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| Garmin Forerunner 50 Sports Watch with Wireless Sync & Personal Heart Rate Monitor |
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Product Description |
| Jump start your training with Forerunner 50. This sleek sports watch is ideal for running, cycling and other fitness activities, and is available with a wireless heart rate monitor or foot pod or both. Plus it automatically transmits workouts to your computer so you can analyze, store and share data using our online community, Garmin Connect.Get the Data You NeedTrain inside or outdoors. The affordable Forerunner 50 provides you with instant workout data including training time, pace, distance, lap pace, lap time, lap distance, average and best pace, calories, maximum and average heart rate. It also records both lap and detailed data.Listen to Your HeartForerunner 50 with wireless heart rate effectively tracks and records your heart rate while you work out, providing instant feedback about how hard your heart is working. The included digital heart rate monitor continuously tracks heart beats per minute which is wirelessly transmitted to the Forerunner 50. Even train in a certain heart rate zone to improve your fitness level. And well after your workout is done, Forerunner 50 is still working, wirelessly transmitting your training data to your PC.Get Speed and DistanceWith Garmin's optional wireless foot pod the Forerunner 50 lets you track your running speed, distance and calories burned while on the treadmill or pavement. Just snap the foot pod into a clip on your shoe laces, and it?s ready to send data to Forerunner 50 as soon as you start moving. After your workout, Forerunner 50 automatically transfers your data to your computer when within range.Track Your RideWhen paired with an optional speed/cadence sensor, Forerunner 50 tracks the speed and distance of your cycling workouts. The wireless speed/cadence sensor attaches securely to your bike and measures your pedaling cadence and wheel speed as you ride. You can even use it to train indoors because the sensor attaches to your rear wheel.Run, Sync, Store and ShareYou?ve logged the |
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 Not happy with life of product |
| Review Date: July 22, 2010 |
| Reviewer: birdman, |
I have had the Forerunner 50 for a year (but only used it probably 25 times). It has given up the ghost already. I have taken it to a watch repairer who said it was shot and not worth repairing.
Now it could have been because my HR was so strong due to my lack of fitness... but I doubt it.
Poor form Garmin. |
Garmin's Disposable Watch
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| Review Date: April 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: C. Carroll, Heidelberg |
| Great product until you try to replace the battery. There are countless sites and discussion boards out there where users have tried to replace the battery and then the watch just fails. This happened to me . I followed carefully with excellent tools and magnifying glass the exact steps to replace the battery (after low bat sign on display) , all goes well until the next day the display is blank. I must have used up 5 new batteries and they all failed. I do not recommend this product to anybody who expects to get more than 6 months out of it. |
Garmin forerunner 50
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| Review Date: March 18, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Holms, Scotland |
| Excellent, non-intrusive training aid. You can monitor your heart-rate and length of training and upload your stats to a personalised, secure section of the Garmin website to monitor your progress or upload to a Garmin application that you can download onto your own computer. Haven't tried it yet with the foot-pod, but looking forward to using this also to monitor distance travelled as well. |
Good value for money............
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| Review Date: February 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: David Logan, |
| Looked at all the available heart monitors and found this to be the best value for your money. Read several reviews with issues with the buttons on the watch being pressed whilst wearing it, never had this happen yet. |
Battery Problems
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| Review Date: January 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: I. foote, uk |
I purchased this watch in February 2009. Initially it worked fine though I thought the display was a bit dull. However, after about 8 months the battery failed. I had the battery replaced by a high street watch dealer but the new one only lasted two weeks. I took the watch back to the battery shop and they replaced the battery again free of charge. However, this second battery also only lasted about a fortnight. The manual indicates that the battery should last over 12 months. Looking at some other reviews I note that battery problems crop up quite frequently. I have now returned the watch.
It's a nice watch and has a number of useful functions but it's of no use if the battery keeps failing. |
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