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| Garmin Forerunner 201 Wrist-Mounted GPS Fitness Computer | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $167.99
Buy New: $115.99
You Save: $52.00 (31%)
New (53) Refurbished (3)
Avg. Customer Rating:  349 reviews
Sales Rank: 1181
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 100x64
Display Size: 1
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Size: Garmin Part #010-00328-00
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 4
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Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 010-00328-00
Model: 010-00328-00
UPC: 753759046934
EAN: 0753759043278
ASIN: B0000CFYCH
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome tool for anyone April 24, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought the Garmin Forerunner to help with my training for police testings. To my surprise, this gadget has really helped in my endeavors. The greatest part is being able to look back on the progress you have made with your training. I have had the garmin forerunner for two weeks now and have run every day with it. I love the fact that i can race against a "virtual" racer to help with my times. Another nice part of it, is that it tells what my pace is as well as if im behind or ahead of where i want to be. If you dont care about pace, you can switch to a custom page and you can see how many calories burned instead. After my runs, i come and load up what i have just accomplished on the computer. With the PC software, i can see everything from the map i just ran to the elevation and grade of the track. Everything is broken down to the second. The Garmin Forerunner GPS was so accurate, it showed me running in a little cultasac in my neighborhood. Yes, its a little bit of a pricey toy BUT, it is well worth it!
A must have March 26, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you're looking for something pretty basic, to log your speed, distance and time - get this. It is perfect. I read tons of reviews prior to purchasing this. Some people complained it didn't have enough functionality, others complained about it not having an HRM - but, when it all boils down to it, this Garmin does all you really need it to do. Log your speed, distance and time. And for $100 - you can't go wrong. If my 201 ever breaks, I will be on here ordering another one right away, no questions asked. Definitely worth every penny you spend on this - if you're seriously into running, or training for a marathon. Or, just need method of keeping track of your distance, without having to drive the car around to get the mileage prior! :)
 Flawed Device February 26, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased the Garmin Forerunner 201 from Amazon, believing I was buying a reliable piece of gear. It doesn't work properly in any built up area, i.e. city, where most of us live, or areas with too many trees, i.e. where we city dwellers like to go when we leave the city. Basically it leaves stretches of your running route out, but the stop watch carries on ticking. So if you're like me, and take satisfaction in turning out fast-paced runs (or what passes for fast-paced for us amateurs), the 201 will only be a source of frustration. It'll time your run perfectly, just like any stop-watch (duh!), but then leave out some of the distance you ran, so that you get a mile for mile average that yo-yos in a very suspicious way. Particularly when you've put out a steady effort. And it'll miss out bits of your course in different places on a day-by-day basis. You'll find yourself "adapting" the info the device gives you: how's that for precision? The interval training feature is even worst. You dial in some mile repeats, with a timed interval, and set off at full blast. The minutes tick by and the mile never ends! That's when you find that there are gaps in the "mile" you're running, and you're killing yourself when you've actually done the mile, and should be in your rest period. I kid you not, I wouldn't dare sell a GPS device that works 70% of the time and I'm not speaking of heavily built up areas, I run in spaces where the closest buildings are at least 60-90 feet away...
But this is not the worst of it. I though I was getting a well made piece of equipment. I live in Brazil, so I bought it off Amazon, and a friend kindly brought it over for me from the US. In less than 1 year, it started turning on/off by itself, in a crazy dysfunctional way, rendering it totally unusable. Currently it doesn't stay on for more than 1 minute at a time. It now runs it's battery flat by itself. Even though I'd been scrupulously careful w/ it, not taking it out in the rain, and drying off the moisture & sweat after every run religiously. Some of you may say I should have used the warranty, but when you have mailing costs Brazil-US, and if the thing's fixed or replaced, 100% customs duty when it gets sent back here, you'd give up, just as I did. I'm not paying twice for a piece of gear that never worked properly in the first place.
My conclusion: try some other model, or even brand. I'd not lay my hard-earned cash on this gizmo again.
For old computers only February 16, 2007
4 out of 14 found this review helpful
I did not notice in the product description that this product interfaces to the SERIAL port on a computer. Since most new computers use USB for serial interface, the usefulness of this unit is limited. My two newly purchased HP computers do not have an interface that is compatible with this product.
I would not have bought it had I known this. I have not used the GPS since I bought it. It will probably be tossed out.
The serial cable is hidden behind cardboard in the clamshell package. So you don't see it prior to opening the package. Once the package is opened it is a mess that probably cannot be returned.
Lastly, this is one of the worst packaging jobs I have seen. The plastic clamshell is so hard to open that I think the customer is in danger being cut by the opening knife or scissors. The cut plastic is also dangerous.
Did not charge February 8, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased the Garmin Forerunner 201 but when I received the watch it would charge so I have not been able to use it and now it is back with the manufacturer. Garmin warranty is for 1 year so everthing should work out but I have not received it back yet so I do not have too much to say.
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