Originally Posted by
topslop1
I'm more or less looking throw in an end destination and then have that bad boy plan out a route for me that won't put me on a highway with cars
I'd say the Edge 810 would work quite well for that and offer all sorts of data for me. Only problem with that is I can hardly justify spending $399 on a GPS computer when my cell phone (Galaxy S4 with cracked screen) is pushing 3 years, and a host of small issues. If any money goes out of pocket it's going to be for a newer phone and in which case I would then be definitely obligated to use that on the bike.
I've drained my S5 battery almost completely in a few hours only firing up ridewithgps and turning on the GPS receiver when I actually needed it, and the phone is too power hungry to charge with a dynamo when it's not set to ultra low power mode which doesn't run applications. It's not suitable for use as a bike computer.
I ordered an 810 with routing because I didn't want a larger, more power hungry Edge 1000. Hopefully I won't have crashing problems with Open Cycle Map maps; although if I do before the ELEMNT gets debugged will probably try an Edge 800 which seems more reliable and is less likely to lose a ride when it crashes.