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Comment on Week in Review–April 27th, 2013 by He5x

He5x — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:38:16 +0000

Ray,
Any update on Instabeat? I heard about it via link to techcrunch.com

Looks like it’s getting some more press. Hope to hear your review soon!

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

Michael H. — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:37:19 +0000

After a nice trail run today, I decided to order the 910xt. Thanks for your help Ray!

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

Dan — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:02:48 +0000

Has anyone experience with the Oregon 450 for general cycling? I already have a 310xt, and now I am looking for a GPS for navigation to explore new routes and find my way through the city. I don’t train very seriously, I am more of an everyday bike user.

It looks like the better value than the Edge 800 for general cycling use, larger screen, much more memory, and a 3-axis compass. Does speed/cadence and heart rate, but no power meter and no virtual partner.
It is a bit larger and takes replaceable batteries, which is a big plus for me.

link to forums.mtbr.com

I’ve found some conflicting reviews about the screens in sunlight. In general the Oregon seems to get more consistent good reviews and the Edge has a much better mount..

Has anyone both Oregon and Edge and can comment?

Comment on Paris Half-Marathon 2013 Race Report by Philip Hamilton

Philip Hamilton — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:57:30 +0000

A super write up, thanks for this. I ran the race and your comments were great to relive some of the highlights. The biggest downer with the event was the bag wait.. for me 1h30 – the same time as i ran the race. The big joke going around in the queue was that the estimated time on your start bib was for the wait afterwards. I hope Paris fix the issue for next time. They should learn from the popular Paris 20km race (In October) which is fantastically well organised.

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

Moe — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:16:21 +0000

Hi Ray,

I want to jump on the 310xt deal but one thing that’s keeping me on the fence is Garmin’s support for it. Obvioiusly software/firmware can’t be updated much longer if at all but what about parts and accessories? How much longer do you think they and 3rd parties will continue to support the 310xt?

Comment on Testing out the Pebble watch with new RunKeeper app integration by Nuno Mendes

Nuno Mendes — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:11:02 +0000

I bought a sony smart watch maybe a year ago (can remember exactly when but I bough it as soon as it was launched) because endomondo announced a similar integration with it. I think I used it 3 times at most and it was one of the worse buys i did all my life: endomondo implementation was very basic (and never released any updates) and the watch had it’s own issues.

I’m now using a traditional gps watch and on my longer runs I bring my phone with me (emergency calls, online/offline maps, follow tracks, etc). I think that at the moment nothing beats this combination.