Originally Posted by
TimothyH
I had an Edge 25 for a short while. Sold it and bought a Polar. Now I'm considering an Edge 820 for several reasons, hence the (re)interest.
You made none of that clear.
Advice for people who are using Garmins isn't necessarily going to work for people with Polars.
Garmin Connect isn't that open. Ridewithgps is.
Ridewithgps will work for your Polar and your 820. You don't need Garmin Connect at all for the 820 (feel free to use it though!).
The free version of ridewithgps is all you need. But to get the courses to your device, you'll have to export (download) the files from ridewithgps and copy them to the 820 (to "\Garmin\NewFiles") and do whatever you do to get the files copied to the Polar (it appears you should be able to import the files into the Polar app).
Once you have the file, you can use whatever method is appropriate to getting to the particular device.
Garmin Connect makes it easier to get the courses to Garmins but nothing else. (There are ways of exporting tcx/gpx/fit files from Garmin Connect but it isn't convenient.)
The paid version of ridewithgps makes it easier to get the courses to the Garmins but nothing else (as far as I understand). This isn't really necessary, though.
Originally Posted by
TimothyH
It is very difficult to hold a conversation with someone who is being so argumentative. We are not saving lives here. It is just a hobby.
I wasn't arguing.