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I think the best feature of the Forerunner 305 is seen when you use it, the pace and HR feautres in every day use just work, and that’s what you need in a training device you use every day. Also like the display because it’s big enough to actually see and it’s highly modifiable. The training partner is also a really nice feature, making it possible to race against time, distance, pace, not sure why, but psychologically it’s always just more effective to have someone you’re trying to beat, even an electronic stand in.

Here are the issues (they aren’t deal breakers, but they’re also NOT small):

1. need better driver support – win 7 64 bit driver BSOD all the time when you go to upload data (and garmin knows this)
2. the software for anaylsis purposes is simply not in the same league as what comes with the Polar 800SD (not even close)
3. the strap is one generation behind the Polar, they need to adopt cloth sensors, they’re just more comfortable to wear
4. start/stop/pause isn’t intuitive (if you’ve used a polar and garmin to compare, you’ll know what i mean)

I gave it 4 stars over all, because again, the criticisms aren’t deal breakers, in day in day out use on actual runs this device shines, it’s all the stuff ancillary to the run where garmin needs to work on improvements, like the data anaylsis, drivers, HRM strap update, etc.
CTA Tools 2850 Pulley

I bought this for my husband who is over in Iraq right now. He LOVES it. Best thing I could have gotten him.
CTA Replacement Battery for