I have a chance to get a garmin watch 110 for $140.00, I have never thought much about getting a watch like this but i am leaning toward it. Anyone have any experience with them, good or bad.
I have a chance to get a garmin watch 110 for $140.00, I have never thought much about getting a watch like this but i am leaning toward it. Anyone have any experience with them, good or bad.
no kidding....ran today with it for the first time.
It is stripped down of all features but distance, pace and time. HR moniter is also there.
I love it, its the size of a regular watch. I have the 405 and 305 and this one is good.
Simple and practicle.
Thanks, I Have been running for over 35 years and have never thought about getting one before, but I put on about 6 trail races a year and usually wheel them out with a measuring wheel, will this watch eliminate this by measuring how far the race course is and how accurate is it? Sorry for all of the dumb sounding questions but this technology is new to me.
lol thats a waste. i got the 305 for $100 new from amazon a year ago
Just got one for Xmas.
Detractors: Can't customize screen to show what you want it to (there are three fields, it would be nice to have them show me what I want without switching screens). Can't recall splits on the watch - you have to connect it to a computer. This is just silly to me. I update my training log with workouts (to the tenth of a second on fast stuff), there's no way I'm going to remember 20 splits, and getting onto a computer seems like a hassle.
Positives: Small for a GPS watch. Easy to use. Looks nice.
Personally I would not buy this watch. I don't care for GPS functionality period, but beyond that it's too much of a hassle to use as a training tool for someone who does two structured workouts a week and has very specific information they'd like to have readily available.
Sorry to ruin the GPS buzz here, but they're not worth it and not that accurate.
Map it on MapMyRun and run by feel.
freak.of.the.run wrote:
Sorry to ruin the GPS buzz here, but they're not worth it and not that accurate.
Map it on MapMyRun and run by feel.
mapmyun and all the other google maps based apps use the same gps technology to determine distance.
I just got one and I love it- about 4 days of running. I've run courses that I know are accurate (certified) and it came out VERY close- tangents and all will make a difference.
I've had no problem locating a satellite within 30 seconds and it's been cloudy and even snowing.
freak.of.the.run wrote:
Sorry to ruin the GPS buzz here, but they're not worth it and not that accurate.
Map it on MapMyRun and run by feel.
Don't tell me, you read that NY Times article and believe it. I won't get into the poor reporting in it but:
I have a kid on my team who used it every day in practice. Now- keep in mind that the courses we run in practice were measured with the Jones Counter (one of the first, I know Jones).
He was within hundredths every day. Accounting for crossing streets and running tangents the 110 was right on, every day- cloudy or not, heavy rain or sunshine, it was on for every practice, he even used it on track repeats just to check it out- spot on! Which is why I got one.
End of story on accuracy.
I have the 210 with HR monitor (I don't use it though). The only difference that I saw was the 210 gives "current pace" instead of "lap pace" which I like.
I like that I get an idea of how far I've gone and my pace since I run in a city and don't follow a set course every day.
I still run by feel on recovery and long runs, but it helps for tempos, fartleks, and intervals.
And for accuracy, its pretty good usually. Sometimes its off. Just like course and mapping measurements. I run in a city so I have some interference. Whatever.
Just recently got a GPS watch myself and I'm really enjoying it. Its nice to have with you and helps motivate me to run longer. Also, the garmin connect website is a nice feature.
A couple questions:
For the 110, I assumed it shows current pace while you're running because it changes as I run.
The lap auto feature- I have mine set at 1 mile. Every once in a while (but not always) it will show up and I assume it's my last mile. Is that correct? Why doesn't it show up every mile?
Current pace is on the 210 and not the 110.
Go to the Setup menu and see if you have the Display option. On the 210 that's where you set the pace it displays. 210 has Current Pace, Average Pace, and Lap Pace.
They all change as you run, but they are all telling you something different.
Never used the 110, but, since the 210 does the same message thing, I assume that it is showing your Lap pace. You can set that distance in the Setup menu too.
Awesome review of the 110. Be sure to scroll down to see the author's replies to comments. Probably will answer some things you never thought to ask :)
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/03/garmin-forerunner-110-first-look-review.html
I have both the forerunner 110 and the slightly older 405, which has more features and you can get it for around the same price now. I prefer my 405 even though it is a little bit bigger and the battery doesn't last as long. I don't use most of the features of the 405 but there are a couple things that make the 405 much more convenient. (1) the ANT+ wireless data transfer. (2) the auto-stop/resume option. you can set it to automatically stop the timer when you aren't running.