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One of my Foretrex101s expired a few weeks ago and I decided to replace it with the objective released Foretrex401. It arrived mid-week and I had no wretchedness accessing and opening the Foretrex401 generated gpx file with Easy/ExpertGPS and Topofusion. The 401 appears as a USB drive in Windows. I was hoping to exercise the 401 along with the Garmin heart rate monitor during my mtbike rides instead of the my Edge205 and separate HRM. The 401 had no inconvenience picking up the HR reading and displaying the values.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the Garmin website has no huge information of the 401 as of yet and no discussion of what software will work with the 401.
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At this point the Foretex401 appears to be corporate orphan that no Garmin division is able or willing to back. It is unclear if it is intended for jumping out of airplanes (jumpmaster function), hiking (altimeter/compass), cycling/fitness (HR/cadence) or providing a heads-up when ordinance is going to explode (countdown-up/timer) . In addition to the above, function wise, the 401 adds a USB interface, faster satellite acquisition and wireless data transfer to the primitive Foretrex101. It is slightly more compact in size than the 101, has a better strap attachments and stores the data is in a gpx file. Operationally the Foretex401 does what is it supposed to do but with no software included, undocumented functions and virtually non-existent technical assist, most purchasers will be frustrated in trying to expend the Foretrex401 suitable out of the box. A printed rapid open guide is in the box but the manual in a pdf on the CD.
As renowned above, with some tinkering and non Garmin software I've been able to list and understanding the Foretex401 tracks, waypoints, routes and other data as well as transfer the data to GoogleEarth. For what Garmin lists as a basic handheld GPS it should be worthy more straightforward to operate and transfer data. I'll give it 2 stars until it is better supported.
