Originally Posted by
kenmcchord
The display is dimmer than previous devices (I've owned the 305 and 705), however while riding for a few hours today I had no problem seeing the screen. I think that if I were riding later in the day, into dusk there might be issues clearing seeing the screen, but during normal daylight no issues.
Thanks for a very complete and well-stated reply!
I guess my issue is whether the screen is readable in bright daylight without having to use the backlight. Some people talk about setting the backlight to go off after a time period, but that seems unworkable to me; if I'm using it to monitor my speed or cadence, I certainly don't want to have to touch the screen every time I want to read it. So does it seem good enough in daylight with the backlight off?
The other display issue could be glare on the screen, which might go along with it being a touchscreen. Have you had any glare issues? Do you have a screen-protector installed? I have an excellent non-glare protector on my smartphone and wonder if they make something like it for the Edge.