All I hoped for! With a few one-star reviews, I was a bit hesitant to order this. Now, after two weeks of use (10 runs of 2 to 2.5 miles each), I have no regrets with the purchase whatsoever.
I haven't had any of the problems reported by any of the one-star reviewers. It syncs to the satellite in a reasonable* amount of time, seems to track my pace very well, tracks distance well, and the heart rate monitor seems WAY more accurate than the dedicated exercise machines at my local gym.
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[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/29/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (33 of 33) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Pretty Nice, some room for improvement I have had my Forerunner 305 for almost 3 weeks now. Previous to this I used a Polar S150 (wired bike mount) for several years and a entry level Polar before that, so I am used to basic heart rate monitor but not advance data recording or GPS.
I have tested the Forerunner 305 running, biking and swimming and have been generally very impressed.
General: The concept of acquiring satellites before I get going took a little getting used to. After the first couple of times I...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review by J Joyce "All Weather Cyclist" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J Joyce "All Weather Cyclist" | | Review Date: | 04/20/2006 | | User Location: | NJ | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (33 of 33) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great - when it actually works, HORRIBLE customer support I got my first Garmin 305 about 2 months ago. The first day I got it the Enter button stopped working. I returned the Garmin 305 to the dealer and was quickly shipped a new one. I am currently using the second Garmin, however the heart rate monitor function on the watch stopped working about 2 weeks ago. I contacted customer support and they said they would ship me a new one, however they only shipped a new chest monitor instead of the watch. Needless to say I still have the problem. Calling cus...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review by W. knox can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | W. knox | | Review Date: | 06/09/2006 | | User Location: | TX | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (20 of 20) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Garmin Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device The Garmin 305 is a vast improvement over my Garmin 301 and 201. The heart rate monitor really does work unlike my 301 that failed with in a month or two. I am a avid trail runner. Most of my training runs involve canyons and forested areas. I have yet to loose a signal during my runs. I recently completed the Pike's Peak Ascent using my Garmin 305 and noticed that I still ended up with issues dealing with the switch backs. The Garmin was .38 tenths off for the total distance, not to bad f...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/25/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (15 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great for Cycling and Running I previously had a cycling computer and a separate HR monitor. This is by far the best cycling computer out there and I can take it out on a run and track all of my statistics using their software.
Pros: HR, optional cadence(I recommend), elevation, grade%, time in HR, speed, time, etc...there are lots of options. Also there are several Forms that you can modify to have it show the data that you are most interested in. Lightweight
Cons: No bike mount included. Glass is a b...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review by C. Marshall can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | C. Marshall | | Review Date: | 03/16/2006 | | User Location: | Portland, OR United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Awesome,Awesome,Awesome!!! I trained for 3 months for a 54 mile trail run in VA. During my training i tried running on roads but then started to go to a local park with lots of trails. I tried assuming I was running 10 minute miles which turned out to be a bad assumption. My wife got me a Timex GPS watch but I knew Garmin was the king and the Timex had a separate antenna to wear and a watch. Researched and bot the 305. It is first off very close to wearing a regular watch, it's light and not big at all. Nobody notic...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review by Charles J. Pinigis "Chuckmeist can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Charles J. Pinigis "Chuckmeist | | Review Date: | 11/25/2006 | | User Location: | Dacula, GA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Generally Good product I use the 305 specifically for running. Distance and pace are very accurate, which is mostly what I'm interested in. Elevation doesn't appear to be close at all, unless you consider a +-200 feet over a 150 ft elevation shift reasonable (I don't). I wish this were better, as I have a heavy hill climb on my next race, I want to train on similar elevation shift and have good feedback from my GPS. Aquire time doesn't appear to be any different compared to my forerunner 201 that I previously used...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review by C. Hirst can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | C. Hirst | | Review Date: | 08/10/2006 | | User Location: | Eagle, ID | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Garmin ForeRunner 305 I wish I could say I loved it, but it's really only OK. The software is terrible. The graphs of your workout, heart-rate & speed, etc are basically useless because you can't set the scale. It always autoscales to show the max & min in each data set. So for examle, if you start out with your heart rate at rest, say 60, but most of your workout it is between 150 and 170, the part that you care about is all squished together because the screen is wasting space showing you the fact that it was 60 fo...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review by A. Dorfman can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | A. Dorfman | | Review Date: | 06/12/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great device for running I have been using the Forerunner 305 for the past five months and can't imagine how I got along without it.
I primarily use the unit for my running, which has improved dramatically. This is because the unit allows me to easily monitor a wide variety of items on three screens that can be customized to each show four items.
My first screen shows total time elapsed, speed in MPH, total distance and heart rate. My second screen shows the time for my current lap, the time f...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review by Stephen M. Charme can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Stephen M. Charme | | Review Date: | 08/16/2007 | | User Location: | Cranford, NJ United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent workout tool I like this thing quite a lot. I've had it for about three weeks, and have used it on 12 workouts so far. I use it primarily for running, with biking a secondary usage. The main reason I wanted it was for the instantaneous readout of distance, running pace and heart rate, the latter needed for the speed work I want to do this running season.
The core functionality (distance and heart rate monitoring) works perfectly. There's none of the signal drops I've had with other heart mo...
[Garmin Forerunner 205 Forerunner 305 Wrist-Mounted GPS Personal Training Device review by PAZMAN can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | PAZMAN | | Review Date: | 05/04/2006 | | User Location: | Chicago, IL United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
98% (178 of 181) Users Found This Review Helpful |