January 28th, 2010 — Articles
The upper level Garmin Nuvi 765T GPS unit costs a bit more than your standard entry level unit (mostly around $199) but features some really good additions that will help you get the most out of your GPS and prevent many lost moments in your car!
First, the Garmin Nuvi 765T features a wonderful 4.3 inch display with active touch screen, over 5 million points of interest (POI), and offers real time traffic updates (which are all the rage these days.) Basically, real time traffic data allows you to pick a route which may not be numerically the least distance but according to the speed of the road traffic, will get you home first.
January 28th, 2010 — Articles
The Garmin Nuvi 205W Portable GPS retails for just under $100 and has some very good features for the money. First, the screen is very sharp and (obviously enough) touch enabled at 4.3 inch color backlit. The device comes preloaded with US maps (including HI and Puerto Rico).
What makes Garmin a great choice in GPS is their extensive library of points of interests. For those new to the GPS market, points of interest (POI) are places like ATMs, gas stations, grocery stores, banks, etc that are stored on your device and will help you navigate easily in unfamiliar territory. The Garmin Nuvi 205W comes preloaded with over 5 million of these POI's!
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January 26th, 2010 — Articles
The very stylish Polar FT40 Heart Rate Monitor was designed with the female in mind. That being said- don't let the good looks of the device fool you- it is a performer.
What is amazing about the Polar FT40 is that it can stores fifty workout files and sixteen training summaries for examination at a later time.
January 26th, 2010 — Articles
The Timex Ironman Road Trainer Heart Rate Monitor is an excellent, well rounded item that has stood up to our lengthy review (see previous article).
Below are some of the best prices we have found on the Timex Ironman series of watches recently...
January 26th, 2010 — Articles
Below are the most recent auction prices on the very popular Polar RS800 CX Multi Heart Rate Monitor. The device has so many features that it is likely well suited for the serious runner.
January 26th, 2010 — Articles
The Garmin FR60 retails for around $200 and aims to be the best heart rate monitor this side of Texas. This sleek watch does much more than simply tell the time. With the added Foot Pod (included) the Garmin FR60 can track your overall pace and even distance.
Essentially thee watch includes a USB device that connects to your computer. When the Foot Pod device is close to the computer it will wireless connect and upload all of your data for you.
Tracks beats per minute and displays your heart rate zone as well.
January 19th, 2010 — Articles
Retailing for a mere $30, the Grundig Mini 400 Radio is designed from the bottom up to be a simple and cost effective AM, FM, and Short Wave radio.
Weighing in at 3.2 ounces the Grundig Mini 400 Radio has a fully analogue tuner with a digital display that runs off of 2 AAA batteries. Features a Clock with sleep timer and alarm for staying on a good schedule while camping or traveling the world. 3.5mm headphone jack, telescopic antenna rounds out the Grundig Mini 400 Radio.
December 8th, 2009 — Articles
The DeLorme Earthmate PN-40 GPS retails for around $400 and has quickly beccome a very popular trail GPS unit due to it's reliability and very good feature set. Basically, the device has one of the fastest processors on the planet right now and therefore scrolling through images and topographical info screens are very fast and responsive, something that bogs down lowered powered GPS units.
The huge advantage that the DeLorme Earthmate has over the competition is that all types of maps are available for use within the device- USGS quad, aerial, colorized satellite imagery and DeLorme Topo USA topo and street maps. Also, the device ships with powerful desktop software that allows you to add new maps, routes, and waypoint information directly back to the device.
Includes a high resolution 2.2 inch color display.
Unlike some of Garmin's skimpy built in memory options for their GPS units costing about the same as this, the DeLorme Earthmate has a generous 500MB of internal memory. So basically you don't have to run out an buy an SD card right out of the box.
December 8th, 2009 — Articles
Retailing for around $250 (lower end for Garmin Outdoor trail GPS units), the Garmin eTrex Vista HCx GPS was designed by Garmin to by a much more compact version of their flagship GPS models with a smaller size and still manages to retain most features.
Garmin was smart to include it's same high powered chipset which truly delivers very-fast signal aquisition even in heavy canopy, foliage, valleys, or very hilly areas. The signal will stay locked in most of these situations.
Unlike some of the more expensive models, the Garmin eTrex Vista HCx does NOT include a memory card (sold seperately). This is not a big loss though, because even on some of Garmin's models costing almost $400, they usually only include a 64 MB card. This size is way too small considering you can purchase a 2 GB card at your local super market for about $10 these days. Buy one and install it and you will be plenty capacble of recording all of your waypoint info.
While the display is inferior to some of Garmin's other devices, it is still bright and colorful and gets the job done.
December 8th, 2009 — Articles
The Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx GPS may have a long name but one this is for sure- this thing rocks! Retailing for around $350, this outdoor GPS unit is perfectly suited for the trail and has a boatload of great features that novices can pick up on and that experts will demand.
The first thing you will notice is a high quality, high resolution color screen. This screen is essential for exploring topographical data with ease. This display is designed to work well even in direct sunlight (where it will be most often used anyhow). Garmin chose to use their latest power monster- the SiRFstar III™ chipset which is designed to grap a signal quickly and hang onto it until the end of time. This chip works well even with canopy cover, in valleys, or hilly areas. One area that we are disappointed with is that it only includes a 64 MB memory card with your purchase. This is incredibly old-school. Garmin could have easily thrown in a 1 GB card for just about the same cost to them, overall. This was weak. The card slot does accept any type of SD card, including SDHD cards up to 8GB in size. This is what stores all of your waypoint and breadcrump information.
Has a standard USB connection for downloading maps and other data to your computer. Built to be waterproof in rain conditions.
