Product Description
GARMIN Forerunner 405 ANT S Green GPS Enabled Sports Watch/ HRM. Garmin International is pleased to announce the new Forerunner 405 GPS enabled sports watch. This sleek sports watch tells you how far, how fast and when you are in your heart rate zone. The Forerunner 405 can be used indoors or out, when you are outdoors you can use the built in high sensitivity GPS receiver for your training, plus with the new touch bezel you can scroll through menus on the run. While indoors you will be able to use the ANT plus Sport wireless technology to connect to an optional foot pod to measure speed and distance when indoors. Users can upload data to Garmin Connect a new web based application which lets users analyze data … More >>
Garmin Forerunner 405 Wireless GPS-Enabled Sports Watch with Heart Rate Monitor
How I said in other e-mail, I’d never receive the item.
I’m no longer in USA.
Other way you can send to me in Brazil.
My adress is:
Nelson Ferreira da Costa Filho
São Luis street, 144/ Ap 1502
17.501-410 Barbosa
City of Marília, São Paulo state, country Brazil]
If it’s possible this way please contact me.
Nelson
Rating: 1 / 5
I am an avid fan of Garmin’s GPS devices for use in cars. They are very small, have loads of features and usually work flawlessly. The Forerunner 405 is another matter altogether. For one thing, it takes forever to locate satellites. Not good for someone who wants to come outside and start running immediately. Maybe it’s because there are a lot of mature trees in my neighborhood, but so what ? If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. I also think the user interfaces are about as complicated as they can be. Try changing between them, let alone understanding the data, while running at an 8-minute mile pace. It virtually can’t be done. I think this is one of those cases where technology has reached the Peter Principle. Garmin should stick to what it does best…making GPS devices for cars. I returned this after just one use. I have enough frustrations in my life that I have to deal with. I don’t need to pay $350 to aquire a new one.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’m sorry we bought this thing. The GPS seems mostly useless; It never calculates milage correctly (it overestimates) and it takes more than 20 minutes to find satellites in the first place. It runs out of power way quicker than what the manual says, and is pretty much useless for a longer workout. Avoid!
Rating: 1 / 5
This product is ridiculously complex. The interface will require referring to the manual again and again. Very little is intuitive. Simple things like activating the light require multiple button presses, on two buttons, neither is labeled “light”.
It’s not Mac compatible and says nothing about this on the package. The wireless “ANT” stick requires a PC. There is Mac software for the Garmin Training center, but no way for the 405 to connect to it.
On a PC the ANT software runs constantly, that is rather than just running when the Garmin Training center application is running, it runs 24/7 slowing your computer. Data is transfered to it (slowly) then to the Training Center.
Rating: 1 / 5
I am a young tech savy person who has never seen a more confusing piece of technology. I absolutetly would not recommend this product.
Rating: 1 / 5