Garmin warning!

[Jiffer]

I had a Garmin watch that would just turn off like that when I plopped it down somewhere. And I don't mean throwing it down, but anything less than very gentle would sometimes cause it to just go blank.

I haven't had that problem with a 305, yet. I had to send one back in January because it freaked out when I tried to turn it on. Luckily dh was able to get the stats off of it and then sent it in. I got a refurbished one, only to have it stolen when our house was burglarized. Now I have a brand new one that seems to be doing okay, except it does do a weird thing when I turn it on sometimes. It will beep loudly and go to some unusual screen with lots of tiny words on it. I don't bother to read them because I just need to get the thing working and go for my ride! When I turn it off and then on again, it usually works fine.

My elevation climbed part seems to be all over the place though. I rarely look at it, but when I do it jumps from 10% to 6% to 8% to 10% to 5%. Not like my first.

Yeah, Garmins are wonderful and frustrating all at the same time. But I SO love having all that info right there!!!

[Possegal]

I had this happen to me twice in a 32 mile ride a couple weeks ago and just figured I had done something. Nice to know it wasn't me, but upsetting to know this may be a continuing problem. I haven't had mine for very long either.