Have decided that a garmin would be incredibly useful for me. But there are so many bloody models out there, which one to choose? I might try and drop GIGANTIC hints to Mrs Dan around my birthday in MArch.But then I am also incredible impatient and may just buy one tomorrow!
Any favourite models?
Until next time
yer pal
Dan
Got to be ForeRunner 620 but that depends on Mrs DZ's budget.
I just ordered the cheapest one from Amazon (good money off today). They sell for loadsamoney on ebay, so if it doesn't do everything I need I can get rid. Though I think it does everything I need (my needs are few!). I've got to wait till 16 March to use it though as it is my birthday pressie from my son!
I have the Forerunner 15 which works well with the MIOLink heartrate monitor. If you dont needa HeartRate monitor then the Forerunner 10 is the same without that functionality. Naturally if you have more cash to spend then there are more all singing all dancing models too 
I like the Garmin as it is easy to download to the garmin connect site, which keeps a very nice log of all your runs with stats and maps
I was thinking of treating myself to the forerunner 10 as a C25K graduation present (currently on week 8 so not far off!) - my birthday is coming up so seems a good use of the birthday money I usually get from my grandparents. Working towards a 10k race so hopefully all the stats will help motivate me once I've left Laura behind! The more expensive models look way too advanced for my needs!
Forerunner 220. Marvellous!! Talks to your phone via blue tooth so no need to connect to PC often. It's excellent. I love it!!
What about the Polar watches? They look quite good too!
Agreeing with MarkyD are we?
I have the 220 joint birthday and triathlon completion present and I love it, but I am very much a stats girl. I can't wait for it to talk to my iPod touch when I get home to tell me all the facts of my run, even though I was there!
I like stats too! Thanks RFC.
Money no object then go for the FR620, no question. Back in the real world, you might want to do a feature comparison over at the king of product review sites, dcrainmaker.com. When I was shopping for a Garmin last year, the FR220 came out on top. Does everything I realistically need. Sure, the 620 has a few more bells and whistles but for me it wasn't worth the 100 quid premium. And some things that I like about the FR220 over cheaper models-lightning fast GPS pick-up and vibration alerts.
If you are a stat-head then the highest spec one you can afford. If you just wnat the basics then they're all good. I have a 410, which has serevd me well.
Just to muddy the waters though, If I was buying a new one I would probably get a Suunto rather than a Garmin.
I've just ordered the 610 can't afford the 620 so it's the next best thing in my eyes
620 - has to be all those stats 
I've got a 220 that I don't need anymore. Happy to sell it for £100 (that's approx half price)
The 620 will do all you need, including make cups of tea, programme your Sky box, put the cat out and solve the mystery of the pyramids. I don't use 90% of the functions of my 610, the earlier model of the same thing, but thing I value most over the Garmin 15 that my other half has is the vibration and very loud bleep after every lap, which is configurable and set to 1km in my case.
Buy on function, I'd say. I think you can do comparisons on the Garmin website.
gonna take a look. Thanks....
I've got a 220 which is great. It works well with the hrm and syncs with my phone. I paid £230 for mine about a year ago. It gives you loads of stats as well which is great. If Tomas is selling his for £100, might be worth a look.
My Forerunner 10 has taken to freezing - means resetting it each time. A friend got a Tom Tom Runner which seems to have a lot more features than the Forerunner 10 plus a very quick gps fix compared to the Garmin. If I were buying again I'd look at the Tom Tom. Garmins aren't the only fruit !
You will be happy with any. I like my 220 and it's very robust as we know but 620 has a lot more my partner loves how he can change from run mode to bike mode so it's ben a joy for him.
I got very confused looking on line, but in my local running shop I found a Garmin 10, which was just under £100 and it's absolutely fine for me. Probably doesn't do heart rates and stuff, but it tracks my runs reliably and uploads to Garmin connect (using Google maps I think). It gives route, time, pace, av pace, uphill (I've forgotten the proper word) and splits (separate stats for each km or ml depending on your settings). It may also do other stuff, but I haven't found out. I like it (said Florence, hopefully) and if was a lot cheaper than what I was seeing on line. Ah yes - remembered now - Forerunner 10, and the uphill word was "elevation". It's my age you know. Keep mis - laying words....
haha! Thanks RP.
Don't be a sheep - Take a look at the Tom Tom's - Currently you get more for your pound than with a Garmin - plus they're a little sleeker and you can get interchangeable straps to match your trainers plus I'm on commission Baaa! P.s. I really like mine - it has a built in warp factor drive to make you run faster( just not working at present)
re garmin forerunner 110 - please read if you have one
I'm leaving the Garmin behind.
Treadmill & Hello to Gordon the Garmin.....
