Garmin Edge 305 Questions (merged)

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  1. Neccros

    Neccros Technically Canadian

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    Just a FYI, due to the abuse of the liberal return policy, Costco only gives you 90 days on electronic items for returns, lifetime on anything else.... including that 55 gal drum of mayo you bought 2 years ago and decided you couldnt quite finish it!!! :p
     
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  2. Do Work

    Do Work Eddie would go...

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    Who would want to return mayo after only 2yrs...its good for at least 5 if you store it in a cool and dark place...right??? :-k
     
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    I have had problems with the software, but the unit itself has been pretty reliable. It's logged about 4400 miles of mountain bike rides in the 18 months since I got it. It has occasionally shut down without warning on rough DH trails, but rarely.

    The software problems began after my hard drive crashed back in June. I did have data backups, but lost about two weeks worth of rides (that's nearly 200 miles for me) after I restored it. Now I'm in the habit of exporting my history as a backup, as well as making a straight copy of the Garmin data folder EVERY time I add a workout. A month ago I had another glitch and it had lost my data. I was able to recover it all by copying back the data folder from the day before over the top of the corrupt one, then download the days' ride and everything was fine.

    So the caveat is to back up all your Garmin data, frequently and often. Now I also use both the Garmin software and a free program called Sporttracks to store my ride logs.

    But the Edge itself has been great. I'm a closet geek, and the data that is returned from it is great. Good for Geotagging ride photos as well....

    Enjoy! :)
     
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    If you check the return policy, it lists all the electronic items included in that policy and GPS units are not included.

    I just got it yesterday. Between that and an Apple I bought and looking for a new bike and helping my mom and dealing with rebate issues and work and 7 dogs running around the house and a sore throat and stress to the point of valium and...and....what were we talking about??
     
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  5. sheclimbs

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    Liz you need to go for a ride!
    Besides you can test the GPS at the same time.
     
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    SO excited!! Justin got a small package from Utopia yesterday, and my Hammer Nutrition order won't be coming in for another few days.. so when I heard a knock at the door tonight I was confused. :?:

    Looked at the box.. it was 305!! SOOO happy to have it back!
     
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  7. foofighter

    foofighter Ride More Talk Less

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    my 205 wont be in my possession till xmas :( i have to wait
     
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  8. speckledtrout

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    does the 305 (or any of the Garmins for that matter) work with Apple computers?
     
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    foofighter Ride More Talk Less

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    that's what i'm going to have to figure out. unless i want to run bootcamp w/ the new leopard OS...ORRRR run the program in parallel
     
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    (that's what i'm going to have to figure out. unless i want to run bootcamp w/ the new leopard OS...ORRRR run the program in parallel)

    foofighter buddy, you're talkin' greek. what?!
    bootcamp...parallel...something...
     
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  11. foofighter

    foofighter Ride More Talk Less

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    our macs can run windows operating system. so i was thinking we could run that Garmin program via that program (parallel)

    what mac do you have right now?
     
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    right now an imac with 10.4.11 tiger. i think. tiger's before leopard, right? we're getting a new one with leopard after christmas.

    what's next? liger?
     
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    Wow I never thought of that, will it be hard to use my Garmin on a Mac? I will be leaving the PC racket after thi new year and go to Mac. We bought our kid an ibook and love it. I hope it will work or the Garmin was a waste.
     
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  14. foofighter

    foofighter Ride More Talk Less

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    it'll be cougar HAR HAR HAR... you can run parallel and you should be able to run the garmin software...i read somewhere that there are equivalent MAC based gps software around as well.

    we'll know soon enough...when i try it...but i know there are some on here that run the garmin on macs
     
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    The EDGE works great on MACS. I have a MacBook Pro with Tiger.

    You can download Garmin Training Center for Macs from Garmins website for free. Also MotionBase is now campitable with Macs. Works great with Safari. You just have to download some plug ins but its easy.
     
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  18. foofighter

    foofighter Ride More Talk Less

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    thanks!

    *saves this post*
     
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    So hooray for Geoman who pays way more attention to detail than I ever do! The Garmin rebate is for items purchased by 11/30 but you have until Dec. 30th to send it in. So it has to be bought by 11/30 and then you can forget about it until 12/29 when it has to be postmarkedby the 30th. *whew*
     
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    The 30th is a Sunday.

    edit - Good luck getting a postmark.
     
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