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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)
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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:
 Forerunner 205 GPS March 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a great device! It is very accurate and easy to use. A perfect GPS for running. Very light weight and not so bulcky. I really like that you can switch miles/meter and 12h/24h. I just started running and never owned a device like this before. I'm very satisfied with it. I would recommend it to everyone.
Wow - this is amazing February 28, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This thing is amazing. I''ve had the 205 for a few days now and have gotten several runs in with it, although I plan to use it for biking as well. There are obviously lots of cool things you can do with it in building maps of your runs, then taking those runs, turning them into courses, and then racing against yourself later.
However, the core reason I wanted it was for:
- Mileage estimates
- To get feedback on speed/pacing
First Mileage Estimates - I never knew how far I was running and just took a guess. Now I am training for a marathon and that wasn't cutting it. I tried to use a mapping website where I digitized my routes using a mouse on the PC. Turns out if I mapped the run 3-4 different times, I'd get as much as a mile difference in a 15 mile run. Not good enough.
So this thing nails it on mileage and now I don't too far or too short in training.
Feedback for speed/pacing - As I've never known how far I have run, a stop watch didn't do much good for estimating how fast I am running - only how long I ran for. When I tried to do speed workouts or slow 10+ minute per mile recovery runs, I never knew if I was going slow enought to truly recover.
Now I know how fast I am going. The instant pace feedback is not that great, but the lap pace is very good. I realize now I have a tough time running slower than 10 minutes per mile so it is helping to discipline myself. I haven't done a speed workout yet, but it will be great to see how my training is coming along and if I am on target to meet my pacing goals to run a 1:45 half marathon.
Also - calories burned. Some reviews mention this is way off. There is a firmware update that corrects this and it is fairly accurate now. I've compared what forerunner says with some web based estimation tools and I'm comfortable with the 205's calorie estimates.
The reason for only the 4 star rating:
- Garmin training software is fairly simple. I have opted to use a freeware SW version called Sporttracks by zonefivesoftware.com. Great mapping capabilites and the reporting, analytical tools are better. Not as intuitive to use, but for a free package it is better than what Garmin provides.
- Also, some of the extras on the Garmin are useless. Stuff like the % grade is way inaccurate, and the elevation is questionable.
Bottom line - if you want a tool to improve your training and don't want to be tied down to a system that uses a footpod and/or want to build maps of your runs, this is a winner.
 Garmin 201 vs 205 February 23, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have bought this GPS running watch about a week back. For the past year and a half, I have been training with the Garmin Forerunner 201, but with the recent falling prices of the 205, I could not resist upgrading.
First off notices:
Charging and transferring data via USB is much faster then the 201. The battery went from empty to fully charged in less than two hours, where before with the 201, it would be overnight before I could use it.
Comfort:
The 201, although bulky, was not that heavy, especially during the run. The one thing I hated was how it limited the wrist movement due to the prolongated size. The 205 does not suffer from this problem as it's much thinner.
Accuracy:
With the 201, it never had a hard time finding the signal, just that randomly during my runs it would loose signal, or say I was running at a 10 min/mile pace, when in reality, it was near a 7:00 mile pace. With the 205, I have never experienced and weak signals, and it will even "find itself" from inside my house - something that I could NEVER do before.
Fixed Annoyances:
-With the 201, when you stopped the time, it would create a new lap - with the 205, it will continue with the same lap until you hit the lap button.
-USB dock. I don't know why Garmin decided to sell the x01 series with a Serial cable in 2004 when all PCs had a USB port. Neither of my new computers had a Serial port, so my 201 was useless unless I wanted to use my PC from 1999.
-A/C adapter size. The new one is about 1/3 the size of the old one
Cool stuff:
You can customize the fields to include everything you wanted to know:
Sunrise
Sunset
Time of Day
Direction (N,NE,S,SW etc)
Average pace
Lap Pace
Distance
I'm loving the 205 a LOT more then the 201. I hope you love it as much as I do.
Absolutely the best gift for a running geek February 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have heard it compared to the microwave -- you just don't know how you got along without it after you buy one. It is the truth. As a numbers junkie who can't trust his body for speed, I now can tempo train with the best of them because my pace is on my wrist. Highly recommended.
Garmin Forerunner 205 February 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent purchase. I recommend this device for outside training. It's very accurate and easy to operate.
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