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Garmin 310xt

  • 18-11-2009 05:01PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭


    Is anyone else having problems with their 310xt?

    Mine acts up as in the below, doesn't store time of day when the unit is powered off.
    https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?t=716&page=5


    Does yours maintain the time of day?

    I really really regret buying it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,525 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    tunney wrote: »
    I really really regret buying it.
    €130. Final offer. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭happy_73


    Don't have that problem with mine, what does happen is that sometimes a run will not be transferred to the PC. Did 6 x 800m on Tues and only 5 made it to the PC - all 6 were on the garmin...

    Otherwise very happy with it for the bike and running.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭happy_73


    Have you the latest firmware on the unit?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,001 ✭✭✭scottreynolds


    tunney wrote: »
    I really really regret buying it.

    This is the first time I've been happy with my polar for weeks :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    happy_73 wrote: »
    Have you the latest firmware on the unit?

    Latest firmware. Multiple hard resets done.

    Been onto Garmin support : "The Garmin 310xt does not operate in the manner you describe". Eh mine does.

    Also looked into the erratic HR readings: "Don't wear non-cotton t-shirts" "Eh its a watch aimed at triathletes, technical fibres and sweat wicking????" "Oh we're heard good reports of people using an electrode gel"

    Back to use my S625x with the G1 GPS unit.

    I really really really wish I had gotten the Polar RS800CX instead.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭KentuckyPete


    tunney wrote: »
    Is anyone else having problems with their 310xt?

    Tunney, I bought mine in August. The major disappointment was when it didn't track swiiming distance (very small print on the leaflet warns you about this). The guy who sold it to me in the shop thought it did swimming distance too and had sold his old Garmin to buy the 310XT. I met him at openwater swim training the following week and he was a bit redfaced :o

    It works fine for me for running and cycling and the transfers are reliable - time of day is stored OK.

    Once I was out running and it locked up after about a mile. I had to reset the clock and power down the unit. When I powered up it was OK - the details of that first mile were not transferred.

    Where did you buy it? Can you not bring it back to the shop?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,168 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    i have had the issue with HR but its sorted now. I found that my HR could be at 180 - 210 if i wore a technical T-shirt that had just been washed but if i rub it against metal or use one that that is out of the wash a few days the i don't seem to get the issue with static. Time have always been right for me too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Tunney, I bought mine in August. The major disappointment was when it didn't track swiiming distance (very small print on the leaflet warns you about this). The guy who sold it to me in the shop thought it did swimming distance too and had sold his old Garmin to buy the 310XT. I met him at openwater swim training the following week and he was a bit redfaced :o

    It works fine for me for running and cycling and the transfers are reliable - time of day is stored OK.

    Once I was out running and it locked up after about a mile. I had to reset the clock and power down the unit. When I powered up it was OK - the details of that first mile were not transferred.

    Where did you buy it? Can you not bring it back to the shop?

    The shop have already said they would take it back and Garmin have said that its not working as designed. Just annoyed at it being so crap.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,168 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    not so happy with the 310 today!! Did a 2hr 45min turbo session and allowed the unit to upload. it upload an activity alright but it was opnly about 30 seconds long eventhough i hit 100km on the yoke and had speed, cadence, time and HR the whole way. for some reason it didnt save on the f'n thing!! i pressed stop, it stopped, i reset it to end the activity to upload it but something else obviously happened!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    One of the advantages of buying locally - its gone back and will hopefully be sorted before the end fo the week. Back to using my Polar S615x with GPS unit, its not bad actually. The 310xt didn't bring much extra to the table. Maybe if it actually worked it would.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    After a few days of the Polar I remember why I got the Garmin. Yes the HR is good but the speed and distance is another story.

    Anyways I've always contended that shopping locally was the way to go where possible and particularly for big buys. And there is a reason for this, replacement watch picked up today.

    Support the LBS and they'll support you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,445 ✭✭✭mloc123


    I was going to start a thread on this but it sorta fits in here...

    Are Garmin a better choice? I am looking at a Polar with a gps block or a forerunner 405. Which would people choose? Anyone else used both systems, drawbacks of both? I want something that is watch size which is putting me off the 310xt or 305, but also something with a good HRM.. time spent in zones etc..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    mloc123 wrote: »
    I was going to start a thread on this but it sorta fits in here...

    Are Garmin a better choice? I am looking at a Polar with a gps block or a forerunner 405. Which would people choose? Anyone else used both systems, drawbacks of both? I want something that is watch size which is putting me off the 310xt or 305, but also something with a good HRM.. time spent in zones etc..

    I've owned over the years a Timex Bodylink GPS system, a Polar footpod based system, a polar GPS system and a Garmin GPS system and a Garmin footpot based system. I'll knock up a review once I've had my new 310xt for a day or two to test it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭KentuckyPete


    mloc123 wrote: »
    I was going to start a thread on this but it sorta fits in here...

    Are Garmin a better choice? I am looking at a Polar with a gps block or a forerunner 405. Which would people choose? Anyone else used both systems, drawbacks of both? I want something that is watch size which is putting me off the 310xt or 305, but also something with a good HRM.. time spent in zones etc..

    The 310XT is bigger than a normal watch for sure - I couldn't believe it when I saw it first. However, i weighed it against my "normal" watch and it's way lighter. And the GPS block is built in to the body of the watch - a new development.

    It seems from the various threads that the 310XT is a great piece of kit provided you get one that works properly. I haven't used another training watch so I can't compare but for ease of reading, uploads, training diary, mapping, stats etc. I find it great.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,525 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    There were the same kind of issues with the intial release of the 405, which stabilized eventually. The usual 'rush to market' mentality to meet the demand of all of the 'magpie customers'(of which I am one!).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    There were the same kind of issues with the intial release of the 405, which stabilized eventually. The usual 'rush to market' mentality to meet the demand of all of the 'magpie customers'(of which I am one!).

    Its like a completely nwe watch now. (Okay it is actually a completely new watch but you know what I mean)

    It keeps the time.
    The chest strap is a proper one - not a clump of dodgy plastic.
    It gets GPS locks in seconds.

    NEVER EVER be an early adopter. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,168 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    Waiting on GPS is a bit of a pain sometimes. sometimes it takes about 20 to 30 seconds, soemtimes a few minutes! does the footpod do away with that requirement? im only really interested in speed, time, HR etc for the first few mins of a run so will the watch merge the two once it does get a GPS lock as in will my data (apart from map details) remain unaffected? Or would my running while it is tryign to get signal mean it might not lock at all?

    Its mainly my lunchtime runs which i have the issue with as im tight for time. I can only leave the desk at 1pm and have to get back to it for 2pm (to include shower, getting dressed and grabbign a quick bite) so every second counts!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Bambaata wrote: »
    Waiting on GPS is a bit of a pain sometimes. sometimes it takes about 20 to 30 seconds, soemtimes a few minutes! does the footpod do away with that requirement? im only really interested in speed, time, HR etc for the first few mins of a run so will the watch merge the two once it does get a GPS lock as in will my data (apart from map details) remain unaffected? Or would my running while it is tryign to get signal mean it might not lock at all?

    Its mainly my lunchtime runs which i have the issue with as im tight for time. I can only leave the desk at 1pm and have to get back to it for 2pm (to include shower, getting dressed and grabbign a quick bite) so every second counts!!


    reason I got the footpod.It works but battery life is 1/25th of claimed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,168 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    tunney wrote: »
    reason I got the footpod.It works but battery life is 1/25th of claimed.

    might stick it in the Christmas list anyway :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    tunney wrote: »
    reason I got the footpod.It works but battery life is 1/25th of claimed.

    Okay since I got my new 310xt yesterday I've done a few runs and I now understand a bit more why people like them.

    GPS locks are quicker.
    It reads my HR better (not quite Polar but close)
    Footpod problem WASN'T battery related but was the wrist wait

    My last 310xt was obviously hosed.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭RedB


    tunney wrote: »

    NEVER EVER be an early adopter. :)

    Does that mean I was right to order my new 305 last weekend :)?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭KentuckyPete


    Bambaata wrote: »
    Waiting on GPS is a bit of a pain sometimes. sometimes it takes about 20 to 30 seconds, soemtimes a few minutes! does the footpod do away with that requirement? im only really interested in speed, time, HR etc for the first few mins of a run so will the watch merge the two once it does get a GPS lock as in will my data (apart from map details) remain unaffected? Or would my running while it is tryign to get signal mean it might not lock at all?

    Its mainly my lunchtime runs which i have the issue with as im tight for time. I can only leave the desk at 1pm and have to get back to it for 2pm (to include shower, getting dressed and grabbign a quick bite) so every second counts!!

    I find the 310XT seems to do the GPS locks much quicker if it has been in the location before. I have to travel an awful lot for work and tend to regularly run in new places - new countries even. On the first visit to a city the GPS can take a while but if I return to that location then there's no problem. It looks like you plan on running from the same location every lunchtime so the GPS fix should be instant after the first run -especially since your evening/morning/weekend training is presumably taking place in the same city/town/county.

    I'm no expert on GPS satellite orbits but, as far as I know most GPS satellites carry out their geostationary flight path to the south of Ireland - close to the equator. So, don't look for your first signal on the north side of a building - you'll be in satellite shadow. Once the lock is on then you can run on the northside of buildings OK but the first signal lock happens a lot easier if you've a reasonably clear view of the southern sky.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 sliksurfer


    I'm considering getting myself one of these for Christmas . Is it worth it or is there a polar alternative??? The 310xt is pretty pricey!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,445 ✭✭✭mloc123


    Does the 310xt with footpod record running cadence? AlsoI presume the new micro footpod fits into Nike+ shoes?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    sliksurfer wrote: »
    I'm considering getting myself one of these for Christmas . Is it worth it or is there a polar alternative??? The 310xt is pretty pricey!

    Polar RS800. Its more expensive though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭catweazle


    delighted so far with my 310, if you look for it from Israel on ebay you will get it for around 240, fairly quick delivery and he has excellent feedback


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    catweazle wrote: »
    delighted so far with my 310, if you look for it from Israel on ebay you will get it for around 240, fairly quick delivery and he has excellent feedback

    And give the higher than normal percentage of dud units, you're screwed if you do this and get one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭catweazle


    Tunny while I respect your opinion on triathlon matters you seem to be a complete know it all on everything, can you show me evidence of the higher frequency of dud 310xts coming from these places. You yourself purchased in Ireland and got a dud.

    Why is the purchaser screwed, the seller has 100% feedback, offers a one year warranty on all purchases and was extremely helpful on my purchase. I have been buying off ebay for years and would not purchase without the research being made.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,525 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    catweazle wrote: »
    Tunny while I respect your opinion on triathlon matters you seem to be a complete know it all on
    everything, can you show me evidence of the higher frequency of dud 310xts coming from these places. You yourself purchased in Ireland and got a dud.

    Why is the purchaser screwed, the seller has 100% feedback, offers a one year warranty on all purchases and was extremely helpful on my purchase. I have been buying off ebay for years and would not purchase without the research being made.

    A stupid and uninformed comment from you.
    I think Tunney was suggesting that there are a large amount of dud units in general, and if you happen to get one of these from your eBay dealer (who may be the most honest man on earth) that you will experience the difficulties that he didn't, when he bought from his local bike shop, as he was able to make an immediate exchange.

    From my own experience, Garmin support is first rate, when you can get hold of them and will have no trouble replacing any item. Sure, you may have to wait a week or two, but in my view it's worth the risk.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭catweazle


    Ah Krusty after me calming down and editing my stupid comment at the end you go and put it back in again :o


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