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Garmin 405cx aboard an IOM

Saturday, October 3, 2009

The 405cx gps-watch is small and light enough to just tape to the aft-deck of an IOM. Today's event in Tampere had 12 races but I missed a few due to electrical problems. Races 1 and 2 above, and races 7-12 below. It's funny how google-maps and google-earth show permanent winter and ice in Tampere [...]

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8k run

Friday, September 18, 2009

An easy jog home from work. The Garmin has an auto-lap feature which takes lap-times each kilometer. This time the N95 trace (yellow) seems less jumpy, but there's still a difference compared to the Garmin: Garmin: 8.28 km in 50 min 50 s, 633 kcal N95: 8.35 km in 50 min 55 s, 731 kcal

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A second GPS test

Thursday, September 10, 2009

A secodn GPS test, this time with the 405cx on my left wrist and the N95 in my right hand. I had hoped this would expose the N95 antenna and improve its performance. Not so. The red trace (405cx) still looks much better while the yellow one (N95) jumps wiggles and snakes around. The summaries [...]

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N95 vs. 405cx GPS test

Thursday, September 10, 2009

GPS-running is so fun I decided it's time for a new toy: A Garmin 405 cx ! Out on a walk we go, comparing the N95 running sports-tracker with the 405cx. Here's a test where I wore the 405cx (red trace) on my wrist and the N95 (yellow trace) with sports-tracker running in my pocket. [...]

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