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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Garmin 610 Review}}
The {{Garmin 610}} represents good value for money, providing all the key features you're likely to need in a small package. It misses out on some of the cool new abilities of the more recent devices like it's its successor, the [[Garmin 620]]. With the release of the [[Garmin 620]] the price of the 610 has started falling, so it has become better great value. While the 620 has many more features than the 610, the 610 is actually a better watch as it has slightly better [[GPS Accuracy]] and can display pace from a Footpod.
[[File:Garmin610.jpg|thumb|none|200px|{{Garmin 610}}]]
=Garmin 610 Pros=
* The 610 is smaller than the [[Garmin 310XT]]/[[Garmin 910XT920XT]] and closer to the size of a traditional watch. * Like the [[Garmin 310XT]] and [[Garmin 310XT]] , it the 610 can use the optional [[Footpod]] to display your current pace while using GPS for overall pace, distance and route. Only the 310XT, 910XT and 610 can do this (so far). Given that current pace can be out by more than a minute a mile, this is a great feature. * The 610 will alert you when a metric is out of range, including an alert for [[Cadence]] that is really useful and one of my favorite features.
* The 610 displays and records [[Firstbeat| Training Effect]], an indicator of how hard or effective a training session is. I don't think the algorithm in the 610 is quite as good as the 620, it's still useful.
* The touchscreen interface works with gloves and in the rain, unlike most touchscreens found on phones or media players.