garmin 305!

i've been searching around for the best cycling computer for my needs... ive read tons of reviews from cateye, vdo, sigma computers... every computer has there positive and negative reviews. but when i read a negative review it overshadows all the good reviews... its hard to actually judge a product that i haven't used before and just base my decision on people's reviews. at first i wanted to go with the vdo computer... it was on sale at performance bicycle. but i looked at it and wasn't really impressed by the apperance. can't judge a book by its cover. so i looked into the sigma cadence computer. they had it at rei. i've read a lot of positive reviews about this unit and was about to purchase it... but in the end i found the garmin edge 305. it's about 2x as much as the other computers but the user interface looks visually appealing. the unit looks fairly large but its okay. luckily i received it as a birthday gift. today ill be stopping by REI and get the computer installed so i can start having fun! now i gotta find out how to get there.