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Comment on Garmin ANT+ Foot Pods: Everything you ever wanted to know by Josh

Josh — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:19 +0000

Ray, I just finished a test run with my new footpod, the most up to date garmin model. I was using my trusty fr305, and running on my trusty TRUE PS300. I set the incline to 0.5%. By entering pace of 6.3mi/hr, or 09:31 pace, after 3 miles I saw my garmin with an average pace of roughly 8:40-8:50, something which varied slightly with cadence. Additionally, 3 miles on my fr305 was equal to 2.75 miles on my treadmill. I put the pace up to 6.0 on the treadmill, and the fr305 read around 09:00 give or take a little.

My 910xt is arriving soon hopefully, but I’m not sure the results will be drastically different. What to trust, the treadmill or footpod?

Comment on Nike+ Sportwatch GPS In Depth Review by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:54:27 +0000

Hi Dan-

In many ways, both devices are similar in that I expect neither to get any further upgrades – especially not the Nike+ unit at this point. And the Garmin FR10 won’t because any further features and it continues to eat into their higher end units.

Your assessment is correct in that the FR10 is more ‘professional’ feeling, whereas the Nike+ is more social, especially on the website side. On the devices itself they are actually fairly similar in that both have various PR notifications.

If you plan to fully use the Nike website, then stick with the Nike unit. But if you plan to use other 3rd party sites, nobody has as wide a partner ecosystem as Garmin does (as far as supporting the files generated).

Hope this helps!

Comment on Incredible deals: Garmin FR910XT for $299, FR310XT for $169, Edge 800 for $229, Ambit for $349 by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:45:37 +0000

Hi Dan-

The main reason to get the Edge 800 over the Navi2Coach is that the Edge 800 understands map routing, whereas the Navi2Coach doesn’t. Meaning that the Navi2Coach is like the Edge 500/510 in that it does breadcrumb style GPS tracks for navigation. So it’s essentially just hundreds (or thousands) of little dots that you’re following.

Whereas the Edge 800 actually understands streets and routing. So it knows you’re on Maple Street and need to turn left on Cowbell street, and that if you miss Cowbell street, you can take a left instead of Redemption Street. Whereas the other units on the market simply point you back in the direction of the breadcrumbs via arrows.

Hope that helps!

Comment on Incredible deals: Garmin FR910XT for $299, FR310XT for $169, Edge 800 for $229, Ambit for $349 by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:42:51 +0000

Hi Tim-

The Edge 800 with the latest firmware supports 5 bike profiles, I have five on mine now – mostly how I track different power meters.

As for the maps/etc, indeed. I think I’m going to put together a post sometime this week on ‘How to add free maps to your Edge 800/810′ – as well as how to add courses.

Comment on Incredible deals: Garmin FR910XT for $299, FR310XT for $169, Edge 800 for $229, Ambit for $349 by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:28 +0000

Just a quick update on the missing e-mails. They tracked it down to a few hung orders in the notification system, those three were then manually processed and should be good to go. As before, if there’s any others, feel free to just contact me and I’ll get you taken care of quickly. Thanks all!

Comment on Incredible deals: Garmin FR910XT for $299, FR310XT for $169, Edge 800 for $229, Ambit for $349 by Dan

Dan — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:38:47 +0000

Ray -

I cannot decide between the Edge 800 and the O-Synce Navi2Coach,

Any reason(s) to get one over the other?