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Garmin Forerunner 405 with HRM and USB ANT stick - Black | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Buy New: £209.90
New (10) Used (3) from £190.66
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 944
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.8 x 2.1 x 4.1
MPN: 010-00658-21
Model: 010-00658-21
UPC: 753759075354
EAN: 0753759075354
ASIN: B0012XO4R4
Release Date: March 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW - JUST IN - INCLUDES HEART RATE MONITOR - SHIPPED VIA INSURED COURIER
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Product Description
Long runs, tempo runs, speed drills. You expect a lot from your body?and from your training gear. Meet Forerunner 405. This GPS-enabled sport watch tracks your training, then wirelessly sends your data to your computer. The ultimate in training technology, its sleek design features a touch bezel that lets you quickly scroll and select features on the run. Watch Results Loaded with serious training features, Forerunner 405 continuously monitors your time, distance, pace, calories and heart rate (when paired with heart rate monitor). Each run is stored in memory so you can review and analyse the data to see how you've improved. You can even download recorded courses to compete against previous workouts or race a Virtual Partner . Customise Forerunner?s data screens for instant feedback while you train. Use with Ease Sport watch and personal trainer ? Forerunner 405 gives you the best of both worlds in a sleek, stylish package. This high performance watch is easy to use and comfortable to wear when not training. Simply tap the touch bezel to change screens without fumbling for a button. Run, Sync, Store and Share Once you?ve logged the miles, innovative ANT+Sport? wireless technology automatically transfers data to your computer when the Forerunner is in range. No cables, no hook-ups. The data?s just there, ready for you to analyse, categorise and share through our online community, Garmin Connect or our optional Garmin Training Center software. You can wirelessly send workouts from your computer to Forerunner, too. Share Wirelessly With Forerunner 405 you can share your locations, advanced workouts and courses wirelessly with other Forerunner 405 users. Now you can send your favourite workout to your friend to try, or compete against a friend's recorded course. Sharing data is easy. Just select ?transfer? to send your information to nearby units. Track Heart Rate Forerunner 405HR comes complete with a heart rate monitor helping you make the most o
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Forerunner 405 Rocks... August 30, 2008
Ac Ross
Absolutely brilliant. Ive only had this item 4 weeks and my running times are dropping dramatically. The screen is well laid out with exactly the right ammount of information you require. The computer software is quality and is providing me with the info I need to improve. My friends and I all have one and its great to share info and see what performances they are putting in. This product may seem expensive but it is worth every penny. The only downside that I can see is that I'm turning into a bit of a stats geek!!
 Best to stick with the 305, at least until Garmin Connect is up to MotionBased's standards August 16, 2008
CJW
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
*Have given the 405 1 star versus the 305, not versus other brands of GPS watch of which I have no experience - I used the 305 for 2 years and have been using the 405 for 4 weeks*
First the positives:
Improved satellite reception
Great looking
Very comfortable
Easy to take on and off
Now the negatives:
Before an activity:
You could switch off the 305 to preserve battery life, this is not possible with the 405. The 405 displays the time permanently, albeit using a small amount of power. This means you must charge your device no more than 2-3 days prior to your activity.
During an activity:
The touch bezel is useless when any moisture is present - when I say any I mean ANY. This means you can't scroll through screens on the run. In fact my 405 develops a mind of its own in such conditions, randomly scrolling through all screens and menus. Not only can I not see my pace etc. when this happens, I can't stop my activity either. The only way I've found to guarantee to see my pace throughout a run and to be able to stop my activity at the end is to lock the bezel before I leave home and keep it locked on the run. This limits me to 3 pieces of data - I had ready access to 12 pieces on the 305. This data is also harder to see than on the 305 due to the 405's smaller screen size. Even in the dry the touch bezel is not 100% reliable and is slower to operate than the 305's push button interface.
After an activity:
If you're a fan of MotionBased, prepare to be disappointed. Not only does the 405 NOT WORK with MotionBased, MotionBased is being phased out to be replaced by Garmin Connect - and Garmin Connect has a long way to go to reach MotionBased's level of functionality and user-friendliness. For example, it won't let you see your pace in minutes per mile, it's miles per hour or nothing. Furthermore, 305 data cannot yet be imported. Meaning you have no way of comparing your current and past performance. Now onto the wireless connection. It's unreliable and slow, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. What was wrong with the reliable cable method? It's not like you don't need a cable any more, you still need a cable to charge the device. In fact now you need a cable AND a USB ANT stick - which may be easy to loose given its size, may be easy to break given the way it sticks out of your laptop, and no doubt will be expensive to replace.
GPS doesn't work August 12, 2008
Little Lee (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am having terrible trouble with the GPS on my 405. 4 runs out of 5 it doesn't pick up any satellite signals, and the one occasion it does it usually loses the signal during the run. I never have these problems with the 305. The 405 is going back.
Oh dear! August 4, 2008
K. A. Dowson (Tonbridge, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Garmin Forerunner 405 with HRM and USB ANT stick - Green
I have been using my Garmin for a about 6 weeks. I am training for a marathon, so at the moment doing about 50 miles a week. It is pretty important that I know my pace or heart rate.
Normally its fine, charging it every couple of days is a bit irritating but I can live with that.
Good points
Its not too bulky
Everything is there (except [perhaps an altometer)
Normally finds satelites pretty quickly
You can adjust what you see on the screen.
Good value
Loads of complicated things I've never got into yet
But heres the problem if it gets a bit damp, and I'm no talking dunking it, the watch goes beserk, flicking screens and bleeping at you all the time. The buttons cease to work so you can't get to the screen you want. Yesterday was doing a long run, checking my pace through the miles (the pace rate displayed on the watch is unreliable, it often tells me I am 9 min miling when I know I am doing under 7.5). After 8 miles I started having trouble and at 15 it was only displaying the date and time so I could check the pace. Also it took me a minute to stop it, which means my summary is wrong.
The day before doing hills, the buttons stopped after 17 reps, which means I can't compare reps.
Both these occasions it was raining. However the week before I did a race, beautiful sunny day, however it took me over 2 mins to stop it. this all means that the logs are innacurate.
The mapping system I have to say is also very annoying, its a running watch for heavens sake and it only shows roads, no runner in there right mind runs along roads if they can avoid it.
May just be me but you can't adjust the scale on the graph, which means outliers on pace, apparently I top 30mph occationally, make the pace unreadable. The pace also seems very erratic so the smothing algorithm (is there one) doesn't seem very accurate. You don't seem to be able to amend the data in the logs which is you can't stop it sometimes makes them unusable.
The bezel must have seemed a great idea in development but in practice is too difficlut to use whilst running - give me a big button any day.
Its a shame you can't get HR on the screen at the same time as pace otherwise I could lock the bezel and just show that.
Distance measures are also pretty wobbly, the 10 mile accredited race I did I measured at 9.9. My easy run measured first time 5.0 miles, great I thought, 2nd time it was 4.8!
To sum up, fantasic watch if you don't run in the rain and you don't sweat.
Garmin Forerunner 405 July 25, 2008
G. Fielding (Glossop, Derbyshire)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I agree with Mookie that although the 405 seems an advance on the 305, in terms of actual useability looks can be deceptive. Yes, it looks like a normal wristwatch, however as a fell runner, the touch dial bezel is just annoying whereas the 305 was very easy to operate at any time without the threat of too many taps or the wrong dial being hit. It took me a while to get the hang of it but even then, I found it infuriating to be honest whereas with the 305 it was out of the box, charged and on my wrist working perfectly.
I will actually be selling my 405 and buying a 305 again because I only use it for fell running, consequently the aesthetics of the watch dont really matter to me. I bought the 405 because I read the hype and assumed that it would be a real advance and be as easy if not easier to use, but I just dont feel that that is the case. These reviews are always subjective so some people will disagree, but my advice would be to stick with the 305 if you dont mind the bulkier face.
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