The Garmin Forerunner 305 – A Consistent Winner
Posted in GPS by Christopher Loch on February 23rd, 2009 Although it was released in 2006 the Garmin Forerunner 305 is one of the best selling wrist mounted GPS devices on the market.
If you haven’t been paying attention lately I’ll get you up to speed. The latest trend in outdoor athletic training involves using GPS technology to add location information to the usual spread of training measurements like heart rate and time. The numerous new ways that this technology allows athletes to monitor this progress is too much to mention here but you should know that it literally adds a whole new dimension to training.
This kind of training has only been made possible by recent advances in GPS technology. The first wrist mounted GPS units to hit the market looked like something out of Battlestar Gallactica that very few athletes would be caught dead wearing. It was the best and brightest at Garmin who developed the first wrist mounted GPS unit that athletes actually considered using; the Garmin Forerunner 305. They’ve since released a newer version (the 405) but it hasn’t caught on as well as the 305.
In fact, the Garmin Forerunner 305 consistently outsells the 405 on Amazon.com where 667 users have given it a higher ranking than the 405. Besides being almost $200 cheaper than the 405, the Garmin Forerunner 305 is a better product too. Most of the reviews for the 305 start with lines like:
“Great Tool”
“All I hoped for!”
“My best buy on sports equipment so far!”
Here’s why outdoor athletes prefer the Garmin Forerunner 305:
1. large, high resolution, customizable display
2. it grabs satellites quickly
3. ease of use out of the box
Okay, I know, the 4 minute mile was broken without any of this fancy technology, but if Roger Bannister has access to the Garmin Forerunner 305 I am sure he would have used it!
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