The Garmin Forerunner 305 – Heads Above the Rest
Posted on February 24, 2009
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Although it was released in 2006 the Garmin Forerunner 305 is one of the best selling wrist mounted GPS devices on the market.
Wrist mounted GPS devices allow athletes to add location data to traditional training metrics and display the results on street maps and satellite images of earth. This new way of training has only been made possible through advances in GPS technology that have made GPS devices small enough to be worn on a person.
Early wrist mounted GPS devices were bulky and cumbersome at best, and looked almost like a vehicle mounted GPS strapped to the wearers arm. Leave it to Garmin, the industry leader in GPS navigation devices, to bring to market a smaller, more practical wrist mounted GPS for outdoor athletes. The Garmin Forerunner 305 was released in 2006 and although the company has since released a newer, smaller Forerunner 405, wrist mounted GPS fans still prefer the Forerunner 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:
“Excellent Product!!!”
“Garmin Forerunner 305 – the best!”
“An improvement”
The features that make the Forerunner 305 stand out above other models include:
1. large high-res screen is highly customizable
2. short satellite acquisition time
3. large, easy to use buttons
Sure, it’s an unnecessary toy that plenty of athletes trained just fine without, but I highly recommend using the Garmin Forerunner 305 to help make your training more exciting again.
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