Garmin 910

[Veronica]

My 305 died while mountain biking in CO. My new 910 will be here tomorrow. :)

Has anyone actually done a race with theirs? I read a review on Amazon in which the guy says he lost his on the swim. Maybe I've been really lucky, but I have yet to have the rough swim where I get kicked or pummeled in any way. Could be my strategy of just staying away from everyone! Anyway... I'd hate to have it come off my wrist and sink to the bottom.

Veronica

[Blueberry]

From the thread on Beginner Triathlete, it sounds like there's a problem with the quick release. I suspect if you left it on the original strap, it would be fine. However, the quick release (to let you mount it on your bike from wrist) sounds like it's a bad design.

Whoops - Slowtwitch - not BT. Thread here (http://forum.slowtwitch.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=4002352;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=-1;)

[Veronica]

Thanks for the link. Seems like NOT swimming with it and the QR could be a good idea. :D

Veronica

[Blueberry]

Or putting it in your swim cap a la DCRainmaker.

[HillSlugger]

I got mine in May and have raced one tri with it. I had no problems at all. I always hear horror stories about people losing their 310's and I raced with that many times without problem.

[Susan Otcenas]

I don't know what the "quick release" is, but I've had no problems with mine in that regard. Have done multiple races with it.

[Veronica]

The quick release kit is an additional thing that allows you to theoretically move the device quickly from your bike to your wrist. :p Funny, both pieces were just delivered so I'll be playing with them this afternoon.

Veronica

[Susan Otcenas]

The quick release kit is an additional thing that allows you to theoretically move the device quickly from your bike to your wrist. :p Funny, both pieces were just delivered so I'll be playing with them this afternoon.

Veronica

Ya know, I think this came in the box, but I just thought it was an extra strap.

Electronics geek that I am, I have a Garmin 800 on my bike. So, I never take the 910 off my wrist for a tri. The screen on the 800 is ginormous, plus I can program in the routes and see upcoming elevation changes, etc. while I'm riding.

BTW - are you aware that the multisport files do not upload to the garmin website?

[GLC1968]

Susan - that was an extra strap. The QR is an extra accessory.

I haven't used mine for a race yet (I got it a month before I got injured), but I have used it for all three sports individually. Unfortunately, mine only uploads run or swim workouts to the Garmin website. It won't take the bike workouts and according to Garmin, that's because they are corrupt files. When I asked how ONLY bike files are getting corrupt, they had no answer for me and told me to enter them by hand. Helpful. Not.

And here I thought Garmin's customer service was supposed to be legendary. :mad:

Since I'm not training for anything right now, figuring it out is not high on my priority list.

[Veronica]

We use Sport Tracks to see our data. I think that extra strap really is just an extra strap.

The QR Kit came in a totally separate box and does look a little cheesy. I loved the QR for the 305. But both of our 305s have become somewhat unreliable - turning themselves off for no reason.

I doubt I can convince Thom (or myself :p) that I need a Garmin just for the bike. I'm just not riding enough... or running enough... or swimming enough...


Veronica

[salsabike]

Oog, I thought I was the only one maniacal enough to get the 800 and THEN get the 910. Have used the 910 in one race but before I changed to the quick release, so have yet to test that.

[Veronica]

When you use the 910 in multisport mode, does it keep all the alerts you currently have in bike and run mode?

Veronica

[Susan Otcenas]

When you use the 910 in multisport mode, does it keep all the alerts you currently have in bike and run mode?


Yup!

[Veronica]

Good! Mine currently buzzes at me with my run time per mile. Oddly, I find that motivating. :D

It also does time per 5 miles on the bike. Stopping for lunch really makes for a slow 5 miles.

Veronica

[Susan Otcenas]

Good! Mine currently buzzes at me with my run time per mile. Oddly, I find that motivating. :D

It also does time per 5 miles on the bike. Stopping for lunch really makes for a slow 5 miles.



I have mine set for auto lap at 1 mile run as well. (with autopause when stopped)

I turned off the autolap on the bike. However, if you want that data to be more useful, you can set it to auto-pause when you aren't moving so that you can see your moving averages. Of course, for a race,you want to turn autopause off, but in training, I find it useful to keep it on.

[Veronica]

I didn't tell it to do either. They just did it the first time I used them.

I like that it also buzzes. I have a time alert for the bike to make sure I eat and drink. Cracks Thom up how musical my arm is. :D

Veronica

[Susan Otcenas]

I didn't tell it to do either. They just did it the first time I used them.

I like that it also buzzes. I have a time alert for the bike to make sure I eat and drink. Cracks Thom up how musical my arm is. :D



I think the autolap at 1 & 5 are the factory defaults. I don't think autopause is though.

I usually run with music, so I wasn't really aware of how loud the buzz/beeps are when it wants to tell you something. A few weeks ago I stopped using music, knowing that Ironman doesn't allow it (figured I needed the discipline to get used to nothing but the voices in my head). That's when I discovered how loud the "heartrate is too high" alert is. I think the folks around me at my July 4th half marathon heard that one way too often. :o

[OakLeaf]

That's when I discovered how loud the "heartrate is too high" alert is. I think the folks around me at my July 4th half marathon heard that one way too often. :o

:D That's what the vibrate function is for. I was so embarrassed when I forgot to switch from audible to vibrate at an event last year. :p

[Veronica]

I found the autopause. I don't know why, but I'm more into playing with the bells and whistles of this one, than I was with the 305.

I still haven't swum with it. I opted to not use the quick release at all. I figure it's one less thing to worry about in transition and it's loud enough that I'll eat and drink when I'm suppose to.

Veronica