Why do I kill watch batteries & Kill every Garmin

Garmins - are they really conked out? Mine sometimes goes dead and by pressing the buttons together in a certain sequence you can usually reset it. It sometimes takes several tries. Another possibility is that you are putting it back on the charger when the underside is moist with salty sweat. That can short it out and kill your unit. I have no idea about your other devices - are you sure they aren't getting wet or dropped or some other obvious reason?

I've recently had a garmin break on me. It stopped charging. I don't understand how. I tried using different chargers. The thing if the watch still turns on, but then turns of because of the lack of battery power. I can't figure out how to fix it.

asfsf wrote:

The thing is the watch still turns on, but then turns off because of the lack of battery power.

[quote]Carioca wrote:

Garmins - are they really conked out? Mine sometimes goes dead and by pressing the buttons together in a certain sequence you can usually reset it.quote]

This is true. I thought I fudged mine up until my coach pressed the buttons in some way I don't know. Bam, fixed.

I just had my Garmin 405 conk out on me for good after 3 years. the Garmin company sent me a newly re-furbished one for $70, hopefully get another 3 years out of this one.

Bad Garma?

Garmin Girl wrote:

Has anyone had the same experiences? Any thought on this topic?

My 205 has never had a single issue in 2 years of near-daily use. The size is large, but I think they really nailed it with the 205/305. Still so many of them in use.

For watches go analog. It'll last forever with the occasional trip to the watch repair guy. Something kind of nice in that simple technology.

Exactly when do these devices quit? When you are on a run? When you are sleeping? When you are at work? When you are driving?

If you've had 15 or more devices quit like that, you should have some idea of when they quit most frequently.