Originally Posted by JohnJ80

I tend to be a power user of bike electronics but I agree - bike computers in 2018 are ridiculously far behind the start of the art in current mobile electronics. Hammerhead Karoo may be working to change that, but they are pretty much in beta right now.

I've had a number of Garmin units starting with the 305 and up to the now Edge 1000. They all are crazy frustrating to set up. I've since switched over to the Wahoo Elemnt which, I think, is a big step in the right direction - very simple, non touch display bike computer with a button style interface and a high contrast easy to read display. Configuration is via a smartphone app that's dead simple. Sync for routes with many popular online services like Strava, RidewithGPS, etc...

Fortunately, Garmin was slow to improve the UI on these things which made possible a number of competitors to enter the market. That's going to make everyone sharper and all the products better while reducing cost - thankfully.

J.