Forerunner 50 is not a GPS

Given that it's one of Garmin's newest products, and that it starts at just $99.99, you might wonder why we aren't offering the Forerunner 50 watch. The simple answer is that despite it being a Garmin product it is NOT actually a GPS! It can connect wirelessly to their heart rate monitor, foot pod (for measuring running speed/distance using a pedometer-like technique), and bicycle speed/cadence sensor (for measuring cycling speed/distance using a cyclometer-like technique), and when used in those manners it is a convenient display/recording device.

But we feel that Garmin's other Forerunners, with actual GPS capability, so easily outstrip the features of the 50 that it's worth paying a little more for them, a minimal extra expense over the lifetime of the unit.

Relates to:

• Garmin Forerunner 305 Multi-Sport
• Garmin Forerunner 405 HRM
• Garmin Forerunner 305

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