Halfords selling Garmin Edge units cheap again

gcwebbyuk
gcwebbyuk Posts: 1,926
edited March 2009 in MTB buying advice
Just a heads up for anyone interested in them.

Garmin Edge 205 £99.99

Garmin Edge 305 - I think was £139.99
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  • camerauk
    camerauk Posts: 1,000
    No got them to price match the PC world web site for £19.97 so got 2 :P :P :P :P :P
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  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    camerauk wrote:
    No got them to price match the PC world web site for £19.97 so got 2 :P :P :P :P :P

    Where did you find that?
  • WelshTom
    WelshTom Posts: 52
    it's on the Pc World website:

    http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/Garmin-Edge

    But when you try to add it to the basked it comes up out of stock. Did Halfords really do a pricematch?
  • Mimix
    Mimix Posts: 24
    edited March 2009
    cant believe some people got them for those prices!!! :shock:

    thats strange because on their website it says that they dont price match against internet deals



    Price Promise

    If you can buy the same product cheaper, within seven days and 20 miles of the store, Halfords will match the price. Even against trade outlets! Please ask in your local Halfords store for details of terms and conditions. Excludes online and catalogue orders.

    http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_173017
  • ashfanman
    ashfanman Posts: 186
    I know!

    I always miss out on these things...
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  • camerauk
    camerauk Posts: 1,000
    Just got lucky I guess got a muppet who said they had to check and see if they were in stock so I showed him the website on my iphone and he took it from that
    best part is they are next door to PC world (who dont have stock) and if he had got me to add one to the basket on me phone they dont have them either
    Just pop into your local halfords and give it a go
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  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    Do the 205/305's actually work like a proper GPS system or are they just a fancy bike pooter?
  • camerauk
    camerauk Posts: 1,000
    so far only used it on one route worked great I found a route on the internet loaded it into the garmin and used it as a course I just followed the track and it got me round fine I would have never attempted the route with out it so from my point of view I am now going to do lots more offroad routes thanks to the garmin
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  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    205 & 305s don't have routing on like a standard GPS would.

    They use GPS for speed calculation, but they also give lots more. The training software centre does have a basic map in on which you can see your route and stats. You can export to Google maps as well when back at base.

    if you want full GPS routing however, 605 / 705 are the Garmin options.
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  • camerauk
    camerauk Posts: 1,000
    blu3cat wrote:
    205 & 305s don't have routing on like a standard GPS would.

    They use GPS for speed calculation, but they also give lots more. The training software centre does have a basic map in on which you can see your route and stats. You can export to Google maps as well when back at base.

    if you want full GPS routing however, 605 / 705 are the Garmin options.

    Yes you are right but you can load in a route and follow that, it does not give turn instructions but you can easily follow the route on the screen so can guide you
    you can also plot your own route on the computer and load into the garmin or you can ride a route and have the garmin recored it and then you can make it into a course that you can use next time to try and improve your time etc
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  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Routes do give turn instructions,it bleeps and shows the direction to go in at your waypoints.Courses don`t.
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  • camerauk
    camerauk Posts: 1,000
    Ah any idea how to get a route that will do this do you have to make them yourself somehow or can you use previous rides

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  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    I make my own on the pc with garmin city navigator which came with a car sat nav and also with memory map but there are various online sites that use google maps to plan your route.One is called bikely I think but if you go on the motionbased forum you can find out more.
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,188
    visit to Halfrauds on Monday - worth a try :)
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    I can`t believe that there are two people that stupid,even at Halfords.
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  • LoUiS1985
    LoUiS1985 Posts: 841
    Yes you are right but you can load in a route and follow that, it does not give turn instructions but you can easily follow the route on the screen so can guide you
    you can also plot your own route on the computer and load into the garmin or you can ride a route and have the garmin recored it and then you can make it into a course that you can use next time to try and improve your time etc

    i take it you mean that the 205 and 305 models can do this?? if so how do you plot routes and courses and upload them?? and how difficult is it?
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/42322058@N03/

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