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Jun 2013
8:44am, 20 Jun 2013
14,388 posts
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flanker
went through exactly the same decision recently, and went for the 910. Really impressed with it.
If you want it primarily as a running watch, I'd give the Fenix & Ambit a miss.
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Jun 2013
9:33am, 21 Jun 2013
10,109 posts
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controversial
agree with flanker, on fenix and ambit ... For me 305 is a great watch, 310 has better satelite reception (when it wants!!! not always!) and longer battery, also much more unstable that 305 (at least my 310 unit). Can't say about 91o.
Flanker does the 910 support upload of tracks? does it display the track the same way as 305/310?
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Jun 2013
9:45am, 21 Jun 2013
14,391 posts
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flanker
910 does all the things that the 310 does, but better. Seems to pick up satellites quicker. Better battery life - my 310 only gave me about 17-18 hrs when new, down to about 13 when I killed it, whereas the 910 has done 18 without even a battery warning. It's also a lot more slimline and comfortable to wear and, a big improvement, the strap now screws in with a strong screw/pin thing, rather than the little pins on the 310 which had a habit of failing if they ever took a knock.
The 910 still does all the track things that the 310 did, and it seems to have a better capacity. I've managed to get the whole Lakeland 100 track onto mine, something I never could do with the 310.
The other thing the 910 has which the 310 doesn't is an barometric altimeter, so it actually gives pretty accurate height/ascent/descent info.
The 910 also has, if it's of interest, good swim support, counting strokes and lengths.
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Jun 2013
3:15pm, 23 Jun 2013
10,110 posts
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controversial
good sell flanker ... i guess i still got a good couple of years to knacker my 310 though 
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Jun 2013
3:16pm, 23 Jun 2013
10,111 posts
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controversial
oh another question, the HR strap is a crap as the 310? I mean very unstable as far as readings, with jumps in HR specially at the beginning of the recording?
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Jun 2013
10:21pm, 24 Jun 2013
753 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Any downsides to the 910 flanker?
I'm going to treat myself to something with a better battery than the 305 if I ever sign up for a race that will take me that long.
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Jun 2013
10:54pm, 24 Jun 2013
4,250 posts
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jiminy cricket
I've had a 305 for coming up to 3 years now but battery life has dropped significantly in recent days. Although it states being fully charged it's hard pressed to keep going longer than 2 - 3 hours. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Is 3 years use par for the course with the 305?
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Jun 2013
12:00am, 25 Jun 2013
14,395 posts
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flanker
57.5, tbh, no. I've had a 305 & 310, and it's far better than either. (Oh, the price is a bit of a downside!)
Stuck the 100 mile UTLD route on it for a recce weekend and the it worked really well.
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Jun 2013
3:57pm, 25 Jun 2013
1,017 posts
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monsenb1
exact same thing happened to me jiminy, and my Garmin is 4 years old...
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Jun 2013
4:56pm, 25 Jun 2013
3,674 posts
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paul the builder
jiminy - yes, my battery life gradually got shorter over 4 year life until it was down to about 3 hrs.
I went for a "re-furbished" model from Garmin UK support - I mentioned back on here in around February I think - and it was great, just like new....
But - it got very wet on one run in May. Really wet. And from that day, it was unreliable - switching off by itself, or even failing to switch on. After a couple of days of research and testing (and eliminating all other possibilities, resets and the like) I figured I had bad contact inside between battery and brains (which are one in each half of the watch (top and bottom) and connected only by springy contacts, not soldered or the like.
(And I was outside the 90 day re-furb warranty.)
So I opened it up, and did indeed find corroded contacts - one so much so that it had broken. Possibly I could have caused this with my slightly-destructive investigation, but the staining and rusting wasn't me!
And I had been wearing it a bit on the tight side, it seeming to be half a hole different from my previous strap, and I went for the tighter one - which I also realise put a bending stress on the watch where you really don't want one).
In conclusion:
- don't wear forerunners any tighter than you have to, you can put stresses on a delicate area and maybe affect the waterproof seal between top and bottom
- look after the waterproof seal generally, maybe take care to encourage drying out after a wet run rather than just shoving in a drawer
- I'd recommend the £50-60 option of a re-furb, it really was a good job, I'm pretty sure.
But I'd killed mine properly by this stage. So I've moved on to a 310 which I'm also liking. I can live without a barometric altimeter, and I don't do swimming, so I think I'm not going to wish I'd turned over the extra £££ for the 910...
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