Comments on: Garmin Forerunner 610 (FR610) GPS Watch Review

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 11:30:14 +0000

For some reason, one of my recent runs recorded on my Garmin 610 will not upload to Garmin Connect website. I can see this activity in the History on the device, and more recent activities have uploaded successfully. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I upload the missing activity?

By: Willy

Willy — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:03:39 +0000

The Band has a hard plastic attachment that holds the pin bar – and is plugged into a receptacle on the end of the soft-rubber wrist strap. This plug has glue inside it – and thats what gave way after months (or weeks) of getting wet/salted etc.
I initially thought that the band broke off but when the replacement arrived i discovered that I had to remove the hard plastic part. An alternative fix would have been to put some bonding superglue into the soft rubber and see if the plug would hold.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:33:09 +0000

In reply to Brian Hazard.

I’m out with Peroneal Tendonitis as well. It sucks.
Thought Id comment on the 610 to see if anybody else had these issues. I Never had any band problems and I actually tend to like the band.
Two major problems I have with the 610 that really anger me: the first Is more minor, but the backlight is super short, barely enough time to look and see the split and doesn’t seem to be able to come on when it laps, which means I have to reach over and hit the button to see my lap time. This is a minor issue but annoying when running hard tempos in the dark. My Second is the real issue. It has a terrible software problem with the battery saver. It picks up satellites super fast but then in just a couple minutes it warns that it will go into battery save mode with a 30 second countdown. If you touch the screen it won’t, but the issue is that if you do that 1-2 times it then just automatically goes into battery save mode WITHPUT ANY WARNING. Then when the gun goes off I look down to start it and it has no satellites and I’m F$&@’D

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 02 May 2014 06:36:48 +0000

This one looks pretty cool, but I´m stillnot sure wether purchase one or not, beacuse I´m using my iPhone navigation app and it works quite well for me. Did you heard about sygic? (I mean this one: http://www.sygic.com/en/gps-navigation )

By: Bibi

Bibi — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:32:22 +0000

I trashed my Garmin Forerunner 610 to the bin. It was too frustrating trying to get it to work reliably. It sometimes just wouldn’t keep records, kept on proposing to reset user data, etc. A waste of time. I will never purchase any Garmin watch again and I am now looking for a new (reliable) GPS watch

By: ericj076

ericj076 — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

wasn't too excited about the 610 personally. 620 looks to be an amazing update. very excited for it.

By: Steve Fines

Steve Fines — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I had the pin fall out on my 610 a week before my June 2013 marathon. Fixed it with a thick piece of straightened paper clip and two drops of superglue.

I think everyone with a 610 at a minimum should at least put a little finger nail polish or something on the end of each pin.

But can you imagine if it had dropped off at the beginning of a race? Imagine trying to go back against the tide of thousands of runners to get a watch. It would just get crushed of course - not to mention losing one's pacing device.

By: Alex Song

Alex Song — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Garmin 610 has an obvious problem with band. Which is disappointing, because it's a completely crazy way to ruin your experience with a (imo) superb watch. Sometimes it's everything about small details.

http://www.reloj-gps.com

By: Brian Hazard

Brian Hazard — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My 620 is supposed to ship from Road Runner on the 15th! I'd be more excited if I weren't red-lighted from running for the next few weeks. Still getting over peroneal tendinitis. I sold my 610 last week on Amazon, before the flood of used units hits eBay.

I wish I'd known about the Velcro band. My band didn't fall apart, but it was never comfortable.

One gripe I had was that with very short intervals (like 10 seconds), the lap button wouldn't always work. This made for awkward and unfulfilling hill sprints! I'd expect that vibration to signal the end of the interval, but it would never come, because the lap button didn't work to start the interval. It always worked fine with other workouts, so I guess it's a software issue.

By: Aaron Grenz

Aaron Grenz — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Add me to the list of people who have had problems with my 610 band. It's broken/fallen off 3 times for me while running in the last ~24 months I've owned it. One breakage was about a week before a 2+ week vacation where I had several runs planned. Garmin customer support was fine, but couldn't ship the new band to me in time - so I paid out of pocket for a new one that could be overnighted to my home before leaving. I was told they improved the design, but I haven't noticed anything different - and still have problems.

Also, the metal back of the watch has some light rust/corrosion. I rarely wear my 610 in the shower or swimming, so this is a notable concern for a watch that is supposed to be waterproof (at least for how I am using it). I had a friend return his 610 because the corrosion caused his arm to develop a rash. If this worsens, then I have yet another reason to return it in addition to the faulty wrist band.

What's more frustrating is that I had the same watch band problems with my Garmin 405 as well. The second time the 405 broke the bracket on the bezel broke so no new band would work. I was able to return it at REI. Garmin makes really good products, but it's disappointing/frustrating that one of the most basic/simple components can render an expensive watch unusable.

All said, I've stuck with Garmin since overall their watches seem to be more accurate and have better designs than competitors. I'm optimistic about the 620 - but waiting for more reviews on that first. If not, I'm looking at models from Suunto instead of the traditional running GPS brands.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I'm liking my 610 after a few months with it now. At first i wasn't crazy about the glare of the touch screen, but have gotten used to it. And initially I also hated how difficult it was to get the band to lock into the black strap holder thingy. However, I've grown to love that because the strap stays put, whereas with my 305 it was common for it to pop out during runs.

By: Pete Larson

Pete Larson — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Mike Slaughter.

Thanks for the tip Mike!

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