Originally Posted by
Awesomeguy
is the touch screen problematic during rain, can't you do things like maping route and structured workouts in ride with gps and garmin connect, and import it to the 540? I thought touch screen is usualy necessary when you are going to a place withoout a phone, my routes are pre planned ? YOu still think i need touch screen ?
My son's 1030plus wasn't a problem in the rain. And even if it was a issue, I'd rather put up with a few problems in the rain. Then the majority of my riding in dry weather I'll have easy access to the features I'd like to use.
One doesn't plan routes and workouts while actually riding. And since I don't, I don't really care if I can plan them at all on any Edge device. It's all too easy to use a PC, MacBook or smartphone and just send them to the Edge. I use RWGPS and all I have to do is what they call, "pin" it. And it automagically shows up on my Edge soon after.
Buttons make doing anything with the map on the device more cumbersome. Panning and zooming in and out are just too painful. Especially when on the bike riding. Swiping with one or two fingers is easy to move and zoom the map.
can't you do things like maping route and structured workouts in ride with gps and garmin connect, and import it to the 540?
That's what I said in my previous post. You can do that for most any Garmin GPS sporting/fitness device. Planning is more limited on the device, and screen size is a issue. I don't plan anything on my Garmin devices. So the few nerds
that like to do planning on the device will know more about it than I.
On the Edge while riding it's easy to follow saved workouts and routes. However if you want to start up one of those while riding. Buttons might have you stopping your bike. Though for most anytime you are going to do a route or workout, typically one would just start that immediately before they start their ride. But there have been some times I wanted to start a route after I started my ride. And I do so dislike stopping.
I thought touch screen is usually necessary when you are going to a place without a phone,
I really don't know what you mean by this. Touch screen or buttons, both types will work with and without a phone. A smart phone with the Garmin App and cell service is needed for a lot of the special features you might want to use on any Edge or other Garmin fitness/sporting device.
But they all will work without a smartphone or cell service. Just that some of the niffty features such as text and phone calls. Live tracking of your location and live tracking of friends that might be out on the route with you knowingly or unknowingly won't be available.