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Total newbie to the Garmin scene, but I am wondering which to get. I want a HR monitor, and a GPS, ect. But, do I need to plunk down the cash for the newest version? I feel like the reviews are all over the place! What do you guys think?? TIA!

Planned Races 2012
Colorado Marathon (10k) May 6
Bolder Boulder (10k) May 28
Sierras race (5k) June 2
HITS Ft. Collins (sprint) July 28
Tri for the cure (sprint) August 18
Boulder Sunset (Olympic) Sept 1
Re: Garmin 305 or 405?
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2012 Races:
1/28 - Planet Adventure night trail 1/4-marathon - 1:25:47
3/24 - Sam Costa half marathon - 2:02:47
4/14 - Hoosier 10 miler - 1:25:21 (8:32) PR!
7/8 - XTERRA Freedom Fest Hawaii 10K
9/1 - Indianapolis Women's Half Marathon
10/20 - Indianapolis Marathon Relay
11/4 - Monumental Marathon (full marathon #2)
11/22 - Drumstick Dash 4.5mi
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I got the 405 for Christmas and love it. It's only dropped me once and it was a cloudy day when I was running under lots of trees. The accuracy is really good as well. It matched the distance when I ran a race a few weeks ago and it matches my running companion's 405cx when we run together.
I have the 305 and really like it.
I've never had any issues. It gets a little slack because it has a big screen but I actually see that as a pro - it can show a lot of different data at once.
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2011 Bests
5K-22:49 10K-47:38 Half Mary-1:51:50
2012 Race Report
1/1-New Year's 5K-22:11
2/11-Sweetheart Classic 4-mile-29:49
3/24-Coulee Chase 5K-21:40
5/6-Colorado Marathon-4:08:30
5/28-Bolder Boulder 10K
I agree with this. I adore my 305 and the screen is a huge plus for me. I've never found it to be too clunky because I love the perks of easily seeing my workout stats.