Garmin Forerunner 405
- This GPS-enabled sport watch tracks your training, then wirelessly sends your data to your computer
- The ultimate in training technology, its sleek design features a touch bezel that lets you quickly s
- Its unique design gives the GPS antenna a better view of the sky, so it can get a stronger signal du
- And its high-sensitivity GPS receiver provides improved tracking under trees and near tall buildings
- Also includes the wireless heart rate monitor
Product Description
This GPS-enabled sport watch tracks your training, then wirelessly sends your data to your computer. The ultimate in training technology, its sleek design features a touch bezel that lets you quickly scroll and select fe… More >>
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When I ordered this watch a second watch was included for free. Today the 405cx arrived but no second watch was delivered. I will return this watch next week unopened.
Rating: 5 / 5
Quite simply, the heart rate monitor does not work, period. Garmin needs to team with Polar. The GPS functions are great. Now I wear the 405CX on my left wrist and my “old” Polar on my right wrist. When I bought the 405CX from Amazon, I also received “free” a Forerunner 50. It didn’t work. I returned it to Amazon for a replacement. It didn’t work. I gave it to my daughter. It didn’t work for her. Junk. I guess it still works OK as a watch.
Rating: 3 / 5
After using a Polar RS100 and switching for the Forerunner 405 cx I have just one opinion:
Awesome watch!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a very frustrating gadget. I have gotten most of it’s functionality to work, but it has been a challenge, and key pieces remain unworkable. Here are the problems I ran into:
1. It defaulted into Russian. Try doing an initial configuration in Russian. There are no entries in the manuals on how to change the language, and the on-board menu system doesn’t help when you can’t read it.
2. The quick launch instructions give outdated information–e.g. the URL given to download the software for your PC to work with the watch is completely wrong.
3. I have been unable to get the watch to synch with the foot pod for pacing information etc. They don’t work together.
4. The watch still will not synch up with my PC. They sense eachother, communicate initially, attempt to transfer information, then it flashes “Failed.” It tries again every couple of minutes they are within range of each other. This is a common problem. If you do a Google search you will find hundreds of others with this problem–with some esoteric solutions that work for some and not for others. None of them work for me.
5. Tech support. Tech support is unresponsive. You can stay on hold for as long as you like, but nobody will ever answer. This is very frustrating.
6. It is hard to read, and hard to manipulate when you are running. Some of the readouts are too small, and the touch dial is difficult to operate, when you are in motion.
7. It is bulky and heavy. I thought it would be thinner and lighter. I was surprised when I put it on. It felt like it was from the 1980s.
Total for the watch, heart monitor, and foot pod was about $450.00. That is a lot of money for a piece of junk, which is what this is when the major functions don’t work, the functions that do work are hard to use when you are using it (i.e. when running), and you can’t get any help from their support.
Rating: 1 / 5
Buy this monitor now. Easy to use and small enough so you dont feel like you have a laptop on your wrist. The bezel touch menu navigation can be sensitive to bumps but the lock feature solves most of your problems. Great product.
Rating: 4 / 5