Garmin Forerunner 305 problems anyone else ? - Page 15 - Gear

straitjacket

24/07/2008 at 22:36

II ran 7x0.5 mile intervals today and it worked fine.I might not be using exactly as it is meant to be used.I will contact garmin.

I am using the speed as opposed to heart rate as I am seeking to get a good for age for FLM and I thought that if I can keep up the training times I should be Ok.I have missed my target time for London twice now by less than two minutes. (Buggrit)

Mark Fairhall

21/09/2008 at 10:22

Hi Everyone,
I thought you all might be interested in my story.... I bought a forerunner 305 in dec last year to train for the FLM. All went well and did 3:40. I was really pleased with the 305 and used it to train for the wolverhampton city marathon in sept. However 2 weeks before the marathon the 305 went totally kaput and wouldn't switch on unless in the cradle. I emailed Garmin who advised to do a hard reset (on & mode buttons pressed at the same time). That didn't work, they then advised that I should send it back to them for repair. I sent the 305 back to them and hearing some of the horror stories about garmin customer service on this forum, I waited to see what would happen.....
To my surprise, within a week a received a parcel back from garmin containing what I thought was a replacement 305. On opening the parcel and checking the paperwork, the 305 had been upgraded to a forerunner 405. I don't know whether this is now garmin policy to replace faulty 305's with 405's, but I am one happy teddy at the moment. Hurrah for garmin customer service. Just off out to try my new toy!!!!!!!

sweaty betty2

21/09/2008 at 21:07

Hubby has Garmin 305- I bought it last Christmas. We all use it turns.

Only prob, would love to ba able to print out stats. Any tips?

Mark Fairhall

22/09/2008 at 13:02

Might be worth signing up to motionbased or similar web-based application then you can print out whatever you want (and motionbased is free as a basic user without all the bells'n whistles).

sweaty betty2

22/09/2008 at 14:40

Hi MF

Sounds interesting, but how do I go about getting a motionbased thingy whatsit?

Mark Fairhall

22/09/2008 at 16:01

All you have to do is google 'motionbased' and sign up to the site, the biggest bonus is it's free.
P.S. be patient as it can be quite slow....

David Sweeney 3

22/11/2008 at 20:42

Anyone using a 305 with a Mac?

Oook!

02/05/2009 at 12:15

Help

I recently decided to bin all my saved courses and start again. Unfortunately when I try to transfer a new course from the history folder I get "Memory Full"

CraigC

08/12/2010 at 22:34

My girlfriend is going to get me an FR 305 for xmas, but this thread really puts the fear of God in me, is this a product to avoid?

Craig

blacktriangle

09/12/2010 at 16:43

I've had no problems with mine.. (so far 9 months). There's a natural bias in these sorts of threads. If you haven't a problem, you don't post....

Intermanaut

09/12/2010 at 16:59

The only problem I've had with my 305 is that the beeper has gone really quiet. It didn't occur to me to make sure it was dried properly after a run, so the sweat has corroded the piezzo buzzer in the back.

Tempo Tom

09/12/2010 at 21:24

I bought my 305 from new march 08 and no real problems. Fantastic kit that really transformed my training. A couple of times I have needed to reset it but I didn't lose my data. A couple of months ago I had to delete my data from the watch as the memory had filled up but that was after about 1200 miles clocked. Luckily the data on my pc didn't delete! I wouldn't have been happy!!

Tempo Tom

09/12/2010 at 21:27

Oooh can I be cheeky and ask for votes in the super six comp?!! Sub 4.00 is where you'll find me!

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