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The charging clip arrived quickly and was packaged well, so I had no problems with the seller. The Garmin charging clip, however, leaves a little to be desired. This is my second one to go with my 405CX the first one broke (plastic near the spring broke at the hinge) just from being packed in my briefcase or luggage repeatedly. This is the type of item you're going to keep with you in a briefcase, backpack, fanny pack, luggage, Camelbak, etc., in order to have it ready whenever you need a charge. I'm going to be starting to do ultras soon, so my clip will go with me in my Camelbak with a portable USB charger. The clip needs to survive all that stuff, and not just for 2 years, which is how long I had the first one. Garmin really needs to beef up the construction if they are going to continue to cater to athletes! I expect items like this to last, but by the time I go through a few of these charging clips, I could have nearly had another 405CX! Seeing as how this item is my only option for charging my watch, if I stay with Garmin products, I'm kind of stuck. But if this clip breaks, I'm seriously going to consider switching to somebody elses GPS watch!

Get with it Garmin, if you want to keep me as a customer!

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This came with my Garmin Forerunner 405cx, but I bought a spare to keep in my travel bag.

This easily clips onto the 405 CX, and is powered via USB on your computer (the 405cx also comes with an AC adaptor for this clip). I just leave my 405cx clipped to this when I am not running so that I know that my 405cx is fully charged when I go running. If you have an iPod AC travel charger, you can use that to power this unit instead of your computer.

Important: Make sure that the contact points on the Forerunner are dry before attaching this unit or you may damage the Forerunner.

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These are functional units, but the springs need to be re-engineered. Watch the spring terminals. When the little attaching terminals stick into the clip because of spring failure, the contact with your watch is not secured and the unit does not charge.

I love the 405's, but the springs in the charging clips are a weakness in the system. With regular use, they fail. Dedicated runners rely on these watches. Re-engineer it.

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I assumed that this was compatible with the Forerunner 210 when the description said "Forerunner". It will charge the 210 (using 2 outer prongs), but it does not have all 4 prongs and won't connect for data transfer. Might as well buy the Garmin Charging/Data Clipthat is offered for the same price and is the exact same as the one that came with the 210.

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You lost the charger for your Garmin Forerunner? Well, this is what you need to buy. Good, bad, awesome, terrible? Not like it matters if you need another one. This is what you need and this is what you'll buy. You're what they call a captive market.

It's just like the one you got with the device.