Garmin · Forerunner
Forerunner 301
An early GPS training watch with a wireless chest strap, multisport profiles and computer-created workouts.
- Type
- Smart and sports
- Sizes
- 82.8 mm
- Movement
- –
- Power reserve
- –
- Display
- –
- Battery
- 14 h
- Water
- –
- GPS
- Single-band
- Weight
- 78 g
Specifications
Report a wrong or missing specDisplay
- Case sizes
- 82.8 mm
- Always-on display
- Yes
- Display detail
- Backlit monochrome screen, 36.49 × 23.35 mm and 100 × 64 pixels; physical button controls. Panel technology is not specified in Garmin's manual.
Health and fitness
- ECG
- No
- Blood oxygen
- No
- Skin temperature
- No
- Sleep apnoea alerts
- No
- High blood pressure alerts
- No
- Body composition
- No
- Fall detection
- No
- Crash detection
- No
- GPS
- Single-band
- Sensors
- Twelve-channel GPS receiver and included digitally coded heart-rate chest strap; no optical wrist sensor.
- Fitness features
- Running, biking and other-sport profiles; advanced and interval workouts, Virtual Partner, Auto Pause, Auto Lap, Auto Scroll and heart-rate, pace, time and distance alerts. AutoLearn adjusts heart-rate zones as fitness changes.
- Safety features
- Basic map display, up to 100 stored locations and navigation back to the start or a saved location; no base maps.
Battery and connections
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 14 hours
- Mobile data option
- No
- Works with
- No phone pairing
- Battery life detail
- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery; fourteen hours of typical use.
- Charging
- AC charger and USB connection.
- Connectivity
- USB computer interface; supplied Garmin Training Center software for analysing activities and creating workouts. No direct phone pairing.
- Storage
- Up to 5,000 laps, with approximately two years of training history according to Garmin's series datasheet.
Design
- Weight (lightest version)
- 78 g
- Software
- Garmin
- Case materials
- Sealed high-impact plastic-alloy housing; IPX7 immersion protection, one metre for thirty minutes.
- Size
- 82.8 × 43.4 × 17.5 mm; approximately 78 g. Width is used as the case size.
- In the box
- Watch, wrist strap, expander strap, AC charger, USB cable, digitally coded heart-rate monitor, Training Center software and documentation.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Included digitally coded heart-rate chest strap
- Advanced workouts, intervals and Virtual Partner
- USB transfers and basic route navigation
Cons
- Wide rectangular case
- No phone pairing or wrist heart-rate sensor
- IPX7 protection is not a swimming rating
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Sizes | Movement | Power reserve | Display | Battery | Water | GPS | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart and sports | 83 mm | – | – | – | 15 h | – | Single-band | 74 g | 2004 | |
| Smart and sports | 82.8 mm | – | – | LCD | 15 h | – | Single-band | 78 g | 2003 | |
| Smart and sports | 53.3 mm | – | – | – | 10 h | – | Single-band | 77 g | 2006 |
Sources
- static.garmincdn.com/pumac/Forerunner301_OwnersManual.pdf
- static.garmincdn.com/pdfs/specs/forerunner101_201_301_spec.pdf
- annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/g/NASDAQ_GRMN_2005.pdf
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