garmin forerunner 201?? GPS

[6sHyper]

I have a chance to get on of these cheap locally, does anyone know if they work well for checking speeds in our boats?? thanks.

[martin]

Check about 10 threads down under Bushnell radar gun, I asked a simular Question about the radar guns & a couple of guys use the Garmin Forerunner 101 & the 201 to good effect. Thanks Martin.

[egneg]

It is an excellent unit - get it if you can.

[6sHyper]

yeah there asking 60 bucks and its used 1 year old and its just down the road from my house, so i think i'll offer him 40, and give him 60 if he doesn't except, haha

[egneg]

60.00 is still a great deal.

[Xzessperated]

I have a chance to get on of these cheap locally, does anyone know if they work well for checking speeds in our boats?? thanks.

You wont be sorry if you buy it. Small, light, waterproof and have a rechargeable battery. The best piece of test equipment I have.

[6sHyper]

on my way to pick it up for $50, thanks for the info guys!! cant wait to start pulling speeds from my boats!

[egneg]

Cool ... hope hings work out well for ya.

[lectriglide]

on my way to pick it up for $50, thanks for the info guys!! cant wait to start pulling speeds from my boats!

You'll love it. Great little device to have!!

[6sHyper]

just picked it up, came with 2 charging cords, docking station and the connector to hook it up to the computer for analysis, cant wait to get some speed readings next time out, just put a new prop on my apparition and also cant wait to see how fast my red evo hydroplane is going on the vilenion vxl3s system i put in there cause i know its breaking thru 50's easy.

[6sHyper]

hey guys i got this forerunner 201 but i'm having troubles figuring out how to use it for our needs, i am going to the lake today and want to make sure i can finally use this thing, so if anyone who has one can tell me how they set it up for speed readings in there boats i would very much appreciate it!!

Thanks

[Gary]

Set it to MAX. speed and it will record and save it for you to view.

[egneg]

Go to the menu and pick "custom". I have mine set for Max speed on top and avg speed and time on the bottom. I also set the minimum MPH to 10 so it pauses at anything under that.

[6sHyper]

Nice, thanks egneg i got it!!

[Chilli]

Unless I'm doing something wrong, I believe you have to hit the start button for it to start looking for the max and average speed. With the hand held marine GPS's I have used on my real boats, all you had to do was turn it on.