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Latest Garmin Wrist GPSr/Watch
<p>I came across the latest Garmin Forerunner 405 today</p>
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<p>It only holds 100 waypoints and I wouldn't use one over my new Vista Hcx but the wrist GPSrs are certainly geting better </p>
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<p>It only holds 100 waypoints and I wouldn't use one over my new Vista Hcx but the wrist GPSrs are certainly geting better </p>
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At last! One that you wouldn't mind wearing as a watch instead of as a gadget only to be strapped on when required as a GPSr!
(and this is from a man who's worn a geeky Casio DBX-102 calculator watch for the last decade!)
PDA in pocket for the descriptions and GPSr on wrist for the magic arrow; spontaneous caching just got even easier!
(and this is from a man who's worn a geeky Casio DBX-102 calculator watch for the last decade!)
PDA in pocket for the descriptions and GPSr on wrist for the magic arrow; spontaneous caching just got even easier!
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<p>It's my main GPS (which I also use for running!) - I do have a Nokia 6110 Navigator and use that interstate for finding the best* roads to caches. I have often combined a running session with caching!big_matt wrote:Is that your only GPS or is it used for running and you occasionally use it to find caches?
<p><i>* see our logs - mine, Fore!'s and Shadow!'s - for "Pinch Me"!</i>
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I thought it could be an answer to replace my polar, but with only an eight hour battery life its a real limitation. You could not really wear it as a watch all the time, and then go for a 4-5 hour ride.
Lets hope they come up with a better battery life soon.
Also does it have an arrow to follow, if not how would you effectively use it for caching?
Lets hope they come up with a better battery life soon.
Also does it have an arrow to follow, if not how would you effectively use it for caching?
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But does it tell the time?
Only one problem that I can not see
The screens are too small to display any useful map information
I hate trying to follow an arrow around the suburbs or bush. A map makes life SO MUCH EASIER
These watches are great for keeping track of where you've been, but not so great for where you're going
The joggers will love them
The screens are too small to display any useful map information
I hate trying to follow an arrow around the suburbs or bush. A map makes life SO MUCH EASIER
These watches are great for keeping track of where you've been, but not so great for where you're going
The joggers will love them
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I see it as the hi-tech equivalent of an orienteer's thumb compass. Not what you'd use for surveying or to seriously follow a bearing, but something that you can glance at while keeping your hands free and your attention on where you're going.
I won't buy one, because I just bought a new hand-held GPSr, but I can see this being a useful addition to a GPSr-enabled PDA/Smartphone with decent maps to get you to the vicinity. Then you put that safely away and follow the arrow with your hands free for the final approach.
I won't buy one, because I just bought a new hand-held GPSr, but I can see this being a useful addition to a GPSr-enabled PDA/Smartphone with decent maps to get you to the vicinity. Then you put that safely away and follow the arrow with your hands free for the final approach.
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Yes that is what I am thinking as well. I am not too good on a pushbike anymore (a bit wobbly) so I do not want to mount the 60Cx on the handlebars of the bike in case I lose it if I have a crash. I would rather use something like this so it leaves my hands free to steer the bike.Papa Bear_Left wrote:I see it as the hi-tech equivalent of an orienteer's thumb compass. Not what you'd use for surveying or to seriously follow a bearing, but something that you can glance at while keeping your hands free and your attention on where you're going.
I won't buy one, because I just bought a new hand-held GPSr, but I can see this being a useful addition to a GPSr-enabled PDA/Smartphone with decent maps to get you to the vicinity. Then you put that safely away and follow the arrow with your hands free for the final approach.
Then again maybe I should just buy a yellow etrex and mount that on the handle bars instead. Its probably cheaper that the 405 anway and I have most of the RAM bracket for it.