Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
I agree and I guess that was sort of my point. Garmin made a big about face on how they treat speed. In the 305, the GPS seems to have preferred and the default where a speed sensor was not really necessary unless you were indoors. In the subsequent units, Garmin seems to have shown a strong preference for the speed sensor over the GPS sensor and only going to the GPS sensor in the event that no other sensor is available. I agree with you that that is the way it should be and Garmin came around to that in between the 305 and the later units at some point.
The 305 is
ancient.
The preference for the speed sensor existed in the still-old 800. I'm not sure what the situation was with the 605/705.
Who knows why Garmin didn't have the 305 prefer using the sensor. I wouldn't call the change "a big about face".