You can turn it off. It doesn't "intrude" on you unless you have problems turning it off.

The feature might let some people to "enjoy the ride" by allowing them to ride when they also need to be able to be contacted.

The point about "distracted riding" is worth making (but the problem with texting might be typing, not reading). (It only took you 4 posts to mention it!)

I'm just expressing an opinion. (And, no, you haven't justified yourself at all. That's another opinion.)

Now that would be pretty funny looking.. I wonder if he/she ever got it mounted?? LOL

The 1000 is freaking HUGE!! I put it next to my iPhone 5S and it's almost the same size...

You are not making any more sense.

The 'locked screen' bug surfaced again this morning while I was loading a new segment via WiFi connection..

Put the unit to sleep and immediately woke it back up and all was back to normal..

The 'locked screen' happened pretty often with 2.10 but is obviously still there in 2.20..

Today's ride was one of my shorter routes.. I chickened out because of the winds.. Only went 32 miles into heavy headwinds for half the ride..

A few issues before the ride even started.. Initially Bluetooth connected with no problem but the sync with Garmin Connect failed. I did this dance a few times and no dice. I was able to get the Edge to sync with Gamin Connect but I had to reboot the iPhone 1st..

Then I attempted to load a course.. No dice! The circle just kept spinning saying 'loading course'.. I gave up after a few minutes and rebooted the Edge. Next I did the Bluetooth connect and fail to sync with Garmin Connect dance AGAIN...

After sorting it all out the ride went smooth and I had no issues.. I did demolish my previous best on a segment climb today so that was awesome!

No 'locked screen' issues while riding. I am using the Edge remote and have never had an issue or this message when using it. The 'locked screen' issue only presents itself when manually interacting with the screen..

My K-Edge XL shipped today and my Garmin wireless speed and cadence sensors shipped today. With some luck, I hope to have them in my grubby paws on Wednesday..

Oh Gus

sounds like it's even more buggy than my 810 has been. I'm sure they'll fix it eventually, hopefully quicker than it took them with the 810. I hate it when a company releases an incomplete product to the market so first adopters can serve as beta testers.

having said that if this thing was short enough to fit on my current kedge mount i probably would have bought it and given my wife my 810 instead of buying here a 510. Having to buy 4 new mounts for my 4 bikes and possibly new speed and cadence sensors is just too much hassle and expense to get some of the new features. Anyone know if the 1000 works with the gsc-10 sensors?

At some point its pointless to try and defend a point of view with people that insist their view is best, potato potato, tomato tomato.

Problem solved, who needs a garmin 1000? With this i can now get text messages, read a book, watch a movie, update facebook, find friends, navigate, play games, and everything in between. Including arguing with obvious forum trolls like you know who.



Of course I will need a charger too...

^ I use that on the trainer ( no charger )

Yes the GSC-10 works with the Edge 1000

The new and old speed/cadence sensors look exactly the same to the head unit.

The head unit has no idea what type of sensor is transmitting the data.

You can use the old/new sensors with any of the Edges (200/500/510/800/810/1000, etc).

It's also less work to program and debug.

It's kind of a basic point of the ANT+ stuff.

Works with a Samgung S4 and a few others as well..... No computer needed

I hear ya. In addition to cycling, another hobby I enjoy is amateur and scanner radio. Uniden Corp released two new scanner models in January of this year. Things are so damn buggy one would swear that they were not beta tested at all before being released to the general public. Uniden claims they were, but you've got to wonder about that. They've already had to recall one of the models due to a headphone jack issue.

I realize that all bugs won't be found during testing, but sometimes it seems like a company isn't even trying. "Let's just get the latest and greatest to the market" seems to be the thinking.

Sometimes I guess it's just a case of "caveat emptor."

In all fairness here I think the Edge 1000 has been pretty stable.. Other than a few bugs, I am really liking it over my 810..

The 810, for me at least, was a disaster that I could never get to work as promised / advertised..

As far as the 810 goes, Garmin did recently release firmware 3.0 for it and that did solve most of the issues that I was having with it. By that time I had already sworn it off as dead to me..

I am really diggin the 1000 though even with it's minor annoyances..

the ongoing problem with my 810 is that every so often my last ride gets stuck in a loop loading when I try to bring it back up to review it. then i have to go and delete all rides and it drives me nuts. they were supposed to fix this with the last software patch but it still happens. i have plenty of available memory on the device, it's just so frustrating that it really puts garmin in a bad light for me. i've researched the problem in their forums and have even written to their support to no avail. Makes me mad.

The main issue preventing me from upgrading to the 1000, other than being disappointed in Garmin for my crappy 810, is that if I understand the reviews correctly, you can't enter multiple bicycle profiles. If that's true, it really sucks, I have 4 bikes I swap my current Garmin between and it's a must have feature for me. That and the fact I'd need to buy 4 new k-edge mounts not that it's that expensive, just a hassle.

It's good news that the 1000 is working well for you.

The 800 has worked very well for me but I got it with later firmware (it's possible that there were excessive problems with earlier versions of the 800 firmware).

My K-Edge XL and the new Garmin speed and cadence sensors are out for delivery today.. My mail comes early so I will plop them on, pair up the sensor and hit the road today..

I will post back later after that ride to see how the new sensors behave..

K-Edge XL and the sensors came this morning..

The K-Edge XL is a night and day improvement over the included Garmin Out Front..

The sensors connected and paired up just fine and I had no issues with them during the ride. I put the speed sensor on the rear hub (can go on either the front or rear) and the cadence sensor goes on the non drive side crank arm..

Worked like a charm! I am a happy camper!

I recently got mine. Went on a quick ride. The bluetooth disconnects, but I deleted and paired again and it seemed stable.

However, i am no able to receive text notifications.

Do i have to have a setting on my iPhone 5S for the notification to show?

Or is the a setting in the Garmin 1000 that I have to setup?

Thanks

Make sure on the iPhone that Text and Phone are set up / enabled in Notification Center:

Settings --> Notification Center --> Phone --> Show in Notification Center is turned on

Check the same for Messages

Next check your Bluetooth on the iPhone

Settings --> Bluetooth.. Do you see BT_Edge 1000 and BLE_Edge 1000?

BLE is the connection for text and phone notifications..

Lastly, on the Edge 1000 and If BT is properly setup and paired you should navigate to

Settings --> Bluetooth --> Enable (turned on) and --> Call and Text Alerts (tuned on)

Hope that helps..

1. Thank you for all the information and the review. This item is very new and there isn't a lot of reviews beyond a I boxing or first look. Appreciate you taking the time to share your experiences.

2. My edge is on order and was wondering if you could show us a pic of what the new out front mount your ordered looks like as it sounds like I need to get that baby is the mail to enjoy with my edge when it gets in.

Again thank you for sharing.

Sure here you go.. The included 'Out Front' mount and the K-Edge XL

Here is the included 'Out Front' mount and it's not really 'Out Front'




Here is the K-Edge XL.. It does put the unit 'Out Front' and is much better but it costs $45..