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| Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS Receiver With Heart Rate Monitor | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
New (76) Used (1) Refurbished (4)
Avg. Customer Rating:  582 reviews
Sales Rank: 67
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 160x100
Display Size: 1.52
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 10 x 6
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Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 010-00467-00
Model: 010-00467-00
UPC: 753759051945
EAN: 0753759051945
ASIN: B000CSWCQA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Simpy Awesome!!! April 11, 2007
Can't say enough about this GPS watch! It has helped me so much in my quest to do my first marathon. There is no guessing on my mileage. I also recommend the 305 with the heart monitor because monitoring your heartrate is very important for continuous improvement. I almost purchased the 205 and I'm glad I went 305. For those of you that are going to be serious with running, you will find that monitoring your heartrate is key to improving your running times. I only wish that they built the monitor into the watch instead of chest band. Other than that, I give it a huge thumbs up! Great going Garmin!
P.S. Use MotionBased Agent and SportTracks along with Garmin Training Center and you will be amazed! Those programs will show your route on google maps... just plain awesome!
Exceeds Expectation. Great Tool to Monitor and Track Training. April 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have owned the Forerunner 305 for about 3 weeks. Mine has performed exactly as advertised.
The GPS rapidly acquires satellites and I have not had a problem with it losing connection. I live in Hawaii and the GPS had no problem finding satellites (updating the Almanac data) and providing a fix while I sat in my living room on the initial start. Since then it occasionally seems to take longer to find satellites, but while I input my planned workout it continues to find the satellites and by the time I am done, it is ready to track my progress.
The heart rate monitor has worked perfectly. It has not once failed to immediately display my HR. So far it has worked better than my Polar dedicated HR monitors.
The display feature allows you to customize different displays with up to four attributes each out of a list over twenty different parameters. For example, if you want to know how long you have left, how far you have gone, your current heart rate, and sunset while you are exercising you can make a display just for that! The display illuminates well at night.
I have found the pace information to be very useful and not at all jerky. Since GPS does not provide speed directly, the 305 like any other receiver calculates speed based on measured position changes over time. Since those calculations tend to provide pace information that is naturally jerky, the 305 allows you to smooth the data to varying degrees. It records the raw speed information, but the pace it displays with "high" smoothing is very steady and useful. I have not tried other pace settings because I am getting useful information. Bottom line, pace information is useful, but may require you to adjust the settings to your personal preference.
The best part of the 305 is how it effortlessly provides useful summaries of your workouts, tracks lap to lap performance, and allows you to transfer information to a computer. I did update the software for the watch (firmware), the USB connection, and the computer program so I may have avoided problems that plagued earlier versions. I was very impressed how fast and easy moving training plans and routes to the watch and historical workout from the watch to the computer. The entire process took no more than 3 minutes and didn't require any complex setup. Once your training records are on the computer, they can be displayed on the Garmin software or a number of different third party web based software solutions that provide different analysis tools, workout plans, and trails to explore. Most of the features available online are free. Even if you don't use a computer, the watch stores a long history of previous workouts and displays your previous workouts with useful summaries.
In summary, the 305 is a great tool for runners who want to monitor their workouts or keep an accurate record of their training with very little effort!
Most Impressive April 11, 2007
The Garmin Forerunner 305 is one very impressive product. I have used it on several of my marathon training runs. This has totally enhanced my monitoring and logging of my progress. I am no technical wonder, so I am still learning everything it can do. However, from the start, it was easy to use, reliable and flat out fun. I know several people using this; some are mountain bikers, some runners, some roadies, and we are unanimous in our reaction of being very impressed.
 I'm Free to run wherever I'd like April 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am very pleased with this product. When I go out on a run, I don't have to worry about running on a measured course to figure out how far that I have run. As far as GPS reception, I have had no issues in San Diego even when it is overcast. I'm not an elite runner and when I purchased it the HR monitor was not necessarily high on my require feature list but now that I have it, it has been a valuable tool. I would agree with other reviewers that the elevation data is not very accurate. I cannot comment on the Training Center software that is provided because I use it with SportTracks software available on the internet. Either software provides the capability to download the Run/GPS data from the Garmin so you end up with a automated training log.
Outstanding Performance & Monitoring April 10, 2007
The Forerunner 305 w/ Heart Rate Monitor is outstanding I must say. Compared to many other wrist GPS devices, this one is the most accurate I have found and it has not lost GPS signal once in my two months of using it almost every day. I ran the same course 11 times and it gave identical distance readouts each time, regardless of weather conditions and the fact that I live in a densely housed area.
The Heart Rate Monitor is extremely accurate, and the options for viewing data on the screen are practically endless. With the ease of viewing what you want, the reliability of the GPS, the hundreds of options for data to record and monitor, the training partner and training features, the heart rate monitor - and all the other options I must give this 5 stars. I wouldn't want anything else now that I have used this Garmin device.
Very well done, Garmin!
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