Garmin forerunner 920xt
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May 2015
6:31pm, 27 May 2015
314 posts
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becky f
I'm thinking of buying the garmin 920xt for an ultra marathon. Does any one have one of these? Are they accurate and worth the money?
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May 2015
6:52pm, 27 May 2015
505 posts
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chunkywizard
Hi Becky, The 920 is a tri watch. Have a look at the Garmin Fenix range for an ultra watch. as for accuracy, most watches use GPS and so are about as accurate as each other. Some of the newer watches like the 920 and Fenix 2/3 support multiple GPS formats which may make a difference. By the way, how long is your ultra? You can check the specs to see how long they should last on battery. Also some of the watches support charging on the run (ie whilst still recording) which you might need. See dcrainmaker.com for a good watch comparison. HTH CW (full disclosure, I'm not an ultra runner!) |
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May 2015
8:07pm, 27 May 2015
315 posts
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becky f
Hi cw, I looked at garmin fenix 2 but it had bad reviews for gps accuracy. The ultra I'm doing is a sunset to sun rise challenge 15 hours. I have a garmin 620 but the battery life just isn't long enough
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May 2015
9:57pm, 27 May 2015
15,885 posts
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flanker
At the moment the distance accuracy on the Fenix 3 is suspect. Mine measures between 2% & 7% shorter than my 910, depending on the number of bends and tree cover. However Garmin have acknowledged this issue and are working on a solution (or so they say). The 920 has (slightly) better battery life than the F3 (20-22 hrs vs 17-18 hrs, in normal mode with fancy services turned off). However the 920 isn't much use if you want to use it for navigation do to the way they've implemented the mapping while navigation on the F3 is the best of any watch-based GPS. The F3 supports charging while in use (but strangely doesn't allow display of the data screens while charging), whereas the 920 can't be charged while in use. The F3 looks far better than a 920, but is also quite large and may be too big for some smaller female wrists. I guess it'll depend what your priorities are... |
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May 2015
5:00am, 28 May 2015
316 posts
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becky f
Thanks flanker I think I will go for the 920 as its battery life that's the main priority
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May 2015
6:18am, 28 May 2015
5,469 posts
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katypie
I think kibbles is selling one if you were interested you could fmail her?
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May 2015
11:30am, 28 May 2015
317 posts
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becky f
Hi katypie yes please could you email her that would be great😀
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May 2015
11:49am, 28 May 2015
7 posts
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dafinchi
In my view the 920xt is a fab peice of kit - suits my needs. GPS/Glonass accuracy is spot on, and gets a fix in no time at all. Battery life is up to around 20hrs. If budget is an issue then an old 310xt could work, and has a similar 20hr battery promise...just doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the more modern Garmin's now have
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May 2015
12:08pm, 28 May 2015
318 posts
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becky f
Thanks dafinchi I'm going to get the 920xt as its got all the running dynamics etc
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May 2015
12:10pm, 28 May 2015
15,887 posts
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flanker
so does the F3; you'll need to to get the new HRM to get the dynamics info on either of them.
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