Garmin Product Redemption Offer

Terms and conditions

1. Claims are only open to Australian residents aged 18 years or over.

2. Employees (and their immediate families) of Garmin, participating
authorised Garmin retailers and agencies associated with this promotion are ineligible to claim.

3. Promotion commences on 28/10/2011 and ends for purchases at 5.00pm AEDST on 31/12/2011. Final claims close at 5.00pm AEDST on 15/01/2012

4. To claim, individuals must visit www.garminfitnessredemption.com follow the prompts to the promotion claim page, input the requested details, upload a scanned or photographed copy of their purchase receipt(s) and a scanned or photographed copy of the serial number(s) (located on the GPS device) and submit the fully completed online claim form by 5.00pm AEDST on 15/01/2012.

For full term and conditions click here

New HTA Training Facility Coming Soon

Want to know more about your Heart Rate Monitor? How to get the most out of your fitness product so you can maxmimise your potential? HTA will soon be opening our brand new training facility based at our showroom in Hampton to answer all these questions and more.

This facility will be a welcomed addition to the business, that will allow us to continually provide our customers with the superior customer service and support that HTA strives for.

Further infomation (including event information) will be coming soon.

310xt vs 910xt - What is different?

	Forerunner 310XT	Forerunner 910XT
High-sensitivity GPS Receiver w/ HotFixTM	X	X
Water Resistant to 50m	X	X
Open Water Swimming	X	X
Pool Swimming:		X
Distance		X
Stroke Type Identification		X
Swimming Efficiency		X
Stroke Count		X
Lap Count		X
Vibrating Alerts	X	X
Barometric Altimeter		X
HR based Calorie Computation	X	X
Training Effect		X
Multi-sport Mode	X	X
Customizable Screens	X	X
Courses	X	X
Map/Plotter Page	X	X
Waypoint Storage	100	100
Virtual Racer		X
Virtual Partner	X	X
Interval Training	X	X
Auto Lap/Pause/Scroll	X	X
Run/Walk Alerts		X
1 Per Second Recording	X	X
Automatic Wireless Upload	X	X
Fitness Equipment Compatible	X	X
Garmin Connect	X	X
Heart Rate Monitor Compatible	X	X
Foot Pod Compatible	X	X
Speed/Cadence Sensor Compatible	X	X
Bike Profiles	3	5
Power Meter Compatible	X	X
Battery Life	Up to 20 HRS	Up to 20 HRS
Dimensions (HxWxD)	2.1”x 2.2”x 0.8”	2.1”× 2.4”× 0.6”
Weight	2.5 oz	2.5 oz

NEW PRODUCT: Garmin Forerunner 910XT–Available November 2011

 

The Garmin Forerunner 910xt. The new benchmark in Multisport GPS Technology.

Garmin International Inc. today have announced the Forerunner 910XT – the only all-in-one GPS-enabled device that provides detailed swim metrics and tracks distance, speed/pace, elevation and heart rate for running and cycling. The 910XT sports a sleek profile allowing users to easily slide wetsuits on and off, and has an on-board barometric altimeter for improved elevation data, all without sacrificing the size of its easy-to-read display. The Garmin Forerunner 910XT is now available for PRE-ORDER 910XT without Heart Rate strap RRP $399 ($40 deposit now) 910XT with Heart Rate strap $449 ($50 deposit now) CLICK HERE TO PLACE YOUR PRE-ORDER NOW With the Forerunner 910XT, swimming will never be the same again. Designed for both open water and pool swimming, Forerunner 910XT is water resistant to 50 meters and is Garmin’s first multisport watch to offer extensive swim metrics, including swim distance, stroke identification, stroke count and pool lengths. It also computes a user’s swolf score – the sum of the time for one length plus the number of strokes for that length. For example, 30 seconds plus 15 strokes equals a swolf score of 45. Swolf is a measurement of swimming efficiency and, like golf, lower is better. The 910XT’s robust design and easy operation make it suited for other water sports, including paddle boarding, kayaking and windsurfing to name a few. When an athlete is ready to jump out of the water and onto the bike, Forerunner 910XT moves easily from wrist to handlebar with the optional quick release and bike mounts. Forerunner 910XT categorizes multisport activities in one workout and can also log transition time in the process, so triathletes can analyze their performance from start to finish. And with up to 20 hours of battery life, even hardcore endurance athletes can push themselves further than ever. Forerunner 910XT uses a vibration motor for alerts such as heart rate, pace/speed and distance when audible tones cannot be heard (heart monitor included in some bundles or available separately). With the heart rate monitor, Forerunner 910XT also allows athletes to track their training intensity via the Training Effect feature. By inputting key information into the watch, a user can measure the impact of an exercise regimen on their aerobic fitness. In a true race against the clock, Forerunner 910XT adds Virtual Racer. With this feature, Garmin has an answer for every excuse- no more, “I could have beaten that time”- where users can race themselves over their previous bests or against other users’ times. These can be taken from activities stored on the watch or downloaded wirelessly from the huge and expanding Garmin Connect community. Here users can quickly and easily log their workouts, track their totals, set goals, share workouts with friends and family and participate in an online fitness community of more than 70 million activities around the world. Also, users can now create and plan workouts, and even design courses and send it all directly to your 910XT with the click of a button. Garmin Connect displays metrics such as time, distance, pace, elevation and heart rate. This information is shown through charts, illustrations, reports and a variety of map representations including street, photo, topographic, and elevation maps. During and after the workout, Forerunner 910XT blends the best wireless connectivity of all of its predecessors in the Garmin fitness family, syncing wirelessly through ANT+ technology with Garmin heart rate monitors and foot pods, compatible third-party fitness equipment and power meters, and the user’s PC or Mac for automatic data download. The Forerunner 910XT will be compatible with Garmin’s innovative power meter Vector and display independent left/right power.

Watch Battery Change and Pressure Testing Service

One of the biggest gripes we get in store is the notion of customers having to send their heart rate monitor back to the Aust. Distributors for a battery change. It takes time and $$$ and further some effort to send it. In this modern day quick world, everyone wants an easier solution.

Hence, over the past couple of months at Highly Tuned Athletes we have been busy building a new in-house Watch Repair Facility.We can now say we have proudly commissioned our new $10,000 pressure testing equipment which provides us cutting edge pressure testing. It is a state of the art Swiss made, fully automated electronic dry testing machine, with full data logging and graphical analysis/comparison testing. It also adds vacuum testing for condensation seepage tests due to varying climatic changes.

We are now able to conduct full battery changes and pressure testing up to a 100 metre water resistance rating !

Anyone wanting their battery changed in a Polar, Suunto, Timex, or Garmin watch (non rechargeable versions), we can now do these in Melbourne at $35.00 for a standard type battery change, or $39 for a complex clean/reseal and test. If you mention this blog or our newsletter, we will do any style for an introductory flat price of $29.00.

In most cases, we can also do them whilst you wait ! (i.e. get a coffee down the road at our local) and we will have it ready for you when you get back.

Interstate customers are also welcome to send their units in for testing whereby we will offer quick turnaround (but sorry, no coffee). Soon we will have a checkout procedure available on our website to assist in a fast sending and payment method.

Plus we are now stocking a large range of HRM straps allowing us to test, repair & replace straps and transmitters, giving us a comprehensive facility to get your Heart Rate Monitor back to a working state.

As we develop our facility further, we hope to add more customer features to simplify HRM repairs. These will include, loan units for product trial, extended warranties and special offers to trade-in your old HRM. Stay tuned for more.

Review of Garmin G3 GPS by Rob Grinter

Having once owned a Golf GPS about 5 years ago, I was wary of this electronics meets golf idea for a 2nd go. I cannot think of many electronic products that have a purpose on a golf course. We often give value to Electronic aids in practice, before a game and maybe even after a game, but during a game they have little credence. Personally, I want to concentrate on swing, technique and well; winning, but definitely not slaving to a handheld device or electronic score system.

My first foray into GPS based golf course advisory devices was disastrous when I found my local golf course would not endorse it for use in any club competitions and further my home course wasn’t properly mapped out. It was hard to use even in a casual round and there was a further issue in that being an early adopter, I often found myself the subject of minor sledging by the others in the group (3 versus 1 is tough to defend and when the opponents sniff a weakness, they milk it). It was a no win situation. I duly ebayed it and waved goodbye. Cannot even remember the brand I bought back then, but do recall it was sold at Ray Drummond stores for $400+.

Then entered the Garmin Approach G3. It looked good on paper and a huge difference now was that GPS devices have been endorsed by the Golf ruling bodies full stop. My local golf club now allows full use in competitions, the course was fully pre mapped and I figured I might be less of a leper being 2011. Garmin state that 600+ courses are pre loaded on their G3 and a quick resume check of all the courses I have played around Australia in the past 10 years showed everyone of them on the list.

Everything about the G3 is simple and there is no need to discuss any of the finer details about what comes with it etc. as it works perfectly once the batteries are installed. I did play around with it for about 10 minutes at home the night before my round and it was simple and intuitive with a touch screen to add to its ease of use. The only detail I really needed to get correct was to ensure it was set to measure in metric and not imperial. I was really chasing a quick uptake on this product with minimum fuss and definitely wasn’t going to put any effort into connecting/uploading etc. Essentially, I had in mind that this unit was given a limited window to impress me or it was going to be packed up and shipped back pronto.

Arriving at the course, I turned it on and pressed PLAY. It asked me to select a course and since I was at Woodlands Golf course, Mordialloc, VIC, this was already on top of the list of courses. Straight up it switches to the first hole with a map and distance to the pin. I checked this against the course marking (i.e. the certified distance marked on a plate on the tee) and it was spot on. For the first few holes I regularly checked it against the sprinkler head distance markings etc and each time it was +/- 1 metre. I clipped the Approach G3 to a suitable position on my golf bag and the swing type clip was a perfect mount. So far, so good.

Each time I finished a hole, as soon as I transited to the next tee the G3 automatically switched over to the next hole map. There was only one occasion on the 14th hole I found the screen was incorrectly on a previous hole and I put this down to a stray tee shot. It was simply fixed by one push of a button and everything returned to normal. The colour screen was a little hard to read in some light conditions/angles, however touching the display turns on the backlight which improves the readability.

Here is the best news though, the two guys I was with kept asking me throughout the day what distance I had on my display. The more the day went on, the more they asked. So not only was it accurate, easy to use, totally useful (and legal to use on competition day), it was popular. I was even able to toy with them a few times on the distance after realising they were now reliant upon me! Every experience of 5 years ago was now the opposite as I trundled around all day long knowing exactly how far I was from the pin. I was at my home course and even though I already knew where all the sand traps and course obstacles were, I could utilise the on screen distance features on the odd occasion to check whether club selection was appropriate to carry these obstacles.

There are other features possible on the G3 such as selecting specific positions on the map to aid in next shot measurements. There is also a complete scorecard feature, but for now I was not keen on bothering with this. I just wanted a simple tool to aid in distance measurement. My interaction with the device throughout the day was negligible and I generally never touched it, but rather looked at the screen to get a distance. It worked for me just as I wanted and I never found myself slaving to it!

The only negatives are the included cover and battery life. The cover seemed like a good idea, but I ditched it and went naked after a few holes. It kind of got in the way of the touch screen. Before the game I installed two brand new Lithium AA batteries and upon picking it up again the next day to do this review I find I am now getting low battery warnings. It never ran out during the round or gave any such low battery warnings and it also has an auto power shut down so I am not sure why the documented 15 hour battery life seemed to be more like 5 hours. It may be something I did myself such as not correctly turning it off or finishing the round on the screen, as once my round was over I had the 19th hole on my mind. (Note: 19th hole is not on the course map). Regardless, I have made a note to carry an extra set or 2 of batteries next time, just in case of a mid round power issue. Plus the case now exists as a protection case for storage once I have finished. So neither of these are of great concern.

What’s good about it:

- It gets the job done in a very easy manner.
- 600+ courses are pre loaded with even more coming.
- Simple to set up and very easy to get working upon arrival.
- Accurate distances.
- Wont distract you from your game.

What’s not so good about it:

- Nothing really except battery life. Carry a spare set of batteries for emergency.
Carry case is a bit cumbersome. Simply fixed by removing it!

Conclusion
It’s a little beauty! Small, easy to use, functional and outright a great tool to aid in playing better golf. I will never play another round without it. This one is a keeper!

PS: I won the day too!

Rob Grinter is the owner of Highly Tuned Athletes and wrote this review based on his own personal experience with using the product. The Garmin Approach G3 Golf GPS is available HERE for $349 including Free delivery.

UPDATE: Garmin Forerunner 610 is now instore

The new Garmin Touchscreen running watch -  Forerunner 610 -, is now available in store.

Drop in for a hands-on demonstration or buy online at;

BUY GARMIN FORERUNNER 610 

This has been a very sought after product and current stock is limited, so be quick. We expect this model to be in and out of stock regularly over the coming months.

NEWS: some quick updates

1. We have been working on getting GoPro camera systems for sale in store for sometime now and should have our first shipment available next week. more to follow….

2. Garmin Forerunner 610 is in the last few days of its long awaited arrival. Lots of pre-orders, just as many keen phone callers and we are working at having this in store by end of the week. We were lucky enough to get our hands on a pre-release model for about 10 days earlier in May (1 of only 2 in the country) and it was all thumbs up here ! Some great new features and a very refined upgrade to the 405/410 family.

If you want to get your hands on one of these units in our first batch, be quick, we are close to running out before it even arrives.

ORDER the Forerunner 610 HERE

3. Garmin Forerunner 210 is confirmed as arriving in late May or 1st week of June.

4. Suunto has released 4 new colours in its Core range. All are now available.

See the NEW CORE’s here

5. New HTA Club ?   In the background we are working away at a new HTA members club. Stay Tuned !

6. Watch Pressure testing is just around the corner now. Our new $10,000 machine for testing down to 10 Bar (100metres) will be here and installed in about 2 weeks.

NEWS: New Garmin Forerunner 610 (Pre Order Available)

Below is the official Press release by Garmin announced this morning.

PRE ORDER the new FORERUNNER 610 by CLICKING HERE

HTA are now taking $50 deposit orders to secure yourself delivery of the first batch.

Customers placing a deposit will have the ability to purchase a unit when they arrive and will ensure themselves that they will be the first to secure a Forerunner 610 with HRM and the new Premium Ver 2 heart rate strap

NOTE: This is a Deposit only purchase . Balance of RRP less deposit is payable 1 week prior to confirmation of product arrival. # Please ensure that you include your email & telephone details to assist in contacting you upon release date. Deposits are fully refundable anytime and for any reason ! Contact us on 03-9598-7888.

 

GARMINS FORERUNNER 610 TOUCHSCREEN GPS WATCH

In preparation for world-class marathons in Boston and London as well as the Australian fitness expo we have released Forerunner 610 GPS sports watch – a slim, yet robust and weather-proof touchscreen solution for serious runners seeking an extra advantage. Forerunner 610 can stand up to rain, sweat and splashes, and is responsive enough that it can be operated with running gloves.

“Running with Forerunner 610 is like having a coach with you every step of the way,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “From giving the basics such as pace, distance and time to monitoring your effort through heart rate, creating interval workouts and racing a friend on the other side of the world, Forerunner 610 becomes a necessary partner for all serious runners.”

Now it is easier than ever to see how far, how fast and how hard you have worked. Forerunner 610 puts it all at your fingertips. Designed for the runner who is constantly seeking improvement, Forerunner 610 is Garmin’s new flagship model. Forerunner 610’s sleek stylish design complements the highly responsive touch screen and high resolution display. This innovative design has drawn praise from the International design community by winning the coveted Red Dot Design Award, the world’s largest and most renowned design competition in a field of thousands of submissions from over 60 countries. To see the Forerunner 610 in action, go to http://sites.garmin.com/forerunner610.

Forerunner 610 uses a vibration motor for alerts such as heart rate, pace and distance when audible tones cannot be heard (heart monitor included in some bundles or available separately). With the heart rate monitor, Forerunner 610 also allows runners to track their training intensity via the new Training Effect feature. With the right information, it is not necessary to be a coach or sports scientist to help you train effectively. Training Effect measures the impact of exercise on aerobic fitness and lets you know how the workout improves your fitness during the workout.

In a true race against the clock, Forerunner 610 introduces Virtual Racer™. With this new feature, Garmin has an answer for every excuse- no more, “I could have beaten that time”- where runners can race themselves over their previous bests or against other users’. These can be taken from runs stored on the watch or downloaded wirelessly from the huge and expanding Garmin Connect™ running community (http://connect.garmin.com). Here users can quickly and easily log their workouts, track their totals, set goals, share workouts with friends and family and participate in an online fitness community of more than 50 million activities around the world. Garmin Connect displays metrics such as time, distance,  pace, elevation and heart rate. This information is shown through charts, illustrations, reports and a variety of map representations including street, photo, topographic, and elevation maps.

With the growing popularity of the run/walk training method in the distance running community (example: a runner runs for five minutes, walks for one minute and repeats for the duration of the course), Garmin has included a new run/walk alert. This alert allows Forerunner 610’s other features, such as, Auto Lap and Auto Pause, to remain active during a run/walk session.