Garmin - Runners Pro GPS-Enabled Sports Watch W/HRM - Black

I've been using this device for about a year now and haven't had any issues. The heart rate monitor syncs w/o a hitch and the ANT stick works perfectly. The touch bezel is nice and the controls are intuitive. The battery life is greatly extended if you turn off the GPS while the device is not in use. Garmin's website is an excellent tool to track performance, distance, etc over time. I would recommend this product based on my experience.

In comparrison to the 305, the 405 is a huge disappointment. The touch bezel really really sucks! It is not easy to use the watch or to figure out how to get the software to work. I can't emphazie enough how much the touch bezel ruins an otherwise great watch. It is way to sensitive. If you have the 305, stick with that, you'll be much happier.

This product is ok. I had it for about a year and it went on the fritz. I was scheduled to run a race, and right before the race, the watch completely froze and I couldn't do anything with it until the battery died. After that I had would periodically have issues where the watch would not go into power save mode, and the battery would just drain until it was dead which was very annoying. Never was able to get the stick to work either with my computer, in fact the software when I initially installed it crashed my computer, so I gave up.

I have had this Garmin 405 for a couple of months now. It does everything I want it to. I love the Garmin Connect website to track all your activities! I am a runner and so for have no complaints. Great Job Garmin!

Great idea, but terrible execution. Never got the computer program to work and then the watch stopped working altogether after only one week. Battery life is extremely short and it needs to be recharged constantly.

Since I got this watch, I find it even more enjoyable to train for my first marathon. I run an average of 30-40 miles a week. Really easy to install and use. It's an great gadget to track your runs and all the relevant indicators that are useful to plan your training. This is not my first GPS watch. I used to own the NIKE plus GPS watch, which costs the same and has nearly half he features and was not durable. As an added value, Garmin lets you export runs so that you can upload to websites or tracking systems that you may be using.