to support the gps user community and bring a wealth of route options to gps users. With a simple connection to your computer, you can join a worldwide network of cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts through Garmin Connect our new, one-stop site for data analysis an sharing. You can also upload to optional Garmin Training Center software for further analysis. Garmin Training Center stores large quanities of workout and ride data. Some of the things you can do are - Review your workout data, including pace/speed, distance, time, calories burned; and if available, heart rate, cadence and detailed elevation.
- View a detailed graph of your workout data, plotted over time or distance.
- View a map of your workout that shows the exact path you traveled.
- Categorize your workout history according to type of activity.
- Review previous workouts, which are saved by day and week.
- Create customized workouts with specific goals and rest intervals. Then send them to your fitness device.*
- Schedule workouts for a specific day with calendar.
- Get custom workout templates designed by the experts at TrainingPeaks.com
What's In The Box
Forerunner 405, USB ANT stick, Heart Rate Monitor, AC adapter, Charging clip, Owner's manual, Quick reference guide
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Lot to Like June 24, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Garmin 405 is not my first HRM watch, but it is my first that has integrated GPS functionality. This watch is slightly complex as mentioned in an earlier review, but not too complex to get used to, and once you work out your process for using the watch it is not complex at all. What makes it initially seem complex is that it has so much functionality you can use it can be overwhelming. To turn on the light simply requires you to touch the bezel with 2 fingers rather than one, same motion for turning it off. They are attempting to match the user friendliness of the iTouch/iPhone with the touch bezel interface.
I have probably the most complex setup for this watch that is possible. I have the HRM, footpod (so I can use it on a treadmill indoors) and the GSC-10 for my bike (a carryover from when I had the Forerunner 50 which does not have GPS). So far pairing and using the various ANT devices including the USB connection to the PC for data downloading has worked very well with no problems.
This watch does not currently work well with Macs. I have many computers at home, including 3 Macs, my main computer being a Al iMac. I just use Parallels and XP for data transfer and analysis for the 405 currently. My hope is that Garmin meets their promise of Mac compatibility in 2008, but the workaround with Parallels works OK for now.
If you are a gadget person and run/bike and love to review and collect data this is the product for you. I definitely fit that segment and love the 405. Only Mac compatibility and the somewhat complex menu system keep this from being rated 5 stars by me. If you prefer simplicity of operation and do not like gadgets much, my recommendation would be to choose a less complex watch with HRM.
 Terrible interface, Avoid if you want to spend time running not reading June 24, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
This product is ridiculously complex. The interface will require referring to the manual again and again. Very little is intuitive. Simple things like activating the light require multiple button presses, on two buttons, neither is labeled "light".
It's not Mac compatible and says nothing about this on the package. The wireless "ANT" stick requires a PC. There is Mac software for the Garmin Training center, but no way for the 405 to connect to it.
On a PC the ANT software runs constantly, that is rather than just running when the Garmin Training center application is running, it runs 24/7 slowing your computer. Data is transfered to it (slowly) then to the Training Center.
 Some Good, Some Seriously Bad June 23, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
At first, the wireless transfer seemed a little like bells
and whistles that I didn't really care about, but it's
turned out to be worse than that. I was hoping to replace
and Edge 305 with this device, so that I could use it more
easily for running. That device uses standand USB cables to
sync and charge the unit---I have them at work, at home, and
in my car. The 405, however, uses a custom charging clip
that I will wither have to carry with me or buy multiple copies
of it and dedicate USB ports to their use. If I lose it,
it is not widely available, and will likely mean I can't use
the device for a while.
Same problem with the ANT stick, which takes yet another USB
port to use. I have to carry this small, easily misplaced
$50 item along with the unit to use it elsewhere. And the
data transfer rate is dramatically lower than the Edge 305
version which uses USB.
Lastly, the MotionBased agent doesn't recognize the 405, so
I am stuck with the much slower and less functional Garmin
Connect.
The sort-of iPod like bezel interface is good, but takes some
getting used to. Overall, it's better that the massive
button pushing that would otherwise be required. It is only
slightly larger and heavier than a regular wristwatch, and it
looks nice enough to wear in a non-training setting.
It's OK, but it would have been much, much better with a
standard USB interface.
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