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| Garmin Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Fitness Computer with Heart Rate Monitor | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
New (66) Used (1) Refurbished (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  515 reviews
Sales Rank: 58
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 160x100
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:
 Malfunctioned and fell apart within a month. July 17, 2008
I gave the Garmin Forerunner 305 to my husband for Father's Day.
It had a defective battery and was very frustrating for him because it only worked intermittantly.
While taking a run last week, he pressed one of the buttons and the entire face fell off.
He called Garmin to find a service center to mail it back for repair or replacement. They said they would email details on how to ship it back to them. That was 5 days ago and we've had no reply from Garmin.
I am hugely disappointed with the product and the service.
I hope we will eventually get some service from Garmin.
Gail Ward
 Works better than expected July 16, 2008
The Forerunner 305 is more versitle than I had expected based on what I had read on the Garmin website. I use the 305 mainly for trial running and peak bagging in the Eastern Sierras. No problems yet. Downloading is a snap, and the Training Center software works as promised. I have used it on a couple of 8-9 hour sesions without loss data. It can get a little confused when part of your route is dead vertical.
garmin 305 : awesome! July 16, 2008
If you are serious and committed to your training, regardless of weather you are a profesional, college or amateur athlete, you NEED the 305. Besides the HR monitor and GPS functions we all know, 305 allows you to pre-program your runs and specify the traninig zone your aiming for each segment of the day. This is the feature I believe will make a radical upgrade in the way you train and you'll become more efficient. Buy it now.
 Pretty Happy July 16, 2008
I am a big fan of this product. The distance function is incredibly accurate and I have never lost the GPS signal despite using the watch amid tall buildings and in the forest preserve. I can even get a signal indoors. I also really like the watch's interface. You can really customize it to see exactly what is important to you during your run.
There are only two minor issues that I'm not crazy about. One is the watch's design. It is a little bulky and uncomfortable but nothing that would keep me from using it. The other issue is that the current pace function seems to lag a little bit (up to 30 seconds), as it takes the satellites a few seconds to calculate the pace for you. Despite these issues, though, I would still highly recommend buying one of these watches!
great b-day present! July 15, 2008
Just got a Garmin 305 for my 62nd B-day. I have every training gadget ever sold, and have been running for 45 years, so that's a lot. Also, I am an electrical engineer with a company that has tested GPS receivers for military and commercial cutomers and I've designed antennas for several GPS units.
Garmin did a great job on this baby. It is well thought out for runners, and well designed as a product. The GPS sensitivity is really superior. I can consistently get full operation INDOORS. Battery life is right at the claimed 8 hours. Display is big and clear, although it appears the window is not replaceable and it might get some nasty use in trail running.
Seveal posters complained of programming complexity...I disagree. There are many options and controls in the initial configuration stuff but that's the whole idea. If you don't want all the metrics and detail, get something cheaper. It can be very well personalized.
I've now given it a pretty good test on both urban and trail runs. It is very accurate in distance(1%) on long fairly straight runs, like a 10k loop. In shorter zig-zag urban street runs, cumulative error from the many corners degrades that considerably. The heart rate monitor is reliable and accuate. It acts suspiciously like my Polar, which is equally good.
My only beef is hard to explain unless you have another Garmin like an ETREX. There is a nice Compass display with an arrow back to camp and distance. But you have to choose a waypoint from the stored list to use as the target. I expected that a waypoint would automatically be created at the start of a run by pressing START since everyting including the return path auto sets to the start location. But the compass does not. So there I am out on my first trail run in the mountains of Albuquerque, hit the compass to guide me home and No Dice ( the default is apparently Garmin's factory location) So always make a named waypoint at the start of a run.
This thing is effective, accurate, and easy (and expensive)
DAVE C Albuquerque
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