Garmin’s Forerunner 310 XT GPS supported fitness device is precisely that and not a crossover sports watch like its well-liked sibling the Forerunner 405CX. It’s a full on, dedicated training help with a larger display and water resistant enough to be submerged to 50m suggesting that it can be used by swimmers and triathletes. It should be spotted that the heart rate monitoring will not work in water.

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The greatdisplay and comfortably laid-out buttons are backed up by a piercing audio alarm or extra vibration setting, so you sport fans will not miss a beat. The Garmin 310 XT tracks speed, distance and location, and if you actually like to dork out on info, it can be used with wireless power-counting devices like SRM cranks.

Garmin 310 XT’s a GPS-enabled, swim-proof mentor that tracks bike and run information and sends it wirelessly to your PC. This multi-sport device has up to 20 hours of battery lifespan, tracks distance, pace and heart rate ( optional ), and goes from wrist to bike in seconds.

So it wishes no foot pod, as another running watches do, to track all of my stats, it does it all thru satellite. Like the iPod the Garmin 310 XT seems to get an overhaul every year and yearly brings a new, slicker design. The Garmin 310 XT started as a huge, clumsy device that though pretty effective, was a little rough on your wrist.