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Garmin Forerunner 301 GPS-Enabled Personal Trainer with Heart Rate Monitor | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Buy New: £79.96
New (9) Used (1) Refurbished (3) from £74.90
Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 010-00375-01
Model: 010-00375-01
UPC: 753759047207
EAN: 0753759047207
ASIN: B0007W5LJQ
Release Date: February 24, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The Forerunner 201 offers athletes an easy-to-read display, ergonomic wristband, and integrated GPS sensor that provides precise speed, distance, and pace data. It is compact, lightweight, waterproof and packed with features for today?s serious competitor. The Forerunner 201 is easy to use right out of the box and delivers the benefits of GPS technology at an affordable price. Working out with the Forerunner 201 means you're never alone in your personal training, because the unit provides a Virtual Partner. This unique feature allows you to set your training goal by configuring your Virtual Partner?s pace and workout distance. You'll get a graphic perspective of your performance by viewing your pace in relation to your Virtual Partner?s pace, so you can always see at a glance if you're keeping up or falling behind. The buil-in GPS sensor provides precise latitude, longitude, and altitude data to plot your exact location as you run. Specific locations can be marked and navigated to using the electronic map. Retrace your steps to a starting point or reverse your normal route for routine variation. The number of calories burned can be tracked and calculated over the course of a workout. Lap history such as lap time, lap distance, and average pace can be stored for up to two years and performance data can be automatically archived and calculated to provide an accurate record. The intergrated stopwatch provides auto-lap and auto-pause features, while the lap timer indicates when a certain speed is reached or when you?ve fallen below a pre-set level - a pace whistle sounds alert when you begin traveling slower or faster than your desired pace and a distance whistle sounds when you reach a specified duration or distance in your workout. Software for transfering data from your Forerunner 201 to your PC for storage and analysis can be dowloaded free of charge from the Gramin web site..
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 Beyond running May 31, 2005
R M perkins (Windsor, Berkshire United Kingdom)
58 out of 58 found this review helpful
I've had a forerunner 301 for about 4 months now, so i think i've used about every feature. The best thing about it is you can get it to regulate the amount of 'effort' you put into a run. Say you want to do a certain distance in a certain time, it can measure this, but also keep track of your heart rate to stop you overdoing it when under the weather.
Also, as i do quite a bit of hiking, the altitude reading is very useful, as is the gradient.
Overall the unit is very easy to use whilst on the run, and has a great indiglo style backlight for dusk / night running.
A couple of complaints, the map software they supply with the unit is awful. It's about 100-200 metres out in some places which shows you having run down a motorway, or in the sea! You can purchase better maps, but they don't come cheap.
The other drawback it has is when you're running in cities the buildings can block the gps signal, leaving 'gaps in your route when you download it.
My next aim is to try and hook it up to my pocket pc to view my route as i walk or cycle it.
 All you ever need - worth every penny May 9, 2005
44 out of 45 found this review helpful
Just started out runing and a training programme for the London Marathon 2006. This item will cover all your needs - and is great if you don't belong to a running club. It will help set up a training programmes/sessiosn and with the heart monitor it will be based on your fitness. The forerunner is easy to opperate and understand and has a great training centre that you can setup and review your programmes and progress in depth on your pc. You can also download firmware upgrade and fixes to keep your unit up-to-date. Go for it!
 Be aware of the device's GPS Limitations October 7, 2005
Anthony Barthorpe (Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I bought this device as part of my fitness regime that sees me running 3 marathons a year. I live in the Orkney Islands which has an open, undulating and mostly treeless environment. In Orkney the device works like a dream. On Sunday 2nd October 2005 I ran the Budapest Marathon where I decided to use the device to monitor my pace under race conditions. In the city environment with tall buildings coupled with occassional tree cover, the device was pretty well useless. The signal drop out was so bad that I ignored all the read outs except the timer which I used to manually calculate my kilometer splits and my pace. When I downloaded the telemetry from the device into the computer after the race, the traning centre report indicated that I had only covered 32km instead of 42.1km. In other words for a full quarter of the marathon course it had failed to register a working signal. As a training device in the right environment, it does exactly what it says on the packet. In a city environment it is not really fit for the purpose and should not be relied on by a serious runner as a device that can be under race conditions as anything other than a stopwatch. I have given the device a 3 star rating. This reflects an average score. 5 Stars for use in the open air with few or no buildings or trees present. 1 Star for use in a city or town environment where there are tall buildings, narrow streets or where there is tree cover.
Great Christmas present January 9, 2006
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I got this for Christmas (2005) and have since used it for 7 runs. In general it's great, and a real thrill to review distance/speed/routes (though sadly I don't run quite as far/fast as I hoped!). I've found being able to track speed/elevation/heart rate really useful.Like other users I couldn't get it to work with the supplied software, hence the 3 stars. Like the others I downloaded the latest version (from July 05!) and my PC then recognised the watch and I was able to download runs. I'm not overwhelmed with the quality of the software, it doesn't give you much advice, or allow you to compare runs with each other. I'm planning to download google earth plus which apparently allows you to import sessions. In general I've had a good gps signal, it drops maybe once or twice briefly in the forest where I run (not always in the same place). I didn't get on with one feature called "auto pause" which is supposed to pause the clock when you stop to cross a road or whatever, but also kicked in when I slowed to scramble up and down muddy banks. Also, strange for a watch, but it's hard to use it to actually see what time it is when you're on a run! Also, the heart rate indicator on the watch is really small and difficult to read when you're running. Time for Garmin and suppliers (ie Amazon) to supply the right version of the software with the watch don't you think?
fine piece of kit November 3, 2005
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I've only had this for a week but already see this as an essential piece of equipment in my training programme. I see that others have had some problems with the GPS but I run through woody areas and have not lost any signal, at any stage, even when the tree canopy shuts out the majority of the light.The real treat, for me, is getting back home and downloading the data onto a PC and seeing graphs showing how my heart rate and running pace change through the run. It really is the ultimate toy! The device is unobtrusive when in use: the strap needs some adjustment before you get it right, and the GPS bit is attached to a velcro strap. Mugger fodder perhaps, especially when you look as knackered as I do during my run, but very easy to use. You can also use it when doing other sports, not just running. I have a friend who uses one when swimming though cycling is the obvious alternative to running while still being able to use the GPS outdoors. Why not four stars? No Mac compatibility for the TC software. Sorry guys but given the simplicity of the software it can't be that difficult to get someone to write it for the Mac. I also couldn't get my PC to identify the device through the USB interface. It turns out I needed to download the latest Training Centre software from Garmin. Not a problem but it would be nice to have had it on the disc. The updated version came out long enough ago for me to have got it last week. That said, Garmin were very helpful in getting me up and running.
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