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Feb 2009
8:07pm, 26 Feb 2009
2,123 posts
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Nightjar
I borrowed a couple of 305s from friends. Why? Because their battery life is about 10 hours at best!
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Feb 2009
8:36pm, 26 Feb 2009
1,168 posts
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Too Much Water
Anna - training is steady, I've had a couple of years of injuries, illness and CBAs so it's good to be able to run again. I was a DNS last year so I'm determined to give a good account this year.
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Feb 2009
9:18am, 27 Feb 2009
344 posts
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Anna Finn
Good stuff TMW, hope it all goes well for you this year. 
Nightjar, do you just use the 305 like a map then? Or does it show you on the map where you are at the current time? It's not so much an issue for Ridgeway hopefully, but if I do Lakeland it would really be good to know where I am!
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Feb 2009
9:34am, 27 Feb 2009
9,995 posts
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flanker
can use the 305 for basic mapping - iit shows a line you want to run and tells you where to go to follow it.
It is very basic however. It will not do important things like give you a grid reference, show mapping or topographical data, where you are, etc. And the battery life is a fraction of what you get from a handheld GPS unit.
Unless you are familair with the Lakes routes I'd use a handheld. (in fact on a couple of trail ultras having a handheld GPS has been a godsend to me when lost in the middle of the night!)
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Feb 2009
9:47am, 27 Feb 2009
345 posts
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Anna Finn
You make a very convincing case flanker. I think I'm leaning towards the eTrex Vista HCx.
The Oregon series has the advantage of the bigger and transflective screen, but it has a much shorter battery life than the etrex.
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Feb 2009
11:18am, 27 Feb 2009
9,996 posts
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flanker
my thinking too.
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Feb 2009
2:27pm, 27 Feb 2009
2,125 posts
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Nightjar
It is basic flanker but remarkably accurate provided (a) you look at it before getting to a turn because once you stop or change direction it takes a while to re-orientate (b) you plot the course on map my run accurately. Point (a) might apply to other handhelds? Point (b) means don't rely on other peoples plots!
This has reminded me that I have on last gasp left in my bonus. Any website recommendations? If I recall something to check with whatever you buy is what maps are included. I'd like something with OS maps.
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Feb 2009
7:32pm, 27 Feb 2009
8,342 posts
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Jen J
You lot have completely lost me and I have no idea what you're talking about.
I bought the Garmin Edge 705 for biking, would this do the same thing as whatever you're talking about above?
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Feb 2009
8:03pm, 27 Feb 2009
2,127 posts
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Nightjar
It probably does the breadcrumb trail route thing like the running garmins. Look in the menu for courses and see if you can create a course from a previous ride (it's how I first set one up on my 205).
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Feb 2009
8:11pm, 27 Feb 2009
8,343 posts
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Jen J
It's a proper sat nav with maps and stuff.
Not too sure how too use it though, as the one time I got to use it for navigation, it tried to take me back to the point where I started ignoring it 10 miles back...
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