Originally Posted by
deepakvrao
I am thinking of switching from the Bolt to the larger Elemnt. Happy with the Bolt except for the screen.
Is the Elemnt functionally identical to the Bolt?
To be precise, it's actually a superset. The Elemnt display can display two more data fields than the Bolt. Other than that, pretty much identical.
Originally Posted by
Machoman121
Ah...thanks very much for that feedback. This is the first comment i've heard where the chevrons would be difficult to distinguish from the rest of the map.
Another function lacking is re-routing which is currently not on the wahoo units. I once had to made a diversion from my planned route (was diverted because there was another event running on parts of my route) and i followed everyone else away from my route - i could see the Cyclo 505 complaining but it continued to always point me back to how to return to my route. So i knew i was generally heading towards the correct direction to join the other sections of my route. It was very reassuring to have the cyclo 505 show me the correct direction of where i would eventually join up to my route. That wouldn't have been possible with the Wahoo units. Getting diverted and returning to my route on the Cyclo 505 was a thoroughly seamless experience- in fact it was quite cool and i quite enjoyed the brief diversion (because it caused zero problems for me). On the Wahoos i imagine you'll have to stop and pull your phone out to reprogram a new route to be then loaded into the Wahoos?
I think the chevron thing is really not the main issue in the navigation data. That's largely resolved by zooming in. It's not worse than the Garmin color path on their lower contrast screen also being hard to read. I'd say the biggest issue with Wahoo's maps is the lack of street and place names. While that hasn't been a big issue for me but it's in the "would be nice category."
Looks to me like the top of the heap in navigation may be the upcoming
Karoo from Hammerhead. Due to ship in October and at a pre-release pricing of $299. Looks really interesting. Might be worth the early adopter jump if nav is a big deal for a given rider.
J.