Garmin Forerunner 405 vs Garmin Forerunner 410

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Forerunner 405 compared with Forerunner 410

	GarminForerunner 405	GarminForerunner 410
Overview
Released
Released	April 2008	2010
Display
Case sizes
Case sizes	48 mm	48 mm
Always-on display
Always-on display	Yes	Yes
Display detail
Display detail	Backlit monochrome screen, 1.06-inch diagonal and 124 × 95 pixels; a touch-sensitive bezel and two buttons control the watch. Panel technology is unpublished in the maker's specification.	Backlit monochrome screen, 27 mm diagonal and 124 × 95 pixels; touch-sensitive bezel and two buttons. Up to three configurable training pages with one, two or three fields each; panel technology is unpublished.
Health and fitness
ECG
ECG	No	No
Blood oxygen
Blood oxygen	No	No
Skin temperature
Skin temperature	No	No
Sleep apnoea alerts
Sleep apnoea alerts	No	No
High blood pressure alerts
High blood pressure alerts	No	No
Body composition
Body composition	No	No
Fall detection
Fall detection	No	No
Crash detection
Crash detection	No	No
GPS
GPS	Single-band	Single-band
Sensors
Sensors	High-sensitivity GPS receiver; optional ANT+ heart-rate chest strap, foot pod and cycling speed/cadence sensor. No optical wrist sensor.	High-sensitivity GPS receiver; ANT+ heart-rate chest strap and optional foot pod or cycling speed/cadence sensor. No optical wrist sensor.
Fitness features
Fitness features	Pace, distance, time, calories, custom and interval workouts, Virtual Partner, Auto Lap and Auto Pause.	Heart-rate-based calorie estimates, custom and interval workouts, courses, Virtual Partner, Auto Lap, Auto Pause, Auto Scroll and pace, heart-rate, time and distance alerts.
Safety features
Safety features	Stores up to 100 locations and provides direction to a saved location; no base maps.	Stores up to 100 locations and provides navigation to a saved location; no base maps.
Battery and connections
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 8 hours	Up to 8 hours
In low-power mode
In low-power mode	Up to 14 days	Up to 14 days
Mobile data option
Mobile data option	No	No
Works with
Works with	No phone pairing	No phone pairing
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Rechargeable lithium-ion battery; approximately eight hours with GPS or two weeks in power-save mode.	Rechargeable lithium-ion battery; up to eight hours with GPS or two weeks in power-save mode, according to Garmin China and the English manual. Garmin Slovakia instead quotes nine GPS hours. Can be shut down manually.
Charging
Charging	Contact charging clip and AC adapter.	USB contact charging clip and AC adapter.
Connectivity
Connectivity	ANT+ Sport wireless data transfer to a computer through a USB ANT stick; Garmin Connect and Garmin Training Center analysis. No direct phone pairing.	ANT+ wireless computer transfer through a USB ANT stick; Garmin Connect and Garmin Training Center. No direct phone pairing.
Storage
Storage	Around 1,000 lap records; Garmin Taiwan quotes approximately twenty hours of track points at one point every four seconds.	Up to 1,000 lap records and 100 stored locations.
Design
Weight (lightest version)
Weight (lightest version)	60 g	60 g
Software
Software	Garmin	Garmin
Case materials
Case materials	IPX7 immersion protection, one metre for thirty minutes; not intended for swimming.	IPX7 immersion protection, one metre for thirty minutes; Garmin Slovakia explicitly excludes swimming.
Size
Size	48 × 71 × 16 mm; approximately 60 g. Width is used as the case size; the English manual instead lists 47.75 × 70.5 × 16.4 mm.	48 × 71 × 16 mm without the strap and 60 g. Width is used as the case size.
Bands
Bands	–	Standard wrist strap and additional fabric wrist straps.
In the box
In the box	Watch, USB ANT stick, AC charger and manual; heart-rate strap included in some bundles.	Watch, AC adapter, USB charging clip, USB ANT stick, additional wrist straps and documentation; premium heart-rate chest strap included in HR bundles.