Forerunner 405 Black Sport Watch W/ USB Ant Stick

July 14, 2010 Sclark 4 comments

Forerunner 405 Black Sport Watch W/ USB Ant Stick

his GPS-enabled sport watch tracks your training, then wirelessly sends your data to your computer
Refurbished to New condition
1 year Manufacture’s warranty

GARMIN FORERUNNER 405 BLACK SPORT WATCH W/ USB ANT STICK

Rating: (out of 4 reviews)

List Price: $ 385.47

Price: $ 237.95

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Written by J. Hansen about 2 years ago.

Review by J. Hansen for Forerunner 405 Black Sport Watch W/ USB Ant Stick
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I’ve loved having this watch. I really like knowing how fast and how far I’ve gone on my runs. The heart rate monitor is an added bonus. The GPS is always exactly accurate when compared to my car’s odometer or when running on a track.

Some people have said they’ve had problems with the touch bezel when it gets wet or when hands are sweaty but I haven’t had any trouble at all (not even when it was raining). It always works for me every time. I would recommend this watch to anybody – I love it.
Written by Jon about 2 years ago.

Review by Jon for Forerunner 405 Black Sport Watch W/ USB Ant Stick
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First time using a gps device and couldn’t be happier. It completely liberated my running and I now look forward to my runs and exploring new areas off the beaten path. I would recommend this product to all level of runners. The bezel is great and has not given me any of the problems that others have mentioned.
Written by Belen Chaparro about 2 years ago.

Review by Belen Chaparro for Forerunner 405 Black Sport Watch W/ USB Ant Stick
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The forerunner 405 is the best partner for runners, you can have the distance, cadence, speed and time while you are on the road in a very easy way.

In the same time, your Garmin Forerunner store your data and lets you analyze whenever you want.

I used to wear polar untill the day I tried this Garmin, no camparision…

The best investment you can do for training.
Written by bloodnok about 2 years ago.

Review by bloodnok for Forerunner 405 Black Sport Watch W/ USB Ant Stick
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UPDATE (goes first because this is BIG NEWS): yesterday, the unit died. neither of the buttons had any effect. only two months old, a major disappointment in use, & now this. we’ll see if garmin support is any good. so far they’re ignoring me. in the meanwhile, i’d recommend avoiding this product.

rewritten this review after resolving some issues with this product:

1) if the ant agent is running (& as it makes itself a login app it’s more or less guaranteed) & you unplug the ant stick, it panics the osx kernel. that loses major points, garmin. apparently, a third-party supplied the usb driver. i’m waiting for an update that fixes this nasty bug.

2) earlier complained about a sync failure. after reinstalling software & complaining to support, finally found the cause: the timer was still running. that was obvious [insert sarcmark here], especially when i’d assumed pressing the stop button would stop it. discovered this when the unit’s battery drained after only a couple hours when i thought it in power save mode.

for posterity, here’s my prior one star review:

“the gps unit may work. the ant stick garbage doesn’t. first, if the ant agent is running (& it sticks itself in your login app so it’s more or less guaranteed to be there) & you unplug the ant stick, it panics the osx kernel. well written, idiots. second, after a single successful sync, the ant stick refuses to acknowledge the forerunner. just doesn’t see it. so much for being an easy way of loading your exercising onto various & sundry site. i rate this a total fail. have a support request in with garmin. if they resolve my issue(s) i may revise this rant. for now, colour me disappointed & really pissed off.”

UPDATE: it remains just three stars. there are far too many problems with this product to rate it any higher. it’s just a disappointment, especially after reading all the five star reviews. they’ve updated the ant agent software but i’m not keen on testing if they’ve solved the kernel panics it caused. the device took 5min to locate the satellites this afternoon & then plotted a totally incorrect location for the first 5min or so of my exercise. that’s useful …