Karoo was selling for about $300 around Christmas or something, so about $100 off list, might have been cheaper, can’t recall. At that time the website was doing the hard sell with notifications that the price was going up to $500 soon. I never checked if it did, assumed they’d have a new unit that was about that price. The 2 might even price to what a Garmin 1030 sells at - $600.

I always thought a major issue was no smartphone interaction. Both Garmin and Wahoo do this and one key advantage is the phone apps can use cell data to get and receive data, either a completed ride uploaded or a navigation course downloaded. As far as I can tell, the Karoo only offers WiFi, which isn’t always available as any touring cyclist can tell you.

A review I just read seems to indicate they’ve done major improvements to the interface that allows routes creates elsewhere to be imported, I’d be curious to see how that works and how well, as that’s a feature I use a lot. Garmin upped the ante with the iQ system of apps that allows a seamless connection to RWGPS and TrailForks, as easy as the Bolt I used and it actually works very well.

If Hammerhead gave me a 2 the beta test, I’d try it, but as the Dr indicated above, I’ve no interest waiting for them to roll out features at what has to date been a glacier pace. So I’m not buying one anytime soon,