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 Garmin Forerunner 301
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Garmin Forerunner 301
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Average Rating: 4 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 161
RRP: £212
Year: from 2005

Description: • All-in-one wrist GPS unit. • Embedded GPS sensor provides basic navigation capabilities to tell you how far, how fast, and how to get home. • Digital coded heart rate monitor. • Training Center software. • No calibration required. • Auto Pause. • Auto Lap records lap data when you reach a specified distance. • AutoLearn feature learns user's heart rate zones, adjusting them as fitness levels improve. • Virtual Partner lets you train against a specified time, distance or pace goals. • AutoScroll cycles through data pages during a workout.
RW short review: Garmin’s easy-to-use, reliable and accurate Forerunner GPS speed-and-distance monitor has proved to be hugely popular and could be the only running gadget you’ll ever need. Full review RW+
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 READER REVIEWS
 
Here's how members rate this product: (161 votes)
Overall
 
80%
Performance
 
81%
Ease of use
 
81%
Value
 
77%
1 to 5 summaries of 161 reviews. (See all)

Michael Fenwick 2 17/4/2009
LOVE IT! NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS STATED EITHER!

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Full review

Water Vole 12/9/2008
BRILLIANT
Overall
 
Full review

Gazmanmeister 13/12/2007
GREAT TRAINING PARTNER SHAME ABOUT THE RECEPTION
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Full review

llangy www.justgiving.com/nigelmorse 25/10/2007
GREAT GADGET
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Full review

Robert Sanderson 22/10/2007
GREAT PIECE OF KIT I HAVE THE OLDER VERSION AND BRIL
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Full review

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by danowat
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28/10/07 20:40
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by Mick6
Forerunner 301
Fact or Fiction? By RunningCommentary
Topic: Gear
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by Legal Beagle
Something strange has happened...
...to my Garmin By Lady Sue the rather more Corpulent
Topic: Gear
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by Happycat
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