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zatoichi37 · Joined: 04 Apr 2009 Posts: 6

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....and then i found five dollars!

fuzzydeer · Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 66

My garmin 405 is freaking awesome. More accurate than other forerunnera too! The only thing it doesn't do is display your top speed for an entire session. it only displays the speed you are doing at the time you are doing it, and it also displays averages for total distance and laps. It does show you top speed if you are near your computer and you upload the information to it.

It aquires gps data super fast too and its not clunky. Its just as accurate and fast as the edge but its obviously simplified. It doesn't display maps or anything like that.

I bring it everywhere too. It doesn't look like a big clunky GPS its a fairly low profile watch (low profile as far as gps watches go that is)

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

It's pretty beefy, but the one reason I got this GPS60 to strap on the back of my backpack was that it takes 2 AA batteries, and lasts about 28 hours on that. This works perfectly for the ultraskate-- except for the fact it's a bit beastly in size and weight. The accuracy seems to be better than the 101/201, with more frequent checkpoints.

Before this I'd used Garmin 101, 201, and 305, all which last about 14 hours before needing power replacement. At least the Garmin 101 takes AAA batteries, so you can change it on the road. The good thing about a pre-mapped ultraskate course is that you don't actually need a GPS unit, as long as you've done plenty of pre-event day rides and know the landmarks. But for endless laps, it's nice to have a backup plan like GPS to make sure your lap counting doesn't have any "off by one" errors. The 405 must be really nice, as its an upgrade from the 305.

fuzzydeer · Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 66

Yeah its nice but I may need a back up due to battery power.
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