I have an Edge 305 and an Edge 705. The 305 is a nice unit with no mapping capability. You can, however, set up a course ahead of time and follow the course. Its not quite turn by turn but it's close. I used my 305 for about a season and a half and once I got comfortable with it, I stopped using cue sheets on rides as Id just build the course ahead of time.
There have been some issues with the 305s randomly powering down when hitting bumps but I think for the most part that was fixed. If not, Garmin's customer service is top notch and they'd swap the unit if you had a problem. Currently I use a 705 which Ive had for coming up on a year. Its relatively bug free at this point and like the 305, took about a year to get that way. The 705 has a larger screen, which is color and full mapping capability. One thing it will do that the 305 will not is follow routes, which are basically turn by turn directions with street names, etc. The 705 also will interface with almost every power meter on the market and allow you to use it as your power meters head unit. The chest strap and cadence sensors are compatible between both units as well. If you have any other questions, feel free to email me off list. ---- Jay Carter AutoForums.Com Technical Support TriangleCycling.Com Webmaster On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:12 PM, John & Robin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey, > > Does anyone out there have a Garmin 305 or such that they use for cycling? > If you have one can you tell me what you think are the pros and cons of it? > > Thanks, > > Robin > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
