The Garmin 705 GPS Heart Rate Monitor is one superb piece of kit. I bought mine around 9 months ago along with a Polar FT80 Heart Rate Monitor which I have reviewed on another page. The Garmin 705 is fully featured with more gadgets than you could ever need. It is also waterproof which makes it ideal for cycling,
The unit itself comes with a sturdy fitting system which works very well even on my mtb when i am on the fire routes and off road. The heart rate monitor itself is a master piece of kit. It allows you to add up to 8 different screens on 2 different profiles, and switch between them if you so wish. I have set both of mine up slightly differently so that it incorporates one or two of the same modules, and a number of different ones on the 2nd screen. This I have found works very well. I like the top 3 screens on both profiles to be the same so that i can see the speed, time and distance all in the same place.
Picking up the satellites seems to be pretty quick. If I take my bike outside and leave it next to the car, by the time I have put my shoes on it has found the satellites and is ready for use. I use the heart rate monitor strap with it so that I get the best use from it, and can see what I am doing whilst out. The best thing about the 8 boxes are that they can be changed to what ever you want to put in them. Garmin offers around 30 choices to fill the boxes. This makes it idea to set it up to exactly how you want it.
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