Garmin Edge 305 Waterproof Cycling GPS With Heart Rate Monitor
by Garmin
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Customer Review: Not waterproof
Summary: 3 Stars
Contrary to the advertising this item is NOT waterproof, as admitted by Garmin when I booked my unit in for repair after leaking saltwater whilst on the deck of my kayak. I was immediately offered a replacement at a VERY good price.
Other than that, I found it very good with the ability to customise the display, excellent logging of heart rate and speed over time, with ready access to the data via a Mac.
I will use it in a waterproof pouch in future, and consider replacing it with the new Garmin Forerunner 310XT GPS/HR Monitor.
Customer Review: big improvement over 205
Summary: 4 Stars
this unit is great, especially for the price that amazon offers. key additional features relative to 205 are autopause and barometric altimeter. heart rate monitor is fun too. definitely worth the extra money. Would give top marks for service also. The unit started behaving erratically about 90 days after purchase. I sent a note to amazon support, got a quick response with contact info for garmin support, sent a note to them and received a quick response with simple, clear instructions to reinstall the units firmware. works great again.Customer Review: Garmin 305 Review
Summary: 4 Stars
Works great, with a few minor notes:
1. heart rate monitor battery was dead after first use. Was giving erratic readouts, which was due to the bad battery.
2. Garmin needs to get rid of the Adobe SGV Viewer application since it did not load properly on my Windows XP w/Explorer. Garmin has indicated that a SW update will soon correct this and remove the need for the SGV Viewer. Most key functionality was still present without this, and it only applied to the MotionBased application.
Customer Review: Wonderful Tool for Cyclists
Summary: 5 Stars
I have found the Gramin Edge 305 to be an outstanding tool for cyclists. It was SO easy to install and modify the data I wanted to observe. Being a senior cyclist (over 60) I was just amazed at the amount of data this unit collects and calulated. I remember when just having a simple mechanical bike speed indicator was a BIG deal. Now I can download all the data I ever wanted to observe about every ride. Now my only problem is my wife is tired of looking at my ride analysis after every ride.Customer Review: Flexible bike training tool
Summary: 4 Stars
Very flexible data display.
Computer-side software (PC & Mac) could use some work. Ships with PC only software, but slightly less functional Mac software can be downloaded.
Almost everything worked great on my ride up 10,000 foot Haleakala on Maui (really), but the "percent grade" number fluctuates too much when you're going up hill at low speed (like when your at 9,000 feet and feeling the altitude).
Battery life adequate but not great.