Opinions on this garmin watch thingy

beertons

Lads and lassies. I'm looking at getting this.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pID=349

Is this a good buy? I'm getting a bit disheartened running, maybe coz I'm on my own. I kinda want to get this to see how far I've gone and what's left ahead of me. I'd keep going if I was running with someone, and maybe if I knew there was only 2km ahead of me, like on Wednesday night.

silverside

yeah garmins are good, you can get them much cheaper than that price, loads of us have them

do a search here for "forerunner"

colblimp

I have the 305 and, apart from my runners, it is the best bit of kit I have - I couldn't do without it.

I would advise you to buy it online as it's gone really cheap now.

Get it, you won't regret it!

911sc

+1. 405 if you can
Check out amazon.co.uk

plodder

Try www.elara.ie as well. They are fairly competitive, and you'd be giving the VAT to Brian instead of Gordon.

shels4ever

Yes they are very good but I don't think they make runs easier to finish , maybe the virtual training partner does but I don't use that.

Bambaata

the newer version (310XT) is just about to come out so it may get even cheaper in the coming weeks. I'm waiting on it with anticipation!!!

robinph

plodder wrote: »

Try www.elara.ie as well. They are fairly competitive, and you'd be giving the VAT to Brian instead of Gordon.

Brian will get the VAT from any EU based online store. Once they have over a couple of grands worth of sales into Ireland each year they have to be locally registered.

plodder

robinph wrote: »

Brian will get the VAT from any EU based online store. Once they have over a couple of grands worth of sales into Ireland each year they have to be locally registered.

Interesting. What about amazon.co.uk? Isn't there something funny there, that they only deliver to UK addresses?

domcq

Amazon.co.uk will deliver to Ireland, though it's more expensive than to the UK. Some Amazon items are also free to post to UK.
My girfriend lives in Scotland so I post stuff there and collect it when I'm over :0)

robinph

Amazon.co.uk will deliver everything except TV's to Ireland now they have found some way of getting round the WEEE requirements. You won't get the free postage options though and the price will always be ~6% more due to the difference in the VAT rates, but that difference does not get applied until the final stages of the checkout.

osnola ibax

I found handtec.co.uk to be good but delivery is more expensive than amazon, think 405 hrm has come down about 20 snots on amazon though recently, black one now cheaper than green one

Officer Giggles

im looking at getg the 405, it was €210 on elara yesterday, the 305 was €190 i think

Officer Giggles

just checked the 405 without hrm is €212 and the 305 is €195, you can collect it from their warehouse in park west to save on delivery (if your in dublin of course)

osnola ibax

Much cheaper on amazon and handtec

Condo131

I have a 405 for the past 18 months. I wouldn't lose much sleep if I went back to a 'regular' sports watch. Having said that I do use the pace, lap, heartrate and elapsed time, mainly in the one window. I rarely use the alarms - found them more of an annoyance. I do use the PC log to review training progress.

Overall I find it a useful, but dear toy. If you've got nothing better to do with a few bob, then buy one, but don't get hung on the concept. It won't make you run faster, but it might help with your training.

As other posters said, google it. 18 months ago I got my 405 for €167 +VAT. Local shop was selling for €450. :eek:

Supercell

If I was buying again I'd go for the 305 over the 405.
I find the ant agent fiddly and annoying as i use several pcs, a direct usb connection would be better for me.
The satellite gps is very hit and miss. Sometimes it seems to get the signal in seconds , others (most of the time) I'm standing around like a muppet looking at the watch for about 3 minures or more waiting for it to lock in. That's fine when its warm, but in the winter when its cold and breezy that gets annoying very quick.
Also the touch ring is an utter pain in the hole to use, its quite simply crap, give me a button any day over that stupid thing.

Woddle

Put the watch on the window sill and turn it on, go get your runners on and by the time you come back your ready to go, works for me. No problems with the ant agent but the bezel can be a right pain in the rain. I love it.

osnola ibax

Bezel takes some getting used to but I don't need to change it during the run, I have my three data fields set up (default), and have the vp screen rotating with this (little watch man beat me last time grrrr), lock the bezel and off I go, also I do my stretching outside when finding satellites

Supercell

Woddle wrote: »

Put the watch on the window sill and turn it on, go get your runners on and by the time you come back your ready to go, works for me. No problems with the ant agent but the bezel can be a right pain in the rain. I love it.

Good tip there Woddle, definitely what I'll do in future.

Officer Giggles

osnola ivax wrote: »

Much cheaper on amazon and handtec

including delivery it works out at about €220 with handtec and EXCLUDING delivery its about €224 with amazon, so i think elara is the cheapest

osnola ibax

Officer Giggles wrote: »

including delivery it works out at about €220 with handtec and EXCLUDING delivery its about €224 with amazon, so i think elara is the cheapest

I stand corrected,

Shouts: honey, shelve that comparison website for the minute

Officer Giggles

o yea i forgot to say that the only problem with elara is they are out of stock till 9th june