Garmin 305 (Read 882 times)

Okay guys/gals I was really tempted last night to buy this watch. Garmin had a $50 rebate on it but I held back to do a little more research. Who has this thing and how much do you like it? I decided to give my Adeo one more chance and had issues with it. I really like the Adeo concept but it does not work to well or consistently for me. I'm tired of wasting money on things that don't work very well. Pace is very important to me right now so can you tell me if the pace is very accurate. I've tried the Times Speed and distance, Nike with shoe pod, Nike+ and the Adeo. The Nike + is just not consistent enough for me and it drives me crazy when it gives me an inaccurate pace. It also has no customization like the Adeo has.

I have the Garmin 205 (which, I think, is the same as the 305 but without the HRM). I live in a city - Baltimore - and I normally don't have problems with getting a signal!

I thought it might be need to have a Garmin, but I guess I just want to keep myself from getting another gadget. I have even quit using my Ipod during my runs. They don't have the same neat Garmin models yet here in Japan. People here are using GPS on their cell phones. Of course, I think the Garmin and Ipod are great for giving you motivation to run. For my runs, I time myself with my timex ironman watch and then I either use the jogging simulator HP to map the km, or I go over the course with my road bike to check the distance. I just don't want to get too obsessed with my times and want to keep things simple? I leave it to the races to give me accurate pace times and finish times. I admire all of you that use your Garmins deligently to collect your times and mileage so that you can record it in your RA training logs. Thanks for giving me inspiration to keep running! It gets hard to keep up the motivation sometimes.

I have this bad feeling that a new Garmin must be coming out soon and for some reason I will really want that one. I really want to also buy it at a place where I can return it if it doesn't work as advertised. The only place that carries it had it for full price $350 with the rebate making it 300+ Has anyone heard anything about a new garmin? the 205 and 305 came out in June of last year I believe.

Yeah I wished I would have seen the $50 rebate earlier then the day it was set to expire. Just my luck. I would have paid the $200. Augh. Now I can't allow myself to buy one knowing that I am spending $50 more then I had to. I really need something accurate to help with my pace. The Adeo and the Nike+ are just not accurate enough. I ran last night using my wifes polar heart rate monitor and some how lost my data. I've been thinking that I could use my heart rate as an indicator of effort. I love technology but it also drives me crazy because most of the time it does not work right.

Is the 305 pretty accurate with the pace. It seems most of the products I have tried do not do a very good job of this. It is the main reason for buying this watch for me.

I paid full price for the 305 over a year ago when it was new and I use it all the time. I use the pace feature, the timer, the HR monitor and the cool download-to-your-computer-and-look-at-your-run-on-a-map feature. Great stuff. Well worth what I spent, and now it is much less expensive!