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Garmin Forerunner 205 Handheld GPS Receiver

 
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  • GPS Type: Handheld (Outdoor)
  • Form Factor: Handheld
  • Input Method: Keypad
  • Screen Size: 1.5 in.
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Review Summary

Average Rating: 4.0
 
Based on 7 reviews
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Pros
  • Accurate (4)
  • Easy to Use (2)
  • Rich features (2)
  • Nice Screen (1)
  • Compact (1)
  • Long Battery Life (1)
  • Simple Setup (1)
Cons
  • Bulky (2)
  • Poor Quality (1)
  • Lacks features (1)
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24 out of 25 people found this review helpful.

Great sport GPS, small, light, and useful!

Date of Review:  Feb 24, 2007
The Bottom Line: Recommended. This is a running/workout GPS and doesn't pretend to be anything else, and it works great for that purpose.
Review: The Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS is exactly what I was looking for in a sport GPS. Small, light, functional, and easy -- and much more convenient than my old Garmin 12 brick!

I enjoy trail running, and I wanted to be able to track what I was...
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  5.0

by: hzoi
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Small, light, rechargeable, versatile,...
Cons
Slightly bulky shape, no map details,...
 
15 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Don't plug it into USB or else

Date of Review:  Apr 4, 2009
The Bottom Line: Be sure to recharge the Forerunner 205 with its own power supply before connecting it to a computer for downloading.
Review: Our Garmin Forerunner 205 has damaged two of our computer motherboards after plugging it into a USB port. This has only happened when the Forerunner was heavily used for a couple hours and needed to be recharged. The first time it happened I thought...
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  1.0

by: sportyguy
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Tracks well. Syncs up with satellites...
Cons
Has the ability to destroy capacitors...
 
14 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

This thing really works

Date of Review:  Apr 2, 2009
The Bottom Line: From the casual to the serious, this is a good product for the person who enjoys exercising outside.
Review: My wife and I walk on a set course around our house usually 12 laps. About half way through, we would start loosing count of how many laps we had done. When she got me this watch, I was amazed at how accurate this watch is. We will walk 12 laps and...
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  5.0

by: coachn2win
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Very functional, usable, accurate, and...
Cons
I think that it need to have a light...
 
12 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Great training tool

Date of Review:  Oct 30, 2008
The Bottom Line: The Forerunner 205 is a great training tool for anyone who runs or bikes outside and wants to get an accurate gauge of their results.
Review: As a runner, I was constantly going online to map my routes, and syncing up the timer on my iPod to guess my pace and the time of my training runs. Pedometers weren't very accurate and were impossible to set up. The Forerunner takes the guesswork...
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  5.0

by: cmrl
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Large, customizable display; backlit;...
Cons
Fits awkwardly on smaller wrists;...
 
9 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

Great for walking, running, biking, hiking, skiing and even geocaching

Date of Review:  May 26, 2008
The Bottom Line: A convenient, powerful and worthy unit for almost any non-automotive use of GPS technology at an affordable price!
Review: My wife bikes and rollerblades a lot and would use my handheld Lowrance IFinder GO to track her speed and distance. Despite being a pretty reliable GPS (see my review) and all, she found that as it shook with her movement it would become inaccurate...
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  4.0

by: hairymon
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Satellite reception and accuracy,...
Cons
Lack of a decent basemap without paying...
 
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

not at all accurate

Date of Review:  Jun 10, 2008
Review: I tried using this product twice, but had to return it because it was way off. It underestimated the distance I ran by about 10%.

I found this out because according to the Forerunner, I ran my slowest 5K ever. But when I used mapmyrun.com,...
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  2.0

by: kas123
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
theoretically great, lots of cool...
Cons
completely useless because distance was...
 
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

I love this GPS!

Date of Review:  Nov 24, 2009
Review: This GPS is amazing! I don't know what I did with out it on my runs! I love how it goes around your wrist!
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  5.0

by: jtbow
Recommended to buy: Yes

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