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Garmin Forerunner 50 Sports Watch with Wireless Sync & Personal Heart Rate Monitor
 
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Garmin Forerunner 50 Sports Watch with Wireless Sync & Personal Heart Rate Monitor

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Garmin Forerunner 50 Sports Watch with Wireless Sync & Personal Heart Rate Monitor + Garmin Bike Mount for the Forerunner 50/405 Series + Garmin Speed/Cadence Sensor For the Forerunner/Edge
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Technical Details

  • Heart rate monitor
  • Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to your computer
  • Garmin Connect compatible (online community where you analyze, categorize and share data)
  • Garmin Training Center software compatible
  • Pace alert (triggers alarm if you vary from preset pace)
  • Customizable screens
  • Sport watch
  • Watch functions include time of day (12/24h), dual time zone, calendar (day/date), daily alarm
  • Garmin Connect and Garmin Training Center are currently compatible with Windows 2000 or later. Mac compatibility coming 3rd Quarter, 2008.
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  • Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 5.8 x 2 cm ; 545 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 454 g
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  • Item model number: Forerunner 50
  • ASIN: B000UW5SYG
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 8 Oct 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,310 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Garmin Forerunner 50 Sports Watch with Wireless Sync & Personal Heart Rate Monitor

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Manufacturer's Description

Jump start your training with Forerunner 50. This sleek sport watch is ideal for running, cycling¹ and other fitness activities, and is complete with a wireless heart rate monitor. Plus it automatically transmits workouts to your computer so you can analyse, store and share data using our online community, Garmin Connect.

Listen to Your Heart. Forerunner 50 with wireless heart rate effectively tracks and records your heart rate while you work out, providing instant feedback about how hard your heart is working. The included digital heart rate monitor continuously tracks heart beats per minute which is wirelessly transmitted to the Forerunner 50. Even train in a certain heart rate zone to improve your fitness level. And well after your workout is done, Forerunner 50 is still working, wirelessly transmitting your training data to your PC.

Run, Sync, Store and Share. You've logged the miles and now you want to store them. With Garmin's innovative optional ANT+Sport wireless technology, your workouts are automatically transferred to your computer when your device is within range. No cables, no hookups. The data's just there, ready for you to analyse, categorise and share through our online community, Garmin Connect, or our Garmin Training Center software.



Product Description

Jump start your training with Forerunner 50. This sleek sports watch is ideal for running, cycling and other fitness activities, and is available with a wireless heart rate monitor or foot pod or both. Plus it automatically transmits workouts to your computer so you can analyze, store and share data using our online community, Garmin Connect. Get the Data You Need Train inside or outdoors. The affordable Forerunner 50 provides you with instant workout data including training time, pace, distance, lap pace, lap time, lap distance, average and best pace, calories, maximum and average heart rate. It also records both lap and detailed data. Listen to Your Heart Forerunner 50 with wireless heart rate effectively tracks and records your heart rate while you work out, providing instant feedback about how hard your heart is working. The included digital heart rate monitor continuously tracks heart beats per minute which is wirelessly transmitted to the Forerunner 50. Even train in a certain heart rate zone to improve your fitness level. And well after your workout is done, Forerunner 50 is still working, wirelessly transmitting your training data to your PC. Get Speed and Distance With Garmin's optional wireless foot pod the Forerunner 50 lets you track your running speed, distance and calories burned while on the treadmill or pavement. Just snap the foot pod into a clip on your shoe laces, and it?s ready to send data to Forerunner 50 as soon as you start moving. After your workout, Forerunner 50 automatically transfers your data to your computer when within range. Track Your Ride When paired with an optional speed/cadence sensor, Forerunner 50 tracks the speed and distance of your cycling workouts. The wireless speed/cadence sensor attaches securely to your bike and measures your pedaling cadence and wheel speed as you ride. You can even use it to train indoors because the sensor attaches to your rear wheel. Run, Sync, Store and Share You?ve logged the

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70 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Exactly as other reviewers have said, 8 Jan 2009
I bought the Garmin Forerunner 50 with HR monitor having previously owned and used Polar HR products. I consider myself a serious competitive cyclist who races regularly and so I want to use the HR monitor as a tool for my training.

I purchase it at £29.99 and so at that price I think it was a bargain, but reading through other people's comments I would agree with all the different viewpoints on here!

The product is very simple and it's not too difficult to use - once you've read the manual it becomes fairly intuitive although I can see why people might be confused at first.

The HR monitor is accurate and reliable, although sometimes I find it is not so responsive at the start of a training session and I need to either wet the chest strap or get sweating in order for it to pick up a constant signal (moisture increases the effectiveness of the HR monitor#.

Like a few other comments on here, today I got home to find that the HR monitor had stopped recording for about 30 minutes out of a 3 hour ride. This is because - as others have mentioned - the start/stop button is positioned on the right-hand side of the watch and so when you are cycling and your wrists are bent, jacket/jersey creases and clothing can easily press the button. This is annoying to say the least and I'm not sure how to get around it - I've tried wearing the monitor on the outside of my clothing but I think the only solution is to wear it on my right-hand wrist.

The Garmin Training Centre software is a fun and useful way of analysing the HR data but I found it was a little awkward to set up and the USB Ant stick fails to automatically download my data - I have to manually click 'download data' on the software as the auto-sync fails each time #even though I have set it up correctly#.

If you want to share your data with others in the Garmin Connect online community, you can't do this from the Training Centre software which is a bit odd - instead you have to manually sync your watch with a different plugin within your internet browser, duplicating the workload.

Overall, it does exactly what it says on tin. If I had paid £60 for this I would have been fairly disappointed with the niggles I've mentioned but for the price you just have to work around them. Equivalent Polar HR monitors cost a lot more than this but hopefully Garmin will take these concerns into account in future designs.

Overall: good value for money - and everything that other people say is true. You get what you pay for, I guess.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Garmin Forerunner 50, 4 Jul 2008
By TG Kincaid (Glasgow, UK) - See all my reviews
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When I read the initial reviews I expected to experience some RTFM issues (read the #@%$£^ manual), as they appeared to be quite negative as to the functionality and design of the watch.

In reality it took about 2 minutes to set-up, it came paired with the chest strap and required no more than 3 key presses to get to any function.

Downloading the training software was straightforward and on installation it paired with the watch immediately.

I did a 30m workout on the stairmaster and within 2 minutes I had a heart rate graph on screen.

A steal at £30. Enjoy!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Forerunner 50, 9 Dec 2008
By E. J. Cummings "Evatt" (Bridgend, South Wales) - See all my reviews
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I bought the FR 50 about 2 weeks ago and absolutely love it.I have returned to running after an absence of 8 years and was looking for a HRM to aid my training.At the time i didn't know there were such things as 'Footpods' available - if only they had been around 15 years ago !! Having seen an advert for the FR 405 i decided that i would look into it further. Once i read the reviews on this site i quickly changed my mind and plumped for the much more 'cost effective' FR 50. I bought the FR 50 & Footpod from Amazon (brilliant service) and HRM elsewhere. Having made sure i properly read the instructions i set out for a 6 miler in my local Country Park. I returned 40 mins later to realise my 6 miler was only just over 4 miles !! At this point i was thinking about sending the footpod sailing down the nearest river, surely there was some mistake. The following night i went to my local Track and ran 400 mtrs to calibrate it and it was spot on - the bloody thing !! I would recommend the FR 50 to any runners who are still guessing at their weekly mileage. Absolutely brilliant. Buy it. Its got everything a runner needs - and more.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Battery problems
I bought the Forerunner 50 last October and the battery life lasted less than 6 months and when replaced lasted 1 day Garmin said to return as unit faulty- returned it to Garmin... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Gerry

5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal for a beginner!
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Totally regret spending my hard earned cash on this. Will not pair with HRM no matter what I try and therefore is useless. I will never buy Garmin products again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Don't need GPS
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Published 3 months ago by Mr. F. A. Mclachlan

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product and great value for money!
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