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posted: 9/25/2008 at 4:03 PM |
Christmas ain't far away and I'm thinking of asking Santa to bring me a Garmin 405.
I have read mixed reviews on other sites but I value the views of my knowledgeable fellow runners on this site.
What are your thoughts?
If this has been discussed before, my apologies but please point me in the right direction.
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posted: 9/25/2008 at 4:22 PM |
| Don't have experience with it, but if you have a Mac don't go there (due to lack of Mac-compatible wireless syncing dongle). Fortunately, 205/305's are Mac-tastic. |
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posted: 9/25/2008 at 4:30 PM |
| I hve one,I like it, but I'm still learning to use the features. If you type Garmin 405 into the search box ( upper right hand corner) you will find lots of threads. |
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posted: 9/25/2008 at 7:20 PM
modified: 9/25/2008 at 7:24 PM |
You can still use one with a Mac if you run Windows via Bootcamp, Parallels, Fusion, etc. Works fine.
MTA: It doesn't really work fine with Garmin software, which is universally rated as "sucky" in both Windoze and Mac. But you can use the data in other, better third-party apps.
Oh yeah, there's a Forerunner 405 user group:
http://www.runningahead.com/groups/forerunner405/Forum
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posted: 9/25/2008 at 9:04 PM |
I like mine. My 305 changed my life, mind you, and this is more like a small improvement from the 305.
There are some tiny tweaks - it'll go nuts if you get too sweaty, though you can make adjustments for this.
As mentioned, the software is just tragically awful and I've pretty much stopped using it completely.
Because I'm a lunch-time runner, I love the smaller size... I can wear it to work and not worry about forgetting it.
It's a tiny bit more accurate, but not insanely so. And it finds satellites a little bit quicker, too, but not a lot.
I think it's the best Garmin device for running, though, and when this one dies, I'll buy another. |
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