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Garmin Forerunner 405 Wireless GPSEnabled Sports Watch
113541BLK000 Features: Monitor your time, distance, pace, and calories with a single sport watch-personal trainer as it stores all of the data so that you can review your improvement later Switch...read more
$295.99
Average Customer Rating
4 out of 5 |
Product Features
- Made By: GARMIN USA INC
- Model Number: 010-00466-02
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Product Description
113541BLK000 Features: Monitor your time, distance, pace, and calories with a single sport watch-personal trainer as it stores all of the data so that you can review your improvement later Switch between monitoring your speed to viewing your GPS monitor by tapping the touch bezel Don't worry, you'll always get great reception for your GPS thanks to the unique design provides the antenna a larger view of the sky If you have to pause, or begin a new lap, you don't have to spend time resetting everything to the Auto Pause and Auto Lap features take care of that for you Record up to 1000 laps worth of lap history and customize your workouts, with multi-sport, advanced, and simple workout schemes to track your energy output Your best workout buddy, it'll give you warnings when you deviate from a set pace, and alert you when you've reached time or distance goals Compatible with power meters so that you can view data from 3rd party ANT+Sport-enabled power meters Share your data with other Forerunner 405 users easily with the wireless transfer capabilities or automatically download it to your computer with the USB ANT Stick Specifications: Weight to dimensions: 211 ounces to 188 x 278 x 0646 inches Barometric altimeter: no Display size diameter: 106 inches Battery to battery life: rechargeable lithium-ion to 2 weeks (power save mode); 8 hours (training mode) Waypoints to routes: 100 to 0 ....read more
Product Details?
Unbeatable!!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
For runners there is nothing like Garmin Forerunner 405 or 405CX. Unbeatable precision with a wide range of software resources to program and execute all your training plan.
Solid technology but room for improvement
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
As a new runner, I was looking for a way to get myself motivated to run, so I read some reviews and decided to go with the Forerunner 405. After spending 10 minutes flipping through the user guide, I was ready to start using my new GPS watch. It has a pretty low learning curve. If you don’t read instruction manuals (like me), it took me a minute to figure out how to navigate to the training mode and back to the main menu, but other than that, no real problems.
As far as negatives, I will say I tried out the GPS mode and that left a lot to be desired. For that kind of money, it would be nice to have some kind of graphical map instead of arrows pointing you on a digital compass. The reason I say this is when I got lost in the park at the end of my 6 mile run, I hit the GPS feature to find my way back to my nearby car where I had originally started my workout, but the GPS told me to backtrack 6 miles along the route I had originally come, rather than adapting to find my nearby starting point. I ended up finding my car about a 1/4 mile away, and as I was getting closer to my car, the GPS finally made the connection and adjusted, saying I was 0.1 miles away from my initial starting point.
Overall, a pretty solid product. The syncing ability is nice, I only wish Garmin Connect were more user and communication friendly. It would be great to have message boards where you could find other runners of your ability in the area and try to “compete” against each others’ times or contact people and be able to meet up for group runs. It would also be nice to comment on peoples’ routes, leaving words of encouragement or helpful tips.