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and who described it as gorgeous??! gadget-wise maybe but it does look a bit like having a large matchbox strapped to your wrist
Oh dear . . I've downloaded the manual pdf file . . it just might be too late now . .
It's very easy to program but I still got a few things wrong last night. I thought I'd programmed it it bleep every mile, turns out I'd set it to bleep after the first mile. Also I think I need to tinker with the pace smoothing and the cut off pace to get better info on time spent actually running (Thursday night club runs tend to be a bit stop and start with slow jogging back to pick up backmarkers - the distance recorded will have been spot on but the time figure will have been skewed)
It lost GPS lock at one point, down one of the shopping streets which is quite narrow with tallish buildings to each side but found it again as soon as we came out of that street. When it loses GPS it assumes you've gone in a straight line from the last point it knew about to where it picks up lock again - in this case it was down a straight street so (apart from a degree of weaving in and out of Xmas shoppers) it will have calculated correctly.
The mapping software to download and upload routes isn't available yet but for the most part I know where I am and where I'm going without it. I will use it for races (like the Staffordshire Moorlands Summer Race Series) where I quite often have no idea where I've been so will be able to download the route taken onto my digital mapping after the race.
That's about it for now - looks like I'm doing Sat's long run with a couple of others so I won't be able to really test the 'virtual training partner'
Any questions?
Higs
New gadgets are so hard to resist. I did not buy the timex sdm as I did not fancy having something strapped to my arm, but it took a lot of will power not to buy it.
Now I have to tell my wife that I have spent £170 in the week before Xmas. She might not notice it on the credit card among all the Xmas shopping.
Me too apb . . . ordered one this morning . .
. . no wife to tell heh heh . . can't wait for it to get here . .
RichK - it's nice not having to run these things past a missus, isn't it? I'm sorely tempted, battery query outstanding. Make sure you post a review!
Also, what are the chances of HM Customs & Excise making you cough up for VAT?
Taken together with the additional hassle and cost of returning it if it goes wrong, is it still likely to be worth getting it from the states?
The charger is separate from the PC cable (which is a 'serial interface' (as it uses the serial port))
So I reckon the $149 all-in is the best deal for you. You'll still have to account for the 110voltage though. Jason on the other thread was recommended "International AC Power Plug Adapters (AC-5)" and "50 Watt International Converter with 2 Round Plugs (CA-55R)". Or you could get a stepdown transformer: https://sslrelay.com/s75376715.oneandoneshop.co.uk/sess/utn153fb775bf5c8a6/shopdata/index.shopscript
any other unanswered questions?
Higs
One more thing did you find it easy to understand, I have a low boredom threshold when it comes to reading instructions.
Thankyou as well I am grateful.
Looking forward to trying it out as I have never owned a running gadget before!
Hope this isn't a daft question but..does the forerunner have to be totally uncovered to receive a signal? i.e if your long sleeve jacket/fleece covered the fascia would it stop picking up a signal?
Wardi - I'm sure it will work when covered by coat but that would stop you checking it every 15seconds!
So that's at least 4 of us wishing the weekend away, waiting for our new gizmogadgets!!!
Think you'll find there's an awful lot of reviews here before long Muttley, and yours will be one of them!!
And at least two of them in use at Brass Monkey, Monique?
I still haven't told my wife yet. Last night she told me she had not bought me a Xmas present. I thought about telling her I had bought a Forerunner and this could be my present. I didn't say anything because I wonder if she is bluffing.
Yippeeeeee!!!! Garmin sits beside me . . .
Knock on the door at 7.15 this morning . . special delivery postman . . luckily I was laid in bed half listening to the cricket . . . goodness knows why (but if you're only going to pick one Yorkshireman what do you expect?) . . so I heard the knock.
23 hours from ordering to delivery, and at the weekend as well . . thank you Tracklogs!!
Garmin is charged now . . switched on and searching for satellites in my living room . . so I've confused it already!!
Shan't be able to run with it today as domesticity reigns . . altho' I hope to have worked out all the functions by the time I get back to bed . . and I'll be doing a 4 or 5 miler tomorrow. Of course by the time I get back from that I'll know how far the run was.
Only lived here in Aylesbury since August and I haven't worked out the exact distance of my runs so Garmin is going to be really useful.
That's be 3 of us at Brass Monkey then apb . . just hope your wife doens't think the box is part of your present to her . . she's going to be very disappointed if she does lol!!!
Keep us informed, Rich!
Did you get the digital mapping from Tracklogs too?
Higs
Yes I did Higs . . loaded it up . . lookin' good . . just got to figure out how to use it!!
Garmin gizmo still seeking living room satellites . . think I may have to wear it shopping . . can't be parted (loved the preshus allusion ed m LOL) . .
You will be able to point out (every five minutes) just how far you've walked and just how long it's taken you - do you have a robust relationship???
It will obviously lose GPS lock in shops so you'll just have to wait outside.
No relationship . . just (for the weekend) 14 year old daughter who walks behind me anyway . . this should guarantee a few more paces between us!!!
However we'll part company in town and I must venture into shops . . and yes . . lose my connection . .
Apparently I have to go now . . :-)
ps, oh yeh, I read that somewhere didn't I!! Must register Garmin gizmo this afternoon . .
. . gone!