#Garmin 405 ant agent windows 10 skin#

The backlight is turned on by tapping the bezel in two locations. It’s rather annoying but can be avoided by not circling all the way around, just around the sides and bottom. However, every time your finger is at the top of the bezel when circling on the 405, it blocks the screen. The bezel is very similar to the iPod wheel. There is some mechanism that tries to recognize errant bezel touches but I’ve noticed this does not always work perfectly and I need to sometimes tap several times to get a response - not very significant in my opinion. I found it very easy to toggle this unintentionally, as when putting on a backpack or pulling up the sleeves of a jacket. The bezel locks/unlocks by holding down the two buttons simultaneously. These settings you should then be able to send back to the Forerunner. Maybe this would be messy to implement, but it’d be great if, for example, you could relive a saved race in Garming Training Center and have the data play through a watch emulator where you can test configurations of data fields and screens. There are lots of options available in customizing the watch interface, but I’d like to select options through Garmin Training Center which would then synchronize with the watch (this is done in a few cases already, such as user profile details, heart rate, and speed zones). The 405 is heavier than most watches but it hasn’t bothered me a bit while running.

There is good reason why this is the Ironman “sleek” version - I probably couldn’t find a slimmer watch for comparison. Here the thickness of the Forerunner is shown next to the popular Timex Ironman watch, which may be the gold standard for basic sports watches.

Measuring circumference of the band is too difficult to do accurately and wouldn’t provide a good sense of fit. When the 405 is worn normally the gaps aren’t noticeable and don’t cause the watch to slide around.

#Garmin 405 ant agent windows 10 skin#

If I wear the 405 as I would a normal watch (on my average-sized wrist) on notch 6, gaps appear between the watch and my skin as I push the watch side to side. The picture to the left shows the smallest band setting on the 405 there are 12 notches in the band but I found the first 2 notches unreachable without overstretching the band (set on notch 3 in picture). However, the resulting crescent shape actually helps in putting on the watch. This means about 3″ of the watch isn’t pliable and may not conform tightly to very small wrists. Below the bezel is where the GPS antenna is located. What’s not obvious from photos is that some of the 405’s electronics are built into the strap which extends about an inch above and below the gray bezel. The 405 looks like an unusually thick sports watch. The Forerunner 305 looks like my old Palm Pilot strapped to a wristband, while the Suunto T9 looks like it’s designed to launch nuclear missiles. I don’t know if I’d go as far as saying the 405 is stylish, but it’s certainly not ugly. Nevertheless, the watch didn’t interfere with my furious tapping away at Excel during the workday.

But not getting any comments doesn’t mean it looked appropriate, not with a suit anyway. I got a few curious looks on the subway as I was playing with the 405 but no one said anything - neither on the subway (no surprise, really) nor at work. I’m an actuary on Wall Street and dress to work in a suit everyday. The Forerunner 405 is demonstrated in the Garmin blog videos as a watch you can work out in and then “wear in the office.” So that’s exactly what I did. Below are a few aspects of the 405 that were most important to me as a runner. Unfortunately, I don’t have any experience with the Forerunner 305 so I can’t make any direct comparisons with the 405’s predecessor. I’ve been testing out the features of the Garmin watch for the past week and am very satisfied with the purchase. The price for the Forerunner 405 with HRM is the same everywhere, $349. As soon as REI confirmed they were shipping units, I cancelled my pre-orders and waitlists and ordered over the phone. It finally made its debut at the Boston Marathon and soon after at online retailers and local running shops. Its release was delayed and delayed and again delayed. I’ve been eagerly awaiting the Forerunner 405 since January.