I'm a D1 college athlete, looking to buy a Garmin. Small wrists, and a relatively small budget. Is the Forerunner 10 a viable option? Is it accurate with distance/pace? Also, is the 110 model significantly better than the 10? I am aware the 10 does not have a HR monitor... We don't do much HR training, so it's not necessary. The 405 would be my last choice, given the price, but if anyone has worthwhile input about the 405, I'll consider it.
Thanks in advance.
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I own a 405CX and have had a great experience so far. I feel it is very accurate and have had no problems with it in the year and a half since I purchased it. I would highly reccommend this watch. I also have small wrists and got a velcro replacement band that wasn't too hard to attach. I really enjoy some of the workout capabilities as well. It's so easy to set up a workout online and use that either on the track or off the track.
One of my running partners has the 10 and it was such a waste of money. She can only get it to locate satellites about twice a month and when it does work, it takes FOREVER for it to locate. It is also very inaccurate on the days she can get it to be more than a stopwatch.
I also have a friend that wons the 210 and it works ok, and is fairly accurate. He's had a couple issues with it and had to send it back to Garmin to be replaced a few months after purchase.
to completely refute everything the last poster said...i have the 10 and haven't had a single problem with it. done about a dozen runs on it since I first got it a couple weeks ago and have had no problems.
I recently bought the cheapest soleous watch after having a 405. Garmin is great because the custom screens but the usability is exteremly annoying. its better for hobby joggers who wont sweat all over it and ruin the buttons. I enjoy the soleous. easy to use, not touchy. great for workouts too.gets the job done. dont spend big bucks. Just finished up running D1 also
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Once I got a Garmin FR60 (footpod/accelerometer), the Garmin GPS watch never left the house. The only reason I will use the GPS watch again is if I want to map a run, which the footpod model obviously can't do. I got tired of waiting for satellite lock-up, dealing with signal distortion, dealing with current-pace lag, and wearing a big device on my wrist. Any difference in accuracy is inconsequential.
I have had and extensively used the 405, 110, and the 610. These days I use my 110 and 610. The 110 is quite bare bones basic, and use it mostly for races and as a backup. I would use it all the time but there are two features of the higher end Garmins that I really like: I like the ant+ wireless data transfer. It might not seem like a big selling point but once you get used to your data just magically appearing on your computer after a run, it's hard to go back to connecting cables.
The 610 feels quite heavy to me and it feels awkward on my wrist compared with the 110 and even the 405, so much so that I usually wear it with the display facing inward and higher up on my arm. The lug factor really is significant for me. For this reason, if I were to buy again I think I would get a 410.
I don't really use any of the features of the watch, except to record my runs, although I did get lost on trails once and didn't think to use "find my way back to start" feature which would have been useful.
If they made a really nice slim basic watch with just GPS and Ant+, and without the "training buddy", programmable workouts, and whatnot, I would totally get it. otherwise I recommend the 410.