I'm pretty happy with my Explore 2 purchased direct from Garmin. They were good to me and my running gps watches.
wrt the phone on the handle bar as a gps, mine does not work worth a darn in the rain or last very long and I only need the gps on long rides in unfamiliar territory.
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I don't do: disks, tubeless, e-shifting, or bead head nymphs. But I do hate all e-bikes.