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| GARMIN 010-00466-00 Forerunner 205 GPS Receiver | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $267.99
Buy New: $139.89 (On sale from $149.89)
You Save: $128.10 (48%)
New (76) Used (3)
Avg. Customer Rating:  387 reviews
Sales Rank: 154
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 160x100
Display Size: 1.52
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Size: Garmin Part #010-00466-00
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.4 x 5.2
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Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 010-00466-00
Model: 010-00466-00
UPC: 753759051907
EAN: 0753759051907
ASIN: B000CSQJ8C
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great watch and better for the price May 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have had this watch for 3-4 weeks now and have no complaints. It does everything it advertises. I use it for running, biking and skiing, and it works great for each. There are several third party freeware programs that expand what the watch can do, like importing tracks and waypoints into Google Earth. I have a Mac and it works perfectly as well. If you want a gps of any kind, I would recommend buying this watch.
 Great marathon training tool May 14, 2007
I purchased my Forerunner 205 in April and have found it an effective tool for my marathon training, The average pace feature is great for doing your long runs as it helps to predict what you might average during your actual race which is usually a minute to 1 1/2 minutes/mile faster depending on your running ability.
The Forerunner 205 sets up quickly (less than 30 sec. in most cases) when preparing for a run and requires no calibration. I've found it to be fairly accurate and a great training partner. It is fairly light and not too cumbersome so it can be used while racing.
Great product! May 14, 2007
This is the first time I have ever purchased something like this but I really love it. I am training for a marathon and a half and it has been so helpful not having to have a course mapped out before starting out. I can take detours and still know how far I have gone. I am having problems trying to figure out how to download my routes but I have kind of gave up on trying to figure it out. My main purpose for this purchase was to keep track of the distance and that is exactly what it does. I keep learning more and more what it does and it continuously amazes me.
Garmin 205 May 14, 2007
Over all produce is good. I bought it for my wife, she uses it for biking and running. I own a 201 and loved it, that's why I bought her a 205, size matters to her, 205 is a little smaller. It has a hard time picking up a satilite signal every now and then.
GPS Watch - great aid for training May 12, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Garmin 205 is the best helper I've ever used for keeping track of workouts, pacing, and distance. I'm a racewalker and it's very important to me to know whether I'm at my goal pace or not while I train. I previously used the Garmin 201 Forerunner, but after I dropped it on a concrete floor once, I couldn't get it to power up any longer. So when I went to buy a new one, I decided to get the 205 because it is smaller and has many more features. I like the versatility of the 205 - you can customize what you want displayed, set it up for different types of sports (running, walking, biking, skiing), set up pace alarms (too fast/too slow), interval workouts, pretty much anything you can think of for getting instant feedback on how you're doing during your workouts. And then you can download your workout history to your computer to view every lap for every day's workout.
I debated dropping my rating to only 4 stars because there are a couple of features that are great to have, but they don't work that well.
- The instantaneous pace you see still jumps around, just like with the 201 model. I do a lot of my workouts at a fairly constant 10:00 min/mile pace, but the watch tells me I'm going 8:30 one minute, then 11:30 the next. There is a "pace smoothing" feature you can use, but it doesn't seem to help much for this instantaneous feedback. My guess is that it jumps around so much because of the way GPS works, and you're going to get that effect with most any consumer receiver, because you can only receive the 3-5 meter resolution GPS signal.
- The pacing alerts are affected by the limitations of the instantaneous pace calculations. They have several options for alerts at different pace settings - walk, fast walk, slow jog, jog, fast run, etc. Each of them has a specific time associated with it (say 11:00/mile for slow jog, 10:00/mile for jog). The alerts tend to go off constantly while you're moving because the instantaneous pace displayed is seldomn in agreement with your overall average pace (which is what you set up the alerts for). Fortunately you can choose to keep the pacing alarms turned off, which is what I do.
- Setting up and using the interval workout feature is a bit difficult and confusing. Plus you can only save one type of workout at a time. Say you want to do 10x 1/4 miles one day, then 4x 1 mile the next. You have to go through the set up again every time you want to use it for a different workout. Once you've finally set it up, it is confusing to use the interval trainer. The screen asks if you are done setting up, and there's no yes or no option - all you can do is hit start/stop. Then it's not clear whether you're starting your workout or not, because you're still on the set-up screen and there's no timer or anything to tell you whether you should be moving in accordance with the workout you just set up. If you go back to the main display with time and distance, there's no indication that you're doing the intervals. Maybe I just haven't figured out this feature yet.
Despite these annoyances, I still really like the 205 and still give it 5 stars. It also seems more durable than the 201 (I've dropped it a couple times already with no ill effects). I recommend it to anyone who wants great feedback and tracking on their workout pace, time, and distance.
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