Garmin 705

Headhuunter

So is Handtec still the best place to buy these? Garmin Edge 705 Heart Rate Monitor & Speed Cadence is listed as £232.50 on Handtec at the moment which is still cheaper than Wiggle with a 20% discount on their prices.... Anyone seen them cheaper elsewhere?

dag_on_a_bike

No. Handtec have regularly held the best price, which is a lot less now than this time last year no doubt helped by the advent of the new 800

Headhuunter

DAG on a bike wrote:

No. Handtec have regularly held the best price, which is a lot less now than this time last year no doubt helped by the advent of the new 800

Thanks. Now, do I order 1 now or wait? May be the price will fall even further!

Headhuunter

Wow just had a look on ebay! Do people even know about Hand Tec? Most prices on ebay seem to be £330-370! :shock:

evil_breakfast

amazon are heavily discounting it at the mo as well....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Edge-705 ... 987&sr=8-1

And with the cadence sensor.
And with a free garmin Camelbak water bottle to boot!

Bought mine last night

dag_on_a_bike

evil_breakfast wrote:

amazon are heavily discounting it at the mo as well....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Edge-705 ... 987&sr=8-1

And with the cadence sensor.
And with a free garmin Camelbak water bottle to boot!

Bought mine last night

But doesn't appear to have the HRM at that price. Or am I missing it?

evil_breakfast

DAG on a bike wrote:

evil_breakfast wrote:

amazon are heavily discounting it at the mo as well....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Edge-705 ... 987&sr=8-1

And with the cadence sensor.
And with a free garmin Camelbak water bottle to boot!

Bought mine last night

But doesn't appear to have the HRM at that price. Or am I missing it?

Measure Heart Rate and Cadence. Garmin’s innovative ANT+Sport wireless technology means you get heart rate and speed/cadence data with no strings attached. All versions of Edge 705 include a wireless heart rate monitor to measure your heart rate and track your heart rate zone. Some packages also include a speed/cadence sensor to monitor 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.

wn202

Hi guys,

Like you also looking at buying a 705.

From Amazon is the £35 Europe map (http://www.amazon.co.uk/GARMIN-Navigator-Europe-Micro-coverage/dp/B000MNA3BG/ref=pd_bxgy_ce_text_c )

the same as

£58 maps from Handtec? http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/835/garmin-sd-microsd-data-card---europe--010-10680-50-

Also on Handtec the 705 comes with a bike mount in it's box, however on Amazon in the package it seems that you need to buy a mount?

rob-D

wn202 wrote:

Hi guys,

Like you also looking at buying a 705.

From Amazon is the £35 Europe map (http://www.amazon.co.uk/GARMIN-Navigator-Europe-Micro-coverage/dp/B000MNA3BG/ref=pd_bxgy_ce_text_c )

the same as

£58 maps from Handtec? http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/835/garmin-sd-microsd-data-card---europe--010-10680-50-

Also on Handtec the 705 comes with a bike mount in it's box, however on Amazon in the package it seems that you need to buy a mount?

The maps on your two links are showing identical product codes, so they should therefore be the same.

My 705 with cadence sensor from Amazon came with everything in the box needed to fit and use it on a bike (except a map card of course). Amazon are also doing a free Garmin Camelbak waterbottle offer with the 705 and a few other gps/trainers, very nice it is too!

You can argue that the map card is not essential, but it is very nice to have.

-Rob

wn202

Bit strange that they include a bike mount kit in there deal with the 705 and the maps then!

I might go for it from amazon then. Definitely want the maps and would like Europe but 58 from handtec is a bit steep. So 35 from amazon is a bargain.

Cheers.

StillGoing

I'm sure I only paid £28 as a direct download from the Garmin site.

It should be removed now but don't download the firmware upgrade to 3.2. It has killed a lot of 705s and Garmin only give you a refurbished item in exchange.

wn202

Would I have needed to buy an SD card to put it onto then?

Won't be downloading that then, cheers!

Took the plunge and ordered it off amazon, along with the free water bottle, maps and an anti-glare screen protecter (not sure if that was really needed!)

rob-D

As an aside, the 705 uses MicroSD cards (also known as transflash).

If you do need any they're dirt cheap from http://www.7dayshop.com - the only downside of that shop is that items can take 3-7 days for delivery, but then again the prices are bloomin' good.

-Rob

ps If you want to use a MicroSD card in an external cardreader, you'll need a MicroSD -> SD card adapter. Usually only a quid or two from t'bay.

StillGoing

You don't need an SD card to download a map. You can save it directly to the device.

galaxyboy

I've had my 705 almost 2 week and loving it. I've been downloading my rides to the garmin connect web site, what does everyone else use? I've seen that there are lots of sites now but the connect seems to do everything I need.
Another question, can you move your rides from your edge to a file on your computer?

rob-D

galaxyboy wrote:

I've had my 705 almost 2 week and loving it. I've been downloading my rides to the garmin connect web site, what does everyone else use? I've seen that there are lots of sites now but the connect seems to do everything I need.

I connect my 705 to a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6.5 with which I use Garmin Training Centre, (bit naff really...) TrailRunnerX, (My choice) and there's also Ascent (no experience of) Other 'puters/OS different people will have to help out. Other websites apart from Connect, I can't help with, sorry.

Another question, can you move your rides from your edge to a file on your computer?

When you plug the 705 in to your computer it appears as though it's a normal USB storage drive. Each ride is saved to a separate file on the 705 in the 'Garmin->history' folder, with it's name ending in .tcx. Just copy the files to anywhere you want on your computer.

-Rob

galaxyboy

Thanks Rob, I don't want to hijack the thread but where can I learn a bit more about the training zones etc that can be used on the 705?

danlikesbikes

Well with the 800 coming out you should find the price of the 705 falling in most retailers so should have plenty of deals online coming up to the Xmas period.

rob-D

galaxyboy wrote:

Thanks Rob, I don't want to hijack the thread but where can I learn a bit more about the training zones etc that can be used on the 705?

This isn't meant in a snarky way, but put 'garmin' and 'zones' in the search here - making sure to select 'search for all terms' and there's some very good and practical info.

-Rob

ps Some good HR stuff here http://www.brianmac.co.uk/hrm1.htm

mckeeja

I've had a 705 for 6 months now and it's fantastic for recording my road training sessions as well as mapping off road routes.

But for anyone planning to buy one I recommend spending some time on the web finding good open source maps to download. It will save you a fortune. I *think* I installed one of the UK maps from the sources listed on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_ ... n/Download and it has certainly worked very well where I live in Hampshire. The most useful part of the mapping functionality is having the public rights of way marked. I can now go out on my mountain bike and find my way home without asking for directions. The map does support routing but from my experience with the 705 you don't want to blindly follow its directions.