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{| class="wikitablesortable"! class="unsortable" | Review! Rating for casual runners! Rating for marathon runners! Rating for ultrarunners! class="unsortable" | Recommendation Reason! class="unsortable" | With Heart Rate Monitor! class="unsortable" | Without Heart Rate Monitor

! [[GPS Accuracy]]

! Weight (oz)

! Size (CM3)

! class="unsortable" | Waterproofing

! Pace from FootPod

! Heart Rate Monitor

! [[Cadence]]

! Data Upload

! Battery Life(hr)

! Altimeter

! Navigation

! GPS Pre-cache

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| ~~colspan~~[[Garmin 620| Garmin 620 Review]]| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |5| style="background-color: #B1D580;" |4| style="18background-color: #FCBF7B;"|2| Small and feature packed| {{Garmin 620 with HRM}}| {{Garmin 620 without HRM}} <~~center~~br/>~~'''Highly Recommended'''<~~But you need the HRM for many of the features.)| style="background-color: #C6DB81;" |6.5| style="background-color: #8BC97D;" |1.5| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |20| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Good (50m)| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |No| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Yes| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Internal/Footpod/~~center>~~HRM (+Alert)| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Yes| style="background-color: #F1E784;" |10| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |No| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Yes| style="background-color: #FDC27C;" |Record only| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Yes

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| The best value for money.

| {{Garmin 310XT with HRM}}

| {{Garmin 310XT without HRM}}

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| Smaller than the 310XT/910XT recommendations.

| {{Garmin 610 with HRM}}

| {{Garmin 610 without HRM}}

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| A better but more expensive version of the 310XT.

| {{Garmin 910XT with HRM}}

| {{Garmin 910XT without HRM}}

|-

| {{Suunto Ambit2 R with HRM}}

| {{Suunto Ambit2 R without HRM}}

|-

| Great accuracy, but pricy

| {{Polar V800 With HRM}}

| {{Polar V800 Without HRM}}

|-

| Not available as a package

| {{Motoactv without HRM}}

|-

| [[TomTom Cardio Runner| TomTom Cardio Runner Review]]| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |3| style="background-color: #FFEB84;" |3| style="background-color: #FCBF7B;" |2| Heart Rate monitoring without the chest strap| {{TomTom Cardio Runner without HRM}}| Separate HR strap not needed| style="background-color: #FCC17B;" |5.0| style="background-color: #EAE582;" |2.2| style="background-color: #F7E883;" |30| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Good (50m)| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |No| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Yes (optical)| style="background-color: #D9E081;" |Internal/Footpod| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Yes| style="background-color: #FDCA7D;" |8| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" |No| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" |Yes|-| [[Polar RC3 GPS| Polar RC3 GPSReview]]| style="background-color: #FCBF7B;" |2| style="background-color: #FCBF7B;" |2| style="background-color: #FCBF7B;" |2

| Better [[Heart Rate Monitor]]ing than Garmin.

| {{Polar RC3 GPS with HRM}}

| {{Polar RC3 GPS without HRM}}

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| Remarkably cheap, but limited.

| Not supported

| {{Soleus 1.0 without HRM}}

| | style="background-color: #CFDD81;" | 2.0| style="background-color: #D9E081;" | 28| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Good (30m)| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| ~~Fair (8hr)~~style="background-color: #FDCA7D;" |8| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No

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| [[~~TomTom Cardio Runner~~Garmin Fenix 2| Garmin Fenix 2 Review]]| ~~Heart Rate monitoring without the chest strap~~style="background-color: #FA9473;" | ~~{{TomTom Cardio Runner without HRM}}~~1| ~~Separate HR strap not needed| 5.0~~ ~~| 2.2| 30| Good (50m)| No| Yes (optical)| Yes| Yes| Fair (8hr)| No| No| No| No| Yes~~|-~~| colspan~~style="18background-color: #FA9473;"|~~<center>'''Buyer Beware'''</center>~~1|style="background-color: #FFEB84;" | ~~[[Garmin Fenix 2]]~~3

| The most features, but [[GPS Accuracy| appalling GPS Accuracy]].

| {{Fenix 2 with HRM}}

| {{Fenix 2 without HRM}}

| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | 3.8 2| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | 3.2| style="background-color: #FFE583;" | 32| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Good (50m)| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Yes| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Internal/Footpod/HRM ~~(+Alert)~~| ~~Yes| Good (15Hr, more in extended mode)~~style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Yes| ~~Map of current route~~style="background-color: #AAD380;" | ~~Yes~~15| Nostyle="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Yes|style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | ~~[[Garmin 620]]| Nice features, but [[GPS Accuracy| appalling GPS Accuracy]].| {{Garmin 620 with HRM}}| {{Garmin 620 without HRM}} (But you need the HRM for many~~ Map of ~~the features.)~~current route| ~~3.9| 1.5| 20| Good (50m)~~| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Yes| ~~Internal/Footpod/HRM (+Alert)| Yes| Fair (10hr)~~style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| No~~| Yes| Record only~~style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Yes

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| Not supported

| {{Garmin 10 without HRM}}

| style="background-color: #FA9573;" | 4.1 | style="background-color: #70C17B;" | 1.3| style="background-color: #FFE283;" | 33| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Good (50m)| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #63BE7B;" | Yes| ~~Poor (5hr)~~style="background-color: #F8696B;" |5| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No| style="background-color: #F8696B;" | No

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