Marcroft, Brian
I haven't had any problems with any of the units I've tested, including
preproduction units.
The data is transferred from the Edge to your PC via a mini USB cable that
plugs into the back of the unit. This also charges the Edge while it's
hooked up the PC. The Edge is shipped with a Garmin specific program,
training center, that you can use to log all your rides with or you can use
the web based site, motionbased.com, to do that. It's a fee based site but
also offers a free subscription with slightly less features.
The HRM has worked flawlessly. It uses ANT wireless protocol to transfer
data from the chest strap to the unit. Because of this you don't get same
interferences that you might have experienced with other HRMs.
The Edge was developed as a GPS based cycling computer and doesn't have the
same navigation functionality that you'll find on other Garmin units. So
using the Edge for anything other than cycling would be difficult. Sorry
about that.
I hope that helps.
Brian
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From: Charles Mann [mailto:fixie_99@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 1:33 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Experience with Garmin 305 Edge
I'm thinking of purchasing a Garmin 305 Edge to serve as my cycling
computer, HRM, etc, and I was wondering if those with this model can share
their experiences (I've heard mixed reviews of this unit).
Have you had any problems with it ? Is it easy to download the information
to your computer ? Does the HRM portion work well ?
I like the idea of having a GPS for other activities that I do, so this unit
may serve both purposes.
Thanks In Advance for you input.
CM
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