Garmin Forerunner 910XT Tri Bundle

I enjoyed the Garmin 910XT watch, but it only lasted 22 months before the LCD screen went out for no reason. I called Garmin Support, and for $99 I could replace/exchange (because it is beyond the 12 months Warrnaty, or for $360 I could upgrade to the 920XT).I decided it was an opportune time to upgrade to the 920XT, but honestly I'm somewhat disappointed in the short life of the 910XT. On September 1, 2014 I purchased the 910XT GPS + HRM Triathlon Bundle (Quick disconnect wrist band, and cadence package for bike) for $499. I was unlucky on the warranty by less than 10 months. That said the other Garmin Forerunner products I've had over the years have performed well.

Tri bundle is excellent , the watch is easy to program and the accessories are easy to install. I found the bike mount to be a little flimsy , but working fine . When in the swim mode I find that the lap counter sometimes stops working. In bike or run mode the watch is awesome . The watch stays charged for at least the twenty hours Garmin claims. A little pricey but worth the money, shop around one online retailer offers 6months same as cash.

Good device, although a bit on the large size. Does what I want to track tri training. Battery life is ok for half Ironman (IM) races, but I haven't tried it on a full IM yet.

good product

Works great, does everything they say it does, only thing is that it can take some time to acquire satellite signal. Minor thing just a little anoying

Works really well. Google online reviews, one of the best gps watches out there. Bought the tri bundle and received a garmin rebate.

Excelent

I've had nothing but fantastic experiences with this watch. There's so much that's great about it! The bundle comes with everything you need (except possibly a footpod for indoor running, but that's not a big deal). My thoughts:- It's amazing in the pool. What a relief not to have to keep track of laps in my head anymore! It's generally quite accurate on my laps unless I do something weird like spin around mid lap. It uses an accelerometer to keep track of your laps, so if it thinks you're accelerating the other direction it will add a lap. But as long as you are swimming straight back and forth, it's not a problem.- When you stop to breathe (in the pool) you can hit lap, then hit it again when you start. It will know to toss out the lap where you didn't move, so you'll just end up with the actual distance swam.- Open water swimming is awesome. From what I've heard the older model Garmins don't necessarily have the ability to track your distance well. This has done great for me so far. Also, not actually that hard to get the wetsuit on/off over it (which I was worried about as it is a good sized watch).- Works great on the bike, and comes with a mount. It's easy to twist it out of the watch band (although very secure on the band) and put on the bike mount. I love the fact that you can customize the screen to show what you want (up to three different fields on each screen, multiple screens for each sport). This way I can see my mph, distance and time all together (or cadence, or whatever).- You can add multiple bikes to the watch. When you switch to bike mode it will ask you which bike you're using. This is awesome, since I've got a road bike and a tri bike (and who knows, maybe someday more...) so I can add custom details for each bike.- I love that it buzzes at each mile on the run (you can customize this, of course) so I don't even have to look at my arm to know when I've hit the next mile. And that I can look down and see my pace. It typically doesn't take too long to get a satellite signal, although you likely won't get one indoors. I bought a footpod (~$50) for winter indoor track running which it identifies quickly. You can also just hit 'lap' if you know how far each lap is, and then you can determine your distance from that if you don't want to buy a footpod or count laps.- Multisport mode is pretty cool. I use it on brick workouts and in triathlons. You can customize everything, including what sports you're doing which is great if you want to do duathlon or aquabike or something else. You can also tell it whether or not to include transition time. Once you start, you just hit the lap button to move from one sport to the transition (or next sport).- I also really like the Garmin connect software. It took a few tries to figure out how to sync to my computer (at first the ANT agent wasn't picking up my device, I had to quit out of the app and then restart it to make it work), but now it's effortless. As long as it's within ~ 10 feet of my Garmin it will automatically grab any new workouts and stick them on the website. Love that. Also love the plots you get to see of things like cadence, elevation maps, heart rate, etc. As a data junkie, I think it's fabulous.The cons?- You do have to pay attention to whether you're hitting lap or start/stop. This has happened to my several times both in the pool and on runs, where I think I'm hitting lap, but hit stop instead (and then don't notice until later when my distance is way off).- This could obviously be different for different people, but for me the heart rate monitor strap chafed me really badly (to the point of bleeding and scabs, not comfortable with the sports bra...). But luckily, I had an older polar heart rate strap and the Garmin heart rate sensor fits onto that as well, so I switched back to my old strap. If you find the strap uncomfortable, you can get a polar one on the cheap, problem solved.- it is expensive. Luckily mine was a gift :) but I think it's worth every cent, honestly. It's so nice to have one device for everything instead of a random bike computer and a different watch for running, etc.

Having recently made the decision to 'Try Tri', and having really reached the limits of frustration with my Polar HRM (poor connections with HRM strap, older model overtaken by technology so unable to download to computer) and with an overwhelming desire to be able to plan where I wanted to go and know where I had been, I was looking for a GPS/HRM training aid.The Forerunner 910XT came out top and the Triathlon bundle appeared to fit my needs. It comes with a bike mount (better are available but the supplied one is v simple and suitable), a HRM strap, which is better than the Polar strap (harder sensor points but comfortable to wear, almost instant connection to via the Garmin ANT agent) and a charger. The bundle presented these items as marginally cheaper than buying the individual items.The unit itself is very easy and intuitive to use. In combination with the Garmin Connect site it is a great piece of kit. unfortunately it tends to suck you into analysis - fine, if like me you like that, but it may offer more than many are interested in. Overall it is a well thought out system with some nice elements of user interface that have been clearly developed by people who understand its use.The pros are many, and overall I would highly recommend this.A few cons though:This is not a cheap piece of kit - it certainly delivers for the money, but may be a stretch for some. I saw it as an investment that would give me no choice but to have to justify the expense.It is not a compact piece of kit - it sits on the wrist comfortably but is conspicuous and definately cannot be worn casually as a surrogate watch. when used in bike mounted format it stands off of the wrist quite far too which some may find uncomfortable.The swim mode does not offer as much as the bike and run modes. Clearly there are limits to using HRMs in water, so it makes some estimates based on stroke rate and distance (estimated in a pool, done on distance when outside). Open water swimming mode also struggles to maintain satellites resulting in some amusing but ultimately frustrating readouts of routes swam (apparently I swam down the A385 the other day and managed to gain 170 feet in elevation. Not that important but still annoying.Overall I am enjoying using this unit - it is just about proving its worth but that is only because I am not pushing it hard enough.

Love it, love it, love it!!!! What more can I say really.I love every aspect of this watch and the bundle. I have been using it for swimming, running and cycling and the amount of data collected is brilliant, and really help me to track my training as I approach my first Triathlon.SwimmingI have yet to use this in open water, but in the pool it work very well. Display is very easy to read at a quick glance. As long as you know how the device is tracking lengths and make sure you swim accordingly. You have to ensure that each push off the wall is as strong as possible, this makes sure that the accelerometer within the device registers a new length. I love the fact it will track number of stokes and then translates that into SWOLF and efficiency ratings, really helps to see where you need to improve. Also like the fact you can set certain distances and it will beep and vibrate when you are doing the last length. The one frustration is that it does really track "moving time" very week when you are doing sets unlike with the run and cycle options. However if you get in the habit of hitting the "Lap" and then "stop" at the end of each set this makes it a bit more accurate for the total time.Running and cyclingI will cover these together as the features are very much the same. I love the fact that you can have different settings if you are running or cycling. The virtual partner feature is very handy for ensuring that you are on pace for the mile/km. One thing I would say is that make sure you have the right units set within both the running and cycling profiles and don't do what I did and try to adjust it during a race!!!!Heart Rate MonitorThis is brilliant and really adds another level of stats to your trainingThis is where the warning comes in, with the sheer volume of stats that it captures, the quick and easy sync to Garmin Conect means that your stats are there straight away. Garmin have also made an overhaul to the website which gives even more stats and totals. If you are into stats and totals, then it can very quickly become an addiction it trying to improve and get your totals up. Of course as long as you training within your limits and listen to your body, this isn't a bad thing in my mind.All in all, if you are looking for a multi sport GPS watch then look no further.

Haa, quick release should be named "Snap your fixings and have to just hold onto it"The quick release on this is a joke, its sooooo stiff, you wish you could get wood like this guys!Seriously, its a 2 handed, wring its damn neck job to seperate the 910XT from the watch strap or the bike mount due to the way its recessed, which is very different from the Edge bike computers.Shame too, we could have been such good friends, but Noooo, you just wanted to see other events, not happy with just swimming, you wanted to mount the bike too but couldnt without injury! lolIf they work on the mount/strap and improve it a LOT, then this "could" be great, but for me, naa, sent it back, got an Edge 810 and just count my lengths in the pool instead.. Old school style..

I've been a faithful Polar user for 10 years, using their top-of-line products. Most people who trained with me used Garmin models, instead, but I insisted that despite not being so popular, they were great sport watches. I even tried a Forerunner 610 for a few weeks, but did not like it. More recently, feeling upset with a few things regarding Polar (e.g. their slow and buggy polarpersonaltrainer.com), I decided to have a go with Garmin 910.The 910 is really another league. More robust, larger display, special features for triathlon, built-in gps, and a very nice supporting site (Garmin connect... well integrated with training peaks, too). Worth the money.

Excellent piece of kit so far. Still getting used to the different functions.