Garmin admit that the 305 doesn't work  Save your money  13
messages 13/12/2006 at 00:25 I've been using Garmin products for
3 years now: the Forerunner 201 and the 305.  Bought the 305
earlier this year after a chat with Garmin sales. £285.  A few
weeks ago, not long after posting yet another defence of Garmin,
I started thinking about the product, and started being a bit
more objective. I faced up t othe truth, that the altitude
doesn't work. The calorie readings are useless. The Virtual
Partner is implemented less well than on the 201. The GPS
functionality and the speed of the satellite detection is not
noticably different on the 305 than on previous models, yet this
was the big promotional sales message. There are some annoying
backward steps in design, like the battery reading no longer
being visible when you start the unit, and no longer estimating
the amount of battery life yet. (I've twice run out of battery
in mid-long run recently. Annoying.) I'm sure there are other
annoyances which I've forgotten