Um, I have the FR205 and it works outstanding under trees. In fact, that's all I use it for as I only run trails. It's really the only solution for trail running as footpods require a consistent stride. As far as working near buildings, I'll have to take your word for it on that.
However, the 205 and 305 are the exact same body. The only difference is the color. How can the 205 be any more awkward than the 305? I think the 205 fits great and it sure beats the pants off carrying around a GPS dongle. I know because I had a Timex "gps" watch and you had to carry around that separate receiver. Pain in the arse.
As expressed before, I can't see how this product by Polar is any better than what Garmin has.
Multisport? Check. GPS? Check without a dongle. Water Proof? Check. As if GPS works under water anyway...only useful for splashes. Heart Rate Monitor? Check, without the need for a dongle. Training Software? Can't really compare due to lack of experience with ProTrainer from Polar. However, have you seen motionbased.com? Shweet! Price? Check and Check again...
Good luck, polar. I think they need to integrate the gps and we might actually have some competition. Right now their only competition is the timex crap.
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Jeremy @ Oct 12th 2007 6:16PM
@David
Um, I have the FR205 and it works outstanding under trees. In fact, that's all I use it for as I only run trails. It's really the only solution for trail running as footpods require a consistent stride. As far as working near buildings, I'll have to take your word for it on that.
However, the 205 and 305 are the exact same body. The only difference is the color. How can the 205 be any more awkward than the 305? I think the 205 fits great and it sure beats the pants off carrying around a GPS dongle. I know because I had a Timex "gps" watch and you had to carry around that separate receiver. Pain in the arse.
As expressed before, I can't see how this product by Polar is any better than what Garmin has.
Multisport? Check.
GPS? Check without a dongle.
Water Proof? Check. As if GPS works under water anyway...only useful for splashes.
Heart Rate Monitor? Check, without the need for a dongle.
Training Software? Can't really compare due to lack of experience with ProTrainer from Polar. However, have you seen motionbased.com? Shweet!
Price? Check and Check again...
Good luck, polar. I think they need to integrate the gps and we might actually have some competition. Right now their only competition is the timex crap.