The more I use my Garmin Forerunner 301 the less I like it.

The HRM is really bad. The receiver does't display heart rate more than 50% of the time. I have tried all the suggestions in the manual for improving this including using conductive gel on the electrodes, but it still only works about 1/2 the time.

I have emailed Garmin Tech Support, but I don't have high hopes for a solution. I feel I wasted $300 on this thing.

Back to my Vista and my Polar HRM I guess.

UPDATE: Fortunately, I bought the POS from REI, and they have a Satisfaction Guaranteed policy. So, I packaged it up and took it back. They gave me a cash refund. I bought a Polar "Beat" HRM to use with my Vista. Simplest HRM there is, not even a switch. All I want one for is to check to see how high my heartbeat gets right before I die, and this one will do that.