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mine seemed to think it was 7:30am at about 2pm last saturday.
BTW, what guarantee is there that the Rome marathon distance was accurately measured to start with? What is the official tolerance on race distances anyway?
I've used it in 2 races. On a 10 miler it measure 10.01 miles and on a 10K it measured 10.02k.
Or just buy the one that looks good!! ;-)
Basically I preferred to have one unit to do everything & couldn't be bothered with the calibration stuff. The watch is also very bulky for what it is and I didn't find the menus as intuitive as the Garmin.
I don't live in a built-up area so the Garmin is spot on for what I need. But I'm sure if I stuck with the Polar it would have been as good. Actually, the maps feature is useful on the Garmin, I really like having a record of where I've run.
I have never actually seen a garmin in "real" life. Is it very bulky ? Do you notice its there and more to the point to do people look at you as thought your form mars when wearing it?
It's very light and unobtrusive, I hardly notice I'm wearing it. But it is bigger than your average watch - approx twice the length.
People generally look at me as if I'm from Mars when I'm running - so difficult to comment on your second point. But I don't care.
Hope that clears it up :-)
Just read your message about the size of the 301. I recently bought one and the size is as follows:
length 3.5 inches (8cm)
width 1.75 inches (4.5cm)
and it sticks out once on your wrist 0.75 inches (2cm)
I agree with sol, it is very inobtrusive when running but I went out for a walk today to a local visitor centre (which to be honest was like a city centre during rush hour given the fact it is bank holiday), and had a few strange looks from some of the people there. If you can handle the fact that you are wearing something that most people will think you are from a James Bond movie or predator then buy it, it is a fab piece of equipment to have for running.
It is THE ultimate runners toy, IMHO, and from experience so far the distance accuracy is as close as makes no difference to messing about with maps/mapping software. The big score over maps etc is that I don't need to run a fixed route that's been measured on a map; I can run anywhere and still know how far I've gone.
If I go out with a map to explore a new route then the 301 will even auto-pause when I stop to look at the map, and act as a compass, and record a GPS trail that I can overlay on a map on computer, and store waypoints on the route, and help me get home if I get lost, as well as telling me how long that route is.
And the HR functions are everything you'd expect, not just a gimmick bolted on to a nav tool for walkers & orienteers. I can see how I'll soon be able to tell what pace to expect for a certain intensity, and to track improvement in fitness by watching how that changes.
HRM is a little clunky but functions well for me.
Are they complaining about the firmware in the unit or the supporting PC software.
The former is ok, the latter a little basic but then it is their first attempt ;-)
I would like to go for the 301 but keep thinking -- do i really need the hrm and is there a problem with the early releases.
Take a look at the yahoo.co.uk groups. the group is http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/GarminF/
ian