Thread: Garmin Forerunner 405 GPS Watch

Originally Posted by weeds

not quite for vehicle navigation but have a friend interested in buying one, anybody had any experiences with them

a little out of my price range but seems to have quite a few nifty features

YouTube - Garmin Forerunner 405 - Quick Run

I have used a 305 for a couple of years got out of Ebay when dollar was high
use it for running pacemaking etc really good I found when i ran steadily to the pace my 10km time improved by 3 minutes as i was more consistent in the 10km hill /sand run i do
maps when you have been to google earth well and you can see tracks heartrate elevation
etc etc, can be off by about 50meters sometimes in the forest but very good
seems waterproof when running in the rain battery lasts about 10 to 12 hours

thanks for the quick response, i'm guessing the battery is rechargable, i have not looked to close at the technical side of things

Originally Posted by weeds

thanks for the quick response, i'm guessing the battery is rechargable, i have not looked to close at the technical side of things

yes recharge via USB from computer or power adapter plug
use a lot those 7 day runs in the sarhara, chile, gobi desert, have a friend who used one made hies training about 70% of orginal effort with better results and able to monitor distance run etc etc

I run a garmin Edge 305 on my mountain and road bikes. Great for tracking where you've been, and how hard you were pushing. Done over 5,000K to date. It used to freeze if it is charging and laptop goes to sleep, but the latest firmware appears to have solved that.

Cheers,
AP

i have been playing there training centre, umm not sure that elevation is correct but will see how it goes.

umm not much good with google earth either, will see how it goes, a couple of clicks and your run ends up on google maps which is pretty cool

now i tried to do todays run but ened up with my gold coast half

damn computers

another go

edit...cool it worked, if you zoom in and click on one of the little squares it will give you some extra data (data straight fromt he watch).....like how fast i was running