Originally Posted by
sierrabob
While it will never have GPS capability, the ROX 9.0 has two things the Garmin 705 will never have: long battery life and temperature readings in tenths of a degree. These two features alone should sway some savvy shoppers to the Sigma device.
So how good is Sigma's temperature measurement? I had a stand-alone electronic thermometer on my bike and found serious latency problems. Say in winter, there would be a considerable temperature difference between the garage and outside. After ten minutes of ride, the thermometer would be still showing a temperature closer to the garage than to the outside. Also, while the thermometer was showing tenths of a degree, it was off by about 1.5F, not very convenient if you wanted to know whether to expect ice melting under your tires or water solidifying into ice.
I have since gone to a bimetal thermometer and it is excellent. The reading moves right away as I pull the bike in front of the garage and it gives local temperature variations during the ride. E.g. the reading goes down when I am on an overpass etc.