Garmin Forerunner 305 Calorie Counter Not Working I use the Forerunner 305 for indoor gym workouts. The heart rate monitor works fine but the calorie counter seems way off. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? Thank you. Garmin Forerunner 305 Calorie Counter Not Working I use the Forerunner 305 for indoor gym workouts. The heart rate monitor works fine but the calorie counter seems way off. Does anyone know how I... » Read More Garmin Forerunner 305 Calorie Counter Not Working I use the Forerunner 305 for indoor gym workouts. The heart rate monitor works fine but the calorie counter seems way off. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? Thank you. « Show Less
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The 305 doesn't calculate calorie consumption based on heart rate. It used distance traveled, weight and age in a similar way that a treadmill does. You can run inside on a treadmill using the footpod accessory, which calculates distance without the use of the GPS. (similar to the Nike product). The footpod works very well and will give you your desired results. This is clearly stated on the Garmin site within the features of the product.
84173
Wow. I'm so glad I read this. I wanted it for a running watch AND a workout watch. If it doesn't base the calorie output from heart rate, it's of little use to me in cross training events.
84174
Thanks for your response. I thought that was the case but was not sure whether I was missing something.
84175
Just so I understand, as well: Garmin 305 will not track indoor calories associated with a strength training routine? Thank you.
84176
Hi everybody, first time poster here. I've been using a sort of mapping system by Telenav. It is really useful to me because I can see other people's bike routes and the best part is calculating the calories I can burn. (see it here: http://maps.telenav.com/tnmap/). Just wondering if anybody has a calorie counter they recommend?
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I received the following yesterday from a rebate I sent in about a week ago: "Dear Cusstomer:" We just wanted to let you know we have received your rebate submission for $50 Mail-In Rebate with Purchase of Select Forerunner GPS 205 and 305 at Participating Retailers. Your rebate tracking number is: xxxxxxxxxx (actual number supplied) To check your rebate status just click on http://www.rebatetrack.com/quick/track /garmin/trackdetails.html?track_numberxxxxxxxxx Please be sure to keep a copy of your tracking number for future reference. Thank you for your purchase. We look forward to serving you again. Sincerely, Your Rebate Center
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I am not a runner, but a cyclist with a Garmin Edge 305. As a cyclist, or I believe anyone interested in fitness, the key metrics are not speed and distance. Rather, I'd suggest that time and intensity are far more critical. You may not be interested in "training" but even if you are just interested in general fitness, heart rate is a far better measure of how you're doing. Intensity can be most easily measured by either heart rate or by power output - but I don't know how you'd get power on a run, so that leaves heart rate. Ok - now that I've said that I will never ride without heart rate (even though I can display 8 metrics on my Garmin Edge, the only things I have showing are heartrate, cadence (pedal strokes per minute) and clock (time of day, not time in workout). I'm also going to buy one of these for my wife. She is a very casual runner and I'm guessing she'll never really use the heart rate monitor. She is more interested in making sure she gets an hour in every day, and if she happened to improve her times, then she'll be happy. She'll never track her performance outside of the very simplest of measurements. So I'll spend the money anyway, but she'll never use the extra function. If nothing else, I'll have an extra heart rate strap for myself... Hope this helps, it's just one person's personal opinion.
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You need to make sure it is sync'd to your Garmin device. Look at the instruction manual (also available online) for how to sync the heart rate monitor to your device. If that doesn't work, replace the battery and try again.
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Not at all! Although most of my testing is on stationary bike (with considerable instrumentation) neither stationary nor real bike even gets the calories burned to budge. Even pushing 200+ Watts and sweating like a pig, nothing. Without footsteps it records nothing. Now, interestingly - after hard bike workout then I can get on treadmill at minimum speed and zero incline and it records medium intense activity, where I'm clearly loafing. It also records elliptical at much lower rate than actual expenditure. Basically I think it's a glorified pedometer only slightly sensitive to energy usage. And customer support doesn't even respond to any queries about these issues.
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The heart rate monitor is not the only difference between the 205 and 305. The 305 supports auxilary devices with the ANT+ interface. The heart rate monitor is one such device. Other supported ANT+ interface devices are a cadence meter for biking and a foot pod for running (allows speed and distance to be calculated without GPS reception, or on a tread mill).
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I have had issues with the calorie counter not resetting, but everything else does. There is a clock that you can set to your timezone when you set the fitbit up on your computer
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All I can say is that I wore both the New Balance watch and my Polar watch and oh boy...what a major difference in calorie calculations. I trust my polar watch because when I work out at the gym my Polar watch matches calories burned on the machine I am using but the New Balance watch was way off by 150+ calories...You decide! I wouldn't purchase it over a Polar watch but another suggestion is the New Fitbit....awesome fitness trainer device!!
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I have the same problem, and have tried the sensor in virtually every orientation and virtually touching the crank mounted magnet on each rotation. Nothing has worked so far. A customer service rep from Wahoo has suggested swapping out the battery (apparently they can cut out a single function if they are low), and or resetting the network settings on my iPhone. I have yet to try this...was just looking here to see what battery to get. Mine is brand new and the other functions, including the heart-rate monitor, all work just fine. Only the cadence is missing.
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No. And it doesn't do calories burned. It does not have a heart rate monitor. If it has this feature, I never paid attention to it because it was not something that was/is important to me.
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It only counts them as you put your heart rate in. It is very sensitive so you cant move your arm around while you are trying to capture your heart rate, I actually have to stop running for a minute and press the buttons to get a reading. It will then calculate the calories burned based on the time elapsed at the heart rate that you captured, so for example if you run for thirty minutes you would need to stop a couple times during your run to get a heart rate reading and if you stop the timer before your last heart rate reading it will not calculate those calories. So long story longer I like it to get and "idea" of my calories but it is a pain to stop several times to get the heart rate reading and I question how truly accurate it is since it is not real time for the heart rate only when you actually press the buttons to capture the heart rate...but I hate chest straps so this is the next best thing for me. Hope that helps
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I do no think it counts calories. It does a great job of heart rate. Telling time. Stop watch and others. Way to use I have a separate device I use for calories. Put a new battery in it pretty quick. Mine went dead fast with the original but great after replacing
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If you're interested in Elevation related data, I would not recommend buying the Forerunner 305. I have been through multiple devices and many discussions with Tech support who basically informed me that this function (along with the calorie functions) are useless on the Forerunner 305. Apparently, it is Garmin's GPS based elevation data which is not as accurate as the barometric data reported by other devices. This was a surprise to me as I had thought the opposite would have been true. Unfortunately not. I run/ride exclusively in the mountains and I'm very dissapointed to say the least. The standard speed, distance, time, and heart rate functions all work fine. Hope this helps. If you're interested in Elevation related data, I would not recommend buying the Forerunner 305. I have been through multiple devices and many discussions with Tech support who basically informed me that this function (along with the calorie functions) are useless on the Forerunner 305. Apparently, it is Garmin's GPS based elevation data which is not as accurate as the barometric data reported by other devices. This was a surprise to me as I had thought the opposite would have been true. Unfortunately not. I run/ride exclusively in the mountains and I'm very dissapointed to say the least.... » Read More If you're interested in Elevation related data, I would not recommend buying the Forerunner 305. I have been through multiple devices and many discussions with Tech support who basically informed me that this function (along with the calorie functions) are useless on the Forerunner 305. Apparently, it is Garmin's GPS based elevation data which is not as accurate as the barometric data reported by other devices. This was a surprise to me as I had thought the opposite would have been true. Unfortunately not. I run/ride exclusively in the mountains and I'm very dissapointed to say the least. The standard speed, distance, time, and heart rate functions all work fine. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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I have had my 205 for about 4 months and it appears to be pretty accurate most of the time . The last 2 weeks the heart rate monirtor is very erratic. It starts out, and stays, at about 68-70 and reamins static for about 5 minutes It will then kick in and stay in tune with another polar that i have. It will then proceed to be inaccurate and bounce around. I have changed the battery on the chest unit twice. No difference. Any thouhgts?
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While I haven't bought a refurbished unit lately, the meters I've bought all had calorie counters and were the kind that tracked your pulse via analog straps (Pulsar, Timex,). The calorie count would of course be an approximation as no input is provided for age, weight, etc.
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I found that the transmitter belt from my Sole treadmill did work although the rate didn't change very frequently. It seemed more of a snapshot rather than continuous monitoring. The lack of info on the heart rate monitor function is rather appalling.
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Interesting! I am looking at buying the 405 without the strap, as I still have the one from my now stolen 305.The Garmin support website says that some versions of the 405 are compatible with the HR monitor. How can you tell if the one you are buying is compatible? Or is it just a trick to make you buy the more expensive version?