Yea. That reason simply is there is simply no other competition. Otherwise Garmin would DIAF and not be missed.

Garmin is like a TON of electronics companies...make GREAT hardware...and then use paying customers as beta testers for the software. Whenever a "new" Garmin GPS gets released it typically takes a 1 year teething period for the device to be made usable. Happens with each and every model and each and every year. I say this as someone who has been using Garmin Edge computers for 5 years or so (305, 705, 1000). Always wait a year after release for buying into the public beta tester crowd.


810 by now should be pretty stable and usable by itself, maybe I'm wrong and 810 users can correct me. People on the Garmin oboards are always complaining about things like iPhone pairing with Edge computers...if you are an iPhone user, be prepared for headaches.