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Finally, a GPS-enabled precision device which isn’t fearful of a water. The imperishable Forerunner 310XT is a triathlete’s essential precision apparatus — a GPS-enabled, swim-proof tutor which marks bike as well as run interpretation as well as sends it wirelessly to your computer. This multi-sport device has up to twenty hours of battery life, marks distance, gait as well as heart rate, as well as goes from wrist to bike in seconds.Amazon.com Product Description
Finally, a GPS-enabled precision device which isn’t fearful of a water. The imperishable Forerunner 310XT is a triathlete’s essential precision tool–a GPS-enabled, swim-proof tutor which marks bike as well as run interpretation as well as sends it wirelessly to your computer. This multi-sport device has up to twenty hours of battery life, marks distance, gait as well as heart rate (optional), as well as goes from wrist to bike in seconds.
A GPS-enabled precision device which isn’t fearful of a water. |
Track bike as well as run interpretation as well as send it wirelessly to your computer. Click to enlarge. |
Tracks distance, gait as well as heart rate. Click to enlarge. |
Time Your Swim
The swim-proof Forerunner 310XT is waterproof to a abyss of 50 meters, so we can wear it in a pool or a lake to time your swim. And a slim pattern as well as stretchable wristband meant Forerunner is easy to wear in any conditions.
Transition Effortlessly
When you’re ready to burst out of a H2O as well as onto a bike, Forerunner 310XT moves simply from wrist to bike with a discretionary discerning recover as well as bike mounts, creation a passing from a single to another in between sports effortless. Forerunner 310XT categorizes multisport activities in a single examination as well as can additionally record passing from a single to another time in a process, so we can investigate your opening from begin to finish.
Collect Workout Data
Forerunner 310XT marks your upon all sides precisely with GPS heavenly body interpretation as well as annals distance, pace, heart rate (optional), energy interpretation (from ANT+-enabled third-party energy meters) as well as more. High-sensitivity GPS as well as HotFix heavenly body prophecy meant Forerunner acquires satellites fast as well as marks your transformation even nearby high buildings or underneath tree cover. And regulating innovative ANT+ wireless technology, Forerunner 310XT connects seamlessly to an discretionary heart rate monitor, feet pod as well as intonation sensor.
Heart Rate Monitor Bundle
This gold includes a discretionary wireless heart rate monitor. Forerunner 310XT invariably marks beats per notation as well as uses heart rate interpretation in modernized calorie computation. Train in a sure heart rate section to urge aptness as well as guard your turn of exertion.
Run, Sync, Store as well as Share
Once you’ve logged a miles, innovative ANT+ wireless record automatically transfers interpretation to your mechanism when Forerunner is in range. No cables, no hookups. The data’s only there, ready for we to analyze, specify as well as share by a online community, Garmin Connect or a discretionary Garmin Training Center software. You can even devise workouts upon your mechanism as well as afterwards send them to your Forerunner.
What’s in a Box
Forerunner 310XT, USB ANT stick, AC charger, Charging clip, Owner’s primer upon disk, Quick begin guide, Heart Rate Monitor
- Waterproof to a abyss of 50 meters, so we can wear it in a pool or a lake to time your swim
- Tracks bike as well as run interpretation as well as sends it wirelessly to your computer
- Track your position, distance, pace, heart rate (with bundled monitor), supplement accessories to magnitude energy interpretation as well as more
- 20 hours of battery life
- One-year singular warranty
Average Ratings : 3.5
Price : Too low to display
travenue
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 9:13 pmOK, so I don’t own one of these units. I am researching and thinking of buying something. It occurred to me, with all the complaints about swimming accuracy, that I should mention something:
Electromagnetic signals (ie. GPS signals) DO NOT EASILY PENETRATE WATER. Just ask the Navy. Any water other than distilled water has some conductivity, especially salt water. It acts as a Farady shield – the GPS signal hits a conductor (water) and creates a current in the conductor. The resistance of the conductor will dissipate the energy of the signal. BASIC ELECTROMAGNETISM. This is how your microwave keeps the EM radiation inside from getting out and cooking you – by using a conductor shield to trap it.
I am surprised Garmin claims they have a GPS unit that will work under water. Call the Navy! They would love a way to communicate with submarines without having to use sonar, which gets them in a lot of trouble by disrupting marine life. The reason they use sonar is that ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS DON’T TRAVEL WELL UNDER WATER!
The GPS accuracy while swimming will be based on how far you plunge the watch under water, the type of water, etc. The device might work better if you strap it to your head! Just my two cents.
Rating: 1 / 5
Janet Lim Walsh
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 10:51 pmThe brand new item was a faulty piece that never worked!
Though with technology it is unpredictable, I would expect the seller to check prior to shipment. Especially when the client is not a walk-in customer and exchanges can be difficult
And Garmin to have better quality control checks.
Garmin Forerunner 310XT GPS Enabled Sports Watch with Heart Rate Monitor
Rating: 1 / 5
Giacomo Baldi
Posted on January 7th, 2010 at 1:45 amIt’s the first gps so i’m not able to do comparison but this product in my opinion is excellent.
Rating: 5 / 5
G. SMITH
Posted on January 7th, 2010 at 2:21 amDON’T BUY THIS ITEM (FORERUNNER 310 XT). BUY A FORERUNNER 305. THE 310 XT ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME THING AS THE 305, BUT YOU CAN GET A 305 FOR ABOUT $150 AND THE 310XT COSTS ABOUT $400.
THE 310 XT HAS TWO ADVANTAGES 1: YOU CAN SWIM WITH IT ON (BUT THE GPS DOES NOT WORK IN THE WATER). 2: IT HAS A VIBRATOR TO SIGNAL VARIOUS THINGS. THE 305 HAS A BUZZER WHICH IS HARD TO HEAR IN NOISY VENUES (LIKE A MARATHON WITH 45,000 PEOPLE).
BIG DISADVANTAGE……….THERE IS NO INSTRUCTION BOOK!!!!!!!!!!! THIS THING COST $400 AND THEY DID NOT INCLUDE AN INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR A COMPUTER!!!!! I E-MAILED THEM, AND THEY GAVE ME SOME BALONEY ABOUT GOING GREEN AND SAVING TREES, AND NOT PRINTING THE INSTRUCTIONS. THEY SAID I COULD DOWNLOAD THE BOOK FORM THE WEB (WHICH I DID) THAT WAY I PAID FOR THE PRINTING AND KILLED THE TREE, NOT THEM. THEY WEREN’T WORRIED ABOUT “GOING GREEN” WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THE FANCY BOX IT COMES IN……. ANY WAY THE INSTRUCTIONS AN NOT ACCURATE, ANY WAY.
BUY A FORERUNNER 05, IT IS GREAT, DOES ALMOST THE SAME STUFF FOR LESS THAN 1/2 THE PRICE, AND HAS INSTRUCTIONS (EVEN THOUGH WHEY ARE NOT EASLIY FOLLOWED)
Rating: 2 / 5
B. C. Waldrop
Posted on January 7th, 2010 at 4:40 amFirst, I must say I am a Mac user, your PC experience may vary.
There is a lot to like about this product, when it works. But the product is, in my opinion, still only at the Beta level of readiness. I have lost multiple events due to data corruption. The firmware update that is supposed to fix the product will not load. I was more patient with Vista before I got rid of my PC and went to Mac. Frankly, I feel like that is a good analogy for this product. Vista was awful at roll out. It isn’t great now, but it is much better. If you spend 300 dollars on this product, you should be prepared to deal with customer support, or dig through the Garmin forums. Maybe I come back later and change my rating, but for now, stay clear of this product. Eventually, the bugs will be worked out and the price will come down. At the very least, before you pull the trigger, look at the Garmin support forums and see what the general tone of the posters is at the time. Caveat Emptor.
****** UPDATED 12/13/2009
The 310xt by Garmin is a part of a system of workout peripherals designed to aide you with your athletic training. As you read this review, consider that my perspective is that the entire system is a whole and not a bunch of disconnected parts. You can not slap a Polar chest strap into this system.
Cost – This is an expensive part of your training system. The 310xt is the head unit for you computer system and runs north of $300. But if you add the heart rate monitor and cadence sensors for bikes and shoes, you can double your costs. I have a chest strap, cadence sensors on two bikes and a foot pod. The $600 dollar price tag of the system may still be less than a comparable Polar system. When comparing price between the various systems, make sure you look at all the parts.
Head Unit – First, it is big. I don’t have a problem with that, because I look more like shot putter than a distance runner, but smaller wristed folks have complained. As a 40+-year-old athlete, big is advantageous in the fact you can see the data elements even if you are displaying three data points at a time. However, you have to know what each element is, because there is no way you can read the titles on the data element windows. The buttons are easy to use, even in gloves. I don’t find myself hitting the wrong buttons or having accidental changes like I have had on some Polar watches or the Garmin 405. The problems I have with the head unit are the ugly Orange and Gray color scheme and the lap and start/stop buttons are – for the way my brain works – backwards. Both are subjective and easily overcome.
Software – Oh the software. You can always tell when a company starts messing in things that are not core to their business. Garmin is a GPS company. They do not write good code. On the plus side, the Garmin software does support the Mac platform, on the downside, Mac support lags greatly. They are trying to overcome this by pushing a good deal of core functionality to the Web, but they have not gotten there yet. The code that runs the actual head unit was buggy out the door. It has become much more stable. But before you do anything else with the head unit, patch the firmware. The firmware it ships with will drop your workouts and cause you do have to do multiple hard resets. But all in all, the latest firmware seems to be stable and acceptable. But the software story goes beyond the head unit. Gathering data is useless unless you can analyze it. Because of the ANT+ interface, you are slaved to at least a portion of the Garmin computer software. You can not directly upload to Training Peaks or your favorite online software tracking/log system. Make sure you can send files from Garmin if you use something like Training Peaks (you can) if you intend to use a legacy logging system or work with a coach. Garmin’s web based platform is Garmin Connect. As long as it has been around, it still seems like a beta product. You can’t create workouts on the web-based platform, you can’t edit your workouts or even analyze a portion of a workout. The system seems sluggish. It is getting better, but support for the web site feels more like a hobby than a business priority. If you want to create workouts for your head unit, you will do so in the Garmin Training Center. The Mac version is just pitiful. It is counterintuitive and has the look and feel of a program that was written by someone whose last program project was “Hello World”. You can’t create a workout based upon pace, you can do so based upon speed. Anyway, Garmin has created a situation were you will be forced to maintain your data in three locations. Create your workouts in GTC, analyze in GC, setup in the head unit. If anyone in Garmin is reading can you explain why I have to setup my profile in three spots? Which way does the data flow? Can I place my Heart Rate zones in one of these three systems and just have it flow? Why do I have to enter an age, why don’t you set age based upon birth date? Why do I have to reenter everything on the head unit manually after an all too frequent reset? Why can’t I set the display preferences for the head unit in GTC and synch that to the head unit? I can’t think of any other product I use were I am forced to do repetitive data maintenance in three locations.
The old style heart rate strap – It was fine while it lasted. Not real comfortable if you are a barrel-chested guy. I understand that smaller folks have issues with comfort as well. My problem is that it died after a couple of months. I am hoping it just needs a new battery because….
The premium soft heart rate strap – Awful. A waste of your money. I kid you not, there is a part of the forum dedicated to the tendency of the chest strap to spike inaccurate readings that advocates smearing the contacts with honey or peanut butter. To be fair, those are user suggestions. Garmin suggests you (1) wear tight fitting (2) cotton (3) and move the chest strap upside down and on your back. I would suggest they follow Polar’s lead and build something that works. I have used three different versions of the Polar chest straps and never had an issues with this “common” problem of static causing misreads. I think the best advice I have had was from my running store who told me: Wear the Garmin on one arm and a real heart rate monitor on the other.
Bike Cadence Sensor – My only issue or comment on this product is you may find it hard to install on your bike if you have a modern design with odd shaped chain stays. The sensor is perfect on my Cannondale Synapse. It fits awful on My Scott Plasma and constantly needs to be readjusted.
Footpod – I do not have the new footpod yet. The older version I have has been an unremarkable part of the setup. I don’t say that because it does not work. Quite the contrary, I put it on, told my head unit I had it, and have not had an issue since. I don’t do a lot of treadmill work, so I generally only use it to force myself to increase my run cadence. But to me, the best peripheral is the one you completely forget about. It just works.
Power – I have not added an ANT+ power system. I am holding out for the new product integrated into the pedals instead of the hub based system.
Overall – I use the Garmin system because it has the most promise. Its promise is an all in one system that tracks everything and puts all the data in one place. Unfortunately, this system is still just promise. It is immature technology at best. Frankly there are a lot of days were I think I would be better off with a simple bottom of the line polar system. This system embodies what information technology professional’s call “bleeding edge”. I guess the most compelling overall comment what be to look at the wrists of professional triathletes. You will see a lot of Polar computers. I have never seen a pro using a Garmin.
Rating: 3 / 5