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If someone gave me an 800, I'd sell it and get a 500. Seems just a better product to me, smaller, battery lasts forever. Who needs turn by turn navigation on a bike anways
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You're welcome. If you run into any problems, you can send me a pm.
It sounds like you'd really rather have the 800. Just go for it.
I guess if I had the opportunity to upgrade for just $200, I'd do it too.
It sounds like you'd really rather have the 800. Just go for it.
I guess if I had the opportunity to upgrade for just $200, I'd do it too.
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$213 for blue, $219 for black... and supposedly free shipping + no tax.
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I thought the 800 was unnecessary too until I got one. I have both. The 800 is awesome for solo rides and in situations for example when you get dropped and have no idea where the F you are. Also great for traveling. One downside with the 800 is that when you navigate you can only see 2 data fields. It's kinda painful when you still want to know your cadence, speed, power, etc. You guys are going to think I'm crazy but I use the 800 AND the 500, with the 800 on an above category mount and the 500 on the stem so I have all the data AND navigation!
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Decided to just swap out my buggy 500 for another via warranty replacement. While the 800 is really cool I couldn't justify it after antmeeks told me about the virtual partner feature on the 500. I think the $200 will be better spent elsewhere on the bike, and i can't deny the looming 900 may have had something to do with the choice too...
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500 to 800 was definitely worth it for me. Just the sheer convenience of being able to reroute myself if I am lost without having to stop many times killing the joy of riding (to bring up google map on my phone, etc) was worth it. I ride solo and always looking for different places to ride or different route often on unfamiliar streets, city. I would imagine if I was going to ride mostly group/same route... no reason to get 800. 500 does everything it does except 2 things.
1) Navigation.
2) More stats on screen
Oh, also noticed satellite sync time on 800 is much much faster than 500. I don't have to sit there and wait typically with 800.
1) Navigation.
2) More stats on screen
Oh, also noticed satellite sync time on 800 is much much faster than 500. I don't have to sit there and wait typically with 800.
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$213 for blue, $219 for black... and supposedly free shipping + no tax.
I'v seen the ones from Taiwan (or wherever there from) but they say something about Chinese being in the display. I think i'd rather just spend the extra cash and get one from a reputable website.
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The compass headings are in Chinese. They "say" that everything else is in English. Also, I hear that Garmin is touchy with warranty work on those. I agree. It's worth a few extra bucks to get the non-Taiwan version.
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$213 for blue, $219 for black... and supposedly free shipping + no tax.
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Well, at least you know they'll lose sales to their greed. Instead of selling a few at $213, they'll sell none at $238.
For only $11 more you can just buy from a known reputable retailer.
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I use the VP alot, but they screwed it up on the 800. If you buy a high end Edge, its probably because you are an information junkie and want 8 fields of information at once (maybe more). Unless they've changed it, on the 800 in VP mode, you get one piece of info. On my 705 I can get 8 fields of information even if two or three of them are not really much use, I love all of the info.
They should either change the 800 to allow simultaneous display of VP and other fields, or bring out a new Garmin with more customisation in the data display settings.
My bet is that they are pouring so much effort into the Vector that there won't be another Edge for a while. With the rise of phones with GPS features, including for auto use, the halycon days of Garmin may be over. That's sad, because everything I bought from Garmin has served me well.
Still I will be interested to see where they go next.
They should either change the 800 to allow simultaneous display of VP and other fields, or bring out a new Garmin with more customisation in the data display settings.
My bet is that they are pouring so much effort into the Vector that there won't be another Edge for a while. With the rise of phones with GPS features, including for auto use, the halycon days of Garmin may be over. That's sad, because everything I bought from Garmin has served me well.
Still I will be interested to see where they go next.
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Yeah they probably saw in their server logs that traffic was coming to that page from a cycling site and figured they'd take advantage of it.
Well, at least you know they'll lose sales to their greed. Instead of selling a few at $213, they'll sell none at $238.
For only $11 more you can just buy from a known reputable retailer.
Well, at least you know they'll lose sales to their greed. Instead of selling a few at $213, they'll sell none at $238.
For only $11 more you can just buy from a known reputable retailer.
Also consider that $238 for the black one is significantly less as most sites charge a premium for it.
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I would expect they're selling the color Garmin describes as "neutral", which is gray with black trim - and is sold as just the head unit.
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