Originally Posted by
philbob57
You can download an app for your phone that uses your GPS for navigation. Strava, MapMyRide, etc.
You might need to buy an external battery, but if money is tight right now, use your phone.
Unfortunately and as he stated "I cant use my smartphone because it is faulty".
At the OP, as you requested navigation, note that a number of units can do nav. reasonably well, but about all work best when you use an on-line app on a PC or tablet with WiFi to generate routes. RideWithGPS is a very popular and widely used website, Garmin has their own with Connect, Osmand maps is another and I think allows a smartphone app to generate navigation as well which can then be ported to a device. Of the 2 dedicated GPS units I've used, the Wahoo Bolt or Elemnt have great integration with RWGPS, though I much prefer the maps and navigation of the Garmin 1000 over Wahoo and have good results using the Garmin Connect route (course) generation system.
Nothings cheap though, Garmin 520+ and Wahoo Bolt are in the $250 and up range, Wahoo Elemnt and the Garmin 1000 are in the $320+ range. I think the Edge Explore is now what they used to cal the Touring and a caution as the Touring models got horrible reviews and comments for buggy and poor features. If I had a choice between a Garmin Edge 820 and a 1000 I'd take the 100 as it's larger and that makes viewing maps easier.
As much as I love using my 1000, for everyday use as a business, I might choose the Wahoo Elemnt as the software and support is as good as it gets. But take a good hard look at the different maps and navigation methods of Wahoo vs. Garmin. I know that on Garmin's you can generally read street names on the map, which Wahoo does not offer on their units.