Comments for Running Watch Reviews

Comment on Garmin Forerunner 305 Review by omar

omar — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:53:56 +0000

This type of Garmin product is very nice if you need to do allot of running and traveling together and is very handy when your not sure where you are at.

Comment on Garmin Forerunner 205 Review by greg

greg — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:49:48 +0000

The watch works good until it stops working. Mine died. When I take it off of the charger it turns off. I bought a new one and the same thing happened. Garmin knows there is a problem and has done nothing to fix it unless you send them $85 for a refurbished one. I went to their site and there are posts and posts of people haveing the same problem. Garmin presnts foem fixes but I tried them and none work.

Comment on Garmin Forerunner 305 Review by Matt

Matt — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:50:36 +0000

The 305 has an auto lap feature too. Vie heard that the buttons on the 405 are awkward, so many (including myself) prefer the 305.

Comment on Garmin Forerunner 405 Review by Marcello

Marcello — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:25:48 +0000

Forerunner 405 has excellent features. They would be excellent if the batteries withheld long enough for you to use it. Bought one 1 year and 3 months ago, and the batteries do not hold for more than 5 minutes. Don’t you love when such a huge investment is for a disposable watch?!!? And product support is just inexistent.

Comment on Timex Unisex T5K373 ING NYC Marathon Ironman 150-Lap Sleek Watch by Paul K

Paul K — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:38:31 +0000

Great review , i like that one. Nice price too!

Comment on Garmin Forerunner 405 Review by Penny

Penny — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:36:09 +0000

I have my Garmin Forerunner 405 for a year and a half. It is very difficult to use. Not user friendly. I try to use it, get frustrated and put it away. I will take it out again try to use it…unsuccessfully and put it away again. I live by a mountain and have difficulty getting satellite reception. Wish I hadn’t purchased it.

Comment on Garmin Forerunner 205 Review by Randi

Randi — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:29:38 +0000

These are great, except for the fact that they do not last even a year. I’m on my second replacement under warranty, and it’s dead yet again. My mohter had the same problem. Don’t waste your money on Garmin.

Comment on Garmin Forerunner 405 Review by Arno

Arno — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:11:34 +0000

I had both the Garmin 305 and 405. I’m deeply frustrated with the 405 and cannot believe that Garmin would have produced a newer model which is much worse than its predecessor.

The screen on the 405 is smaller – not what you want when on a run. The clarity therefore on the 305 is much better.

They introduced this silly basal control on the 405 – if you’ve used it will know how frustrating it is to operate while running. It does not always register, very bad.

The battery power is the worst part of the watch. Basically when the 405 is showing 30% power left, it is in fact 5% power left. You will not complete a 30min run with 30% power on the watch. And when you don’t use the watch it uses battery power because it always stays on (be it on "power save" mode, but still uses battery power). How many people really use their running watch also as a day to day watch. At our running club – none.

Therefore, if you want a good watch stick to the 305. Since then Garmin tried to get clever, going for style over function. They lost the plot.
I’ll swop back to the 305 anytime. Wish Garmin would be so kind and exchange my 405 to a 305. It’s that bad.

Also many new manufacturers are now coming forward and I think Garmin will very quickly loose their market position. Can’t wait for good competition to push Garmin off their perch. Know Nike has teamed up with Tom-Tom; potentially a supper combination.

Comment on Garmin Forerunner 405 Review by Ringo

Ringo — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:23:55 +0000

Hi Mitch,
Just found this web-site to say about the running watch. I want to buy a running watch with GPS function in order to record how far I run. I also live in Hong Kong, is 405 good for this function in rural area? Where can you buy this watch in Hong Kong? Thank you.

Comment on SIGMA PC15 Heart Rate Monitor Watch by Cristian

Cristian — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:13:21 +0000

Hello,

I’ve got the same problem with the no signal problem, once at every 5-10 minutes. Can anyone help?