yieeman wrote:
My Garmin 310 is starting to die I fear and doubt it will make it through another season. I don't much care about swim metrics and use a 510 for the bike - so would I be best just getting a 620? Or should I still look at the 910? Or the Fenix?
all good choices- depends on what you need/want in features. The 620 is a great runner's watch. What I like about the Garmin's is that you can program custom workouts in it, they have virtual partner and virtual racer functions, the 620 has a vibration alarm. All good features.
you may not care much about swim metrics- but it sure is nice to have a watch that counts laps for you- so, the 620 won't do that (although it is waterproof).
I'd say the 910 is great... if you don't have a 510. But, since you've already got a good bike computer, it is a bit of overkill. Also- the 910 isn't a 'watch'. yeah you can turn off the GPS and set it up so that it displays the time... but really; it's not a watch.
nice thing about the Fenix vs the 620, is battery life and Navigation.
Other watch to consider... the Suunto Ambit 2. Kind of like a mixture between the Fenix and the 910. Best feature of the Ambit is that it's stable and everything just works. And it's a watch. Oh- and there are apps for everything. i don't know what it is with garmin, but the Garmin Connect web site seems to be forever down, inaccessible and having problems. The Suunto site always works. Their watches don't freeze up and the functions work. It's sorta' a breath of fresh air after years of becoming an expert on how to reset my gamins.
There are no wrong choices- just different choices, depending on your need.