David Rosen
In response to the question about reception when mountain biking: It
depends. I have raced with it at Ski Bowl and I would hear the constant
chirping the unit auto-pausing and auto-resuming as I was going through the
tree cover. It would seem that if the forest is dense enough, you will lose
the signal every now and then. That being said, my data was only off by a
bit as the results were shortened due to the loss of signal.
However, I have ridden with it at Brown's camp and it worked fine.
The cadence sensor is supposed to take care of when you lose the signal. Due
to the fact that it is continually tracking your speed, cadence, etc, there
is supposed to be minimal loss of data. (Of course I have yet to install my
cadence sensor because I was having problems getting it to work right...)
In response to the other questions:
2) Never taken it out longer than a 4 hour ride and it worked fine.
3) Not sure about that. It was accurate right out of the box.
4) Works fine in the rain, snow, and sunny weather. No complaints here.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Paul Formiller
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:17 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Garmin 305 questions
Thanks for all the responses on the Garmin 305. I'm specifically interested
in the following questions. I'm an elevation tracking junky. I current use
a Polar 710 with a barometric altimeter.
1) How's the signal reception for the Garmin? Any experience mountain
biking (trees, hills, etc). I'm concerned about losing the signal - (losing
speed, miles, elevation, etc).
2) I've heard issues about battery life. Can it last 10 hours + (sorry I'm
a tourist on the RAMROD)?
3) I hear for accurate elevation, you need to upload to the Motion Based
software. Is this true?
4) Any opinions on GPS versus barometric elevation accuracy. Seems like GPS
should be better (not weather dependent).
Thanks for the input!!! It's helpful when you didn't get one for Christmas
and you have to buy it (hoping for a tax refund).
Paul
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