[ORRando] Garmin

[Zeke]

I've yet to cycle long enough to wear out the batteries in a GPS, but  
on my long ultramarathons I've used a low end Garmin Foretrex 101  
that uses swappable AAA batteries.

On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:31 PM, cecilanne at comcast.net wrote:

> My husband is hinting that he wants to get me a Garmin GPS gizmo as  
> a Solstice gift  - apparently someone with whom he works can get  
> him a deal (just him, not everyone on my listserve, so don't  
> ask. . .).  Anyway, my limited research indicates that none of the  
> Garmin products have enough battery life to get me through anything  
> over a 300 km with continuous use  - so some of the tracking and  
> statistical features on most models are probably superfluous  - but  
> assuming I wanted one for its handiness to prevent me from getting,  
> any suggestions as to which model is best (if any) - or should I  
> just tell him to buy me the equivalent value in Belgian chocolate?
>
> Cheers, Cecil
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