Garmin Forerunner 110

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NOTE THAT THIS IS A FIRST IMPRESSION REVIEW:
Here is some information I couldn't find elsewhere
1. The watch does not have "bike mode" as has its predecessors, but it CAN be set to tell you your speed in mph/kph.
2. The the light and right buttons take a bit of force to press while the lower left button is much easier. Maybe the tougher buttons are that way so your wrist doesn't press them.
3. When you start and stop the timer, the watch gives you a pop-up window that says "timer started" or "timer stopped" which takes a few seconds to disappear. It's kind of annoying.
4. When you tell the watch to go out of gps mode, you have to wait about a minute before you can tell it to go back into gps mode. The reverse is also true. Again, this nuance is not a deal breaker, but it's annoying.
5. When you press the "lap" button while timing. The screen will change and give you the lap time for about 10 seconds and then return to the screen that gives you total elapsed time. In other words, there is no way to view your lap time as it increases. It's only viewable at the END of the lap.
6. To reset the stopwatch, you have to hold "reset" for 3 seconds. That's irritatingly slow.

This watch is certainly less gigantic than the 205/305. I think it's a bit smaller than the 405 too. It has a solid, well made "feel" but is not very heavy. The band is comfortable for a plastic watch and has a circumference of about 9". As stated in the instructions, you have to hold still for the watch to acquire satellite signals. It easily gets signals faster than my 60csx which has a SiRf III chip, but I'm not sure how the 205/305/405's compare. Beyond telling the watch to report 12/24 hour mode, pace/speed, km/mi, and beeps/alarm only/off you can't customize much about what it shows you.

Sadly, I haven't had time to take the watch on a run or match it with my 60csx, but I will try to post that data this weekend.

Overall, this watch seems like it should do what it was made to do just fine. Due to its sluggish stopwatch, expense, bulk, and lack of simultaneous showing of elapsed lap and total elapsed times, I won't take it to the gym any time soon. That said, I am still excited to try it on runs and bike rides.

Also, I highly recommend Clever Training as a vendor. I ordered the watch on Sunday and got it on Wednesday.

UPDATE: 5-10-2010
I took this watch on a run along with my 60csx. For the duration of the 2.4 mile run, they stayed within 0.02 of a mile of each other (usually 0.01). I could not compare the speeds directly because the 110 only gives you a running average. It would be nice if Garmin would allow you to change that feature. Sometimes the 110 will get a signal in about 15 seconds, but sometimes it takes more like a minute.


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Garmin Forerunner 110 Overviews

GARMIN® FORERUNNER® 110 GPS :: The Garmin® Forerunner® 110 is an easy-to-use, powerful, GPS-based, speed & distance monitor that measures speed, pace, calories, more! Plus, the Forerunner® 110 is MAC or PC compatible!

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Customer Review

Fairly easy-to-use - Katherine Llinas - SoCal
This watch is great if all you want is to track your running/cycling both while you're going and after you're done.

The best part is probably the software Garmin offers online. You can analyze all of your activities by speed, distance, pace, heart rate (if you get the heart monitor)...

The cons:
- It can take 5 minutes for the watch to hook up to satellites when you change to tracking mode, and that's a pain. I usually start it when I'm stretching so that by the time I'm ready to run, it's all set.
- God forbid you should accidentally select "use indoors", because then you have to wait for it to reset itself or it will simply act as a stopwatch and won't track you.
- I stuffed the watch in my gym bag, and it set off a button. My 7-mile run turned into a 6-hour track of a day in my locker and the ride home. The software is only usable with internet access, and it's not super easy to use-- i.e., I can't erase the extra 5 hours of that run. Which is a shame when I try to track my progress.

Overall, I'd say it's pretty simple as far as runners' watches go. Not a lot of bells and whistles, other than the obvious talks-to-outer-space thing.

FIrst run with 110 - Mark Garrigan - De Pere, WI United States
I run with a group that includes 3 305s and 1 405. Now I've added the 110. It works just like it's big brothers. Keep in mind this watch has a VERY limited feature set. Distance, Time, Pace, and Auto Lap. Connected to satellites fast and stayed connected. Simple to use for someone who doesn't want to wade through menu after menu. I was going to buy the 405 but when I saw this simplified version I knew this would be my first GPS watch. It has only the features I would use on the more expensive ones and you still get all the same data once you sync it with Garmin Connect.

As far as Clever Training is concerned. I highly recommend them. I had a question before ordering and they responded immediately. I ordered on a Friday night well after shipping hours. They shipped it out on Saturday and it was in my mail box on Monday.

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