I'm keeping my eye on the ELEMNT. I read DC Rainmaker's review - and you're right that this device is not quite there yet. I really like the larger font - at least as far as I can tell from the DCR review. That tiny font on the garmin is one of many issues I have with garmin - are they all a bunch of 20 year olds?
In the meantime I ordered a mount for my iphone and will get a battery pack. I just do not want to give garmin any more of my $$$ for very expensive crap. I'm nervous about getting a refurbished garmin.
I'd been the most paranoid person about leaving the garmin on the bike but that day was insane riding the tandem in pouring rain, solo, trying to make a ferry ... Anyway, that was yet another problem - I'd stick the thing in my jersey pocket, pull it out and all the fields were changed due to touch screen. If I turned it off I'd forget to hit "start" and there's no reminder when you're mid ride - at least I never got one. My preference would be to have a device that is on if I'm moving. Don't ask me if I want to start and for god's sake, don't NOT ask if I'm moving. End of that issue. If I wanted it to stop then I could select that but that would never happen for me.
grouchy in san diego.
Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
No.
The Wahoo ELEMNT is getting close (they just released turn-by-turn for .tcx routes from ridewithgps) and has a more legible screen, although I wouldn't bet on the software being comparable until Q1 2017. Now it's like an Edge 520 with maps and a more legible screen. Unfortunately roads suitable for cycling are invisible when you zoom out, and there's no way to pan the screen to see where they go.