So, late last night, bored, surfing the interwebs for cycle gadgets, I come across the Edge 810, latest and most complicated Mapping GPS, Cycling computer, TV set device for cockpit. Looked around at US sellers, lots of $500+ guys and more for kits with maps and sensors, a few in the $450-$475 region.

Best price I found was here, Cycle Sports UK: http://www.cyclesportsuk.co.uk/produ...ducts_id=12788 $405.84 No tax, free shipping. No affiliation, just a good price I wanted to pass along. REI is charging full $500 (but you will get $50 back with membership distribution).

I know there is lots of controversy over this model, but I am already so invested in Garmin GPS devices on two motorcycles (Zumo's) and two cycles (Dakota 20 (nice)), that I have lots of map products that I can use on this one....so here we go. From my reading, must of the troubles seems to be user misunderstanding of how the mapping functions work, and there is a huge learning curve for this that I have already climbed. As to overall reliability, I have found Garmin to be slow but steady in releasing updates to software. As to hardware, I have sent back some units for replacement under warranty.

Will report arrival and usage.