I bought my 201 from amazon US as it was half the price of getting one locally, and a friend who was on business brought it back for me. The charger is 110v only, so you would either need to use it in a shaver socket (that worked fine for me), buy a power supply from dick smith or similar, which will only cost you about $10 or do what I did, which was make up a cable to charge it from the usb port of my laptop, which is very handy if you’re travelling. All you have to do is take a usb cable, plug it in and put a meter across it to get the two power leads and check which is positive. then buy the appropriate plug from dick smith and solder it on.
Hey, I love my forerunner 301. everything is in one unit. I used it X-Country skiing and shoeshoeing this winter. It is a great new gizmo.
I have two mountain bikes ,and 4 road bikes so no more switching units and no more calibration.
the unit appears big but it is light. some people won’t like the largness.
i just made a handlebar mount out of foam pipe insulation like we used to do in the old days.
you can buy one if you want to.
In training center, I have suggested to Garmin that you need to view 3 or 4 parameters at a time ,like I can with my ciclo HAC4+ . I would like to see Alt, HR, speed, cadence,power all at once on the graph…
I do like viewing HR, Speed, and elevation per spot on the map it makes.
I don’t think you’ll ever see cadence on the unit, without having to buy a different model.
I think one important factor that has been missed regarding the forerunner capabilities. I love being able to just get “lost” out on a ride or a run and being able to find my way back to the start using the breadcrumb feature. Works great when traveling to different cities where the terrain is unfamiliar.
It takes some time for the initial signal to get acquired but I typically just throw it out the front door in the grass while I finish getting ready for a run.
Most of the people I train with use them, I have both the 301 and a 201. I like the additional features of the 301, but find the HR strap to not be as comfortable as the polar straps. In addition, the 201 allowed you to XML your data for analysis, a feature I wish they would have kept with the 301.
I dont get too concerned about the elevation feature (it is as flat as a pancake in N Texas) and have not found it to be too far off. For the most part I can tell if I am going up a hill without having to look at an altimeter.
I think one important factor that has been missed regarding the forerunner capabilities. I love being able to just get “lost” out on a ride or a run and being able to find my way back to the start using the breadcrumb feature. Works great when traveling to different cities where the terrain is unfamiliar.
Ditto that! I travel a lot for work and I love being able to head out for a 15k run and not having to concern myself with remembering how to get back. I simply put it in map mode and I can see the path I need to follow to get back.
When you think about it, the 201 is one hell of a deal. I think I bought mine for $150. What a bargain!!! It has paid for itself 10 fold. It is by far my favourite training tool and I have used it every day since it came out 1 1/2 years ago.