Eustace Tierney

YoYo

posted: 9/25/2008 at 12:03 PM

Christmas ain't far away and I'm thinking of asking Santa to bring me a Garmin 405. I have read mixed reviews on other sites but I value the views of my knowledgeable fellow runners on this site. What are your thoughts? If this has been discussed before, my apologies but please point me in the right direction. Thanks

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posted: 9/25/2008 at 12:22 PM

Don't have experience with it, but if you have a Mac don't go there (due to lack of Mac-compatible wireless syncing dongle). Fortunately, 205/305's are Mac-tastic.

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posted: 9/25/2008 at 12:30 PM

I hve one,I like it, but I'm still learning to use the features. If you type Garmin 405 into the search box ( upper right hand corner) you will find lots of threads.

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perfesserr

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 9/25/2008 at 3:20 PM
modified: 9/25/2008 at 3:24 PM

You can still use one with a Mac if you run Windows via Bootcamp, Parallels, Fusion, etc. Works fine. MTA: It doesn't really work fine with Garmin software, which is universally rated as "sucky" in both Windoze and Mac. But you can use the data in other, better third-party apps. Oh yeah, there's a Forerunner 405 user group: http://www.runningahead.com/groups/forerunner405/Forum

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marcus_g

posted: 9/25/2008 at 5:04 PM

I like mine. My 305 changed my life, mind you, and this is more like a small improvement from the 305. There are some tiny tweaks - it'll go nuts if you get too sweaty, though you can make adjustments for this. As mentioned, the software is just tragically awful and I've pretty much stopped using it completely. Because I'm a lunch-time runner, I love the smaller size... I can wear it to work and not worry about forgetting it. It's a tiny bit more accurate, but not insanely so. And it finds satellites a little bit quicker, too, but not a lot. I think it's the best Garmin device for running, though, and when this one dies, I'll buy another.

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runnerclay

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posted: 3/30/2011 at 4:12 PM

The screen went blank. Christmas gift. The battery hopefully is not going dead.Have you experienced this problem.

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CliveF

posted: 3/30/2011 at 7:48 PM

I've no experience with the 405, but Garmin's customer service was exceptional when I dealt with them re: my 305.

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henryc

posted: 3/30/2011 at 7:54 PM

Quote from runnerclay on 3/30/2011 at 4:12 PM:

The screen went blank. Christmas gift. The battery hopefully is not going dead.Have you experienced this problem.

My screen has been blank when the battery's drained down to 0.

perfesserr

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 3/30/2011 at 9:22 PM
modified: 3/30/2011 at 9:24 PM

Yep, dead battery, that's normal. Since you can't turn it off it runs down in a couple weeks even unused. Don't ask me why it uses so much power in that mode, it just does.

BTW mine's 4 years old and battery life is down to around 4 hours. I heard you can get it refurbished, has anyone done that?

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runnerclay

Consistently Slow

posted: 3/30/2011 at 9:55 PM

Quote from perfesserr on 3/30/2011 at 9:22 PM:

Yep, dead battery, that's normal. Since you can't turn it off it runs down in a couple weeks even unused. Don't ask me why it uses so much power in that mode, it just does.

BTW mine's 4 years old and battery life is down to around 4 hours. I heard you can get it refurbished, has anyone done that?

Refurbished,yes. For $79. G support could not repair my 305. Sent me another one at no cost. 2 days out of warranty.

Battery reads 43% on the charger.Will contact G S in a few minutes.

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Cherrieruns

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posted: 3/31/2011 at 6:55 AM

if I charge the battery before it is fully exhausted will that shorten the overall battery life. I've been wearing it to walk around to kill the battery so that I can charge it before my run. Would like to just plug it in every day but am afraid to do that.

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theyapper

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posted: 3/31/2011 at 7:48 AM

Maybe mine's the odd one, but my 305 is 2.5 years old, and it sits on my cradle all the time. I pull it off, run, plug it in to upload the run, and leave it there. I've never had any trouble with it not holding a charge.

(Funny how a 2008 thread about the 405 became a 2011 thread about the 305)

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MrH

posted: 3/31/2011 at 8:22 AM

One day my 305 battery just died. As it was out of warranty I returned it to Garmin and for $79 they sent me a new one.

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perfesserr

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 3/31/2011 at 9:38 AM

Runnerclay, I thought you were talking about the 405, my comment applied to that model.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 3/31/2011 at 11:23 AM

Quote from theyapper on 3/31/2011 at 7:48 AM:

Maybe mine's the odd one, but my 305 is 2.5 years old, and it sits on my cradle all the time. I pull it off, run, plug it in to upload the run, and leave it there. I've never had any trouble with it not holding a charge.

My original 305 also lived its life like this...for almost 3.5 years and a ton of use as running and bike computer. I recently picked up a new one, since the first one had gradually started flaking-out. But holding a charge had never become an issue. I had at least one 7 hour day on my bike last Summer and the Garmin was just fine. I think it's old-school to discharge rechargeable batteries from the Ni-Cad days and has the opposite of the intended effect on Li-ion batteries. My hubby is always nagging me to charge my cell phone EVERY night, for good reason.

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