Forums >Gears and Wears>More accurate? Garmin 305 or my Honda Accord?
A Saucy Wench
Drive it twice, or three times in the Honda -- see how close the results are to each other. Run it twice, three times with the Garmin -- see how close the results are to each other. From this test of repeatibility you can decide which is more accurate. Or...or even better -- put the Garmin on the dash of your car and have them compete with each other.
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Garmin. Your car is calibrated for the average tire diameter. Different size (or worn) tires (tyres, for you Brits) will give different readings. Plus, 1.6 vs. 1.53 is hardly significant. Run 100 miles and compare, then you'll have something to talk about.
an amazing likeness
No, this is only a test of repeatability (precision), not accuracy. When my bathroom scale was broken it repeatedly said I weighed 220 lbs. Fortunately this was nowhere near accurate.
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Marie
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Goals for 2015:
Run 3 marathons (modified: Run 2 marathons--Lost Dutchman 02/2015 and Whiskey Row 05/2015)
Run a 50-miler (Ran a 53.8 mile race 11/14/2015)
Run 1,500 miles (uhhh...how about 1,400?)
Stay healthy
Menace to Sobriety
Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.