🏃 Garmin Forerunner 405: Discontinued Wireless Sport Watch with GPS, ANT Stick, and Heart Rate Monitor (Green) Review

My ANT flash drive broke just pulling it out of my work and home computer. I checked the Garmin website and got a replacement in about 5 days with no problems. I'm still having trouble getting it to work on my home computer, but it's Windows Vista and older - that's probably why. One day I plan to call Garmin and try to get support. All in all I love running again. This is my first experience with a GPS watch and it's easy to use once you get the hang of it. There was a bit of a learning curve,

Dear Garmin! If you buy this watch for $300 or more: REGISTER THE BEZEL. How did you come up with a running watch that doesn't tolerate sweat? I almost threw my watch in the street because I almost threw my watch in the street during my 10 mile run yesterday because I was so disappointed that the bezel didn't work properly. But then I remembered how much I paid for it. I'm currently training for a marathon and although the watch worked great for the first few weeks, time goes by and the runs…

After 2 years, 3000+ miles and 500+ runs I'm very attached to my Garmin 305 - however it's starting to do strange things. Some thoughts on the 405 I bought as a replacement: Overall positive Flaws: * Really ugly green - but I didn't think black was worth the extra $40 * No 'off' mode - thought I was going crazy - looked on the blogs and found that a lot of people are alarmed by this - with no activity automatically goes into sleep mode - works like a clock in sleep mode for more than 2 weeks…

This is my first GPS sports watch. It was hard to sift through all the products available to find an affordable product that could do everything I wanted: calculate distance, speed, speed, calories, etc. I almost missed out on this product due to some negative reviews but I'm so glad I didn't. I'm not very tech savvy but I had no problem setting the watch for the workout. I also don't agree with reviews that say it's too sensitive, especially since you can adjust the sensitivity. There is a way

I read the reviews and hoped that although the reviews were patchy the price was great that I would buy a good one. Got my first one from Revain and it didn't work at all. I couldn't get out of the intro screen so I returned it to Revane for an exchange. Got a second, same story, doesn't work. Passed the exchange and received the third from Revain. BINGO! It worked EXCELLENT from September 2011 to January 2012. NO PROBLEM until I put it in my carry-on to take on a plane for a trip west and I…

I've been using the 305 for two years now and it works like a charm. When I wanted to buy my wife one, I chose Beauty and bought 405. This is a disaster. The watch has too many functions and navigation is confusing. I never opened the 305 menu to learn how to use it. It just works. But for this 405 baby, I've gone through the menu more than a few times but still had issues here and there. Yesterday this one blocked 405 and stopped responding to inputs. I figured it must have a reset pin…