Coros Cycling Computer - Game changer?

[ianrauk]

Just as well I bought my 1040 Solar just over a year after release I managed to get it for £450, which I'm rather happy with. Still, they've only just in the past few weeks managed to finally solve the battery drain in standby bug! Anyway hopefully it'll last ten years like my 810 did.

That is a bargain. I've been looking at one myself but never pushed that button.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I have had my 530 suggest a reroute, unfortunately the right turn it was recommending would have taken me back almost to where I went off route meaning a Z shaped ride wheras straight on brought me back on route further on more sensibly.

I think it gets FOMO about the planned route. It can't bear the idea that we might have missed out on the best 6 inches of the whole route. That's why it tries to take you back to where you went off route.

 

[Alex321]

I have had my 530 suggest a reroute, unfortunately the right turn it was recommending would have taken me back almost to where I went off route meaning a Z shaped ride wheras straight on brought me back on route further on more sensibly.

My Wahoo generally tries to get you back onto the route, but by following the most sensible way from where you are, to whichever part of the route that reaches.

 

[Dogtrousers]

My Wahoo generally tries to get you back onto the route, but by following the most sensible way from where you are, to whichever part of the route that reaches.

How boring.

 

[Boopop]

That is a bargain. I've been looking at one myself but never pushed that button.

Turned out the seller had dropped it once or twice, but it's only noticable when the rubber bumper is removed. No regrets, looking forward to using it on holiday this year! My 810 which I upgraded from used to crash occasionally. Still use that for commutes though.

 

[DCLane]

I'm tempted given I currently use an ancient Garmin 200 that's then hooked up to a small power bank for any ride over 200km. However, it's showing that it's not quite fully ready yet.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'm tempted given I currently use an ancient Garmin 200 that's then hooked up to a small power bank for any ride over 200km. However, it's showing that it's not quite fully ready yet.

It’s also an unknown as to how the Coros model will deal with a 600km track that is loaded. But from the reviews probably not very well.

 

[Slick]

Automatic re routing is practically impossible. There are too many unknowns.

Say I go off course because of a road closure. I may want to pick up my route when I can, but no great hurry, so maybe I'll run parallel for 10k before rejoining. But I may instead want to get back on course sooner in order not to miss a control point or a café or something. Or maybe I've just missed a turn 10 seconds ago and need to turn round now. Or maybe I'd prefer to just abandon the route all together and plot a new route to my destination. The computer can't know what I want to do.

The best it can do is alert you quickly and let you decide.

My Garmin 530 used to be good at detecting I was off route, but hopeless at deciding what to do about it. It would just have a bit of a breakdown and repeatedly advise "Make a U Turn" over and over, even when I'd got myself back on track, but it hadn't noticed. I haven't noticed this behaviour in the 1040

I have the 530 Edge and only really relied on the mapping recently and found it hugely frustrating as I seemed to be going along nicely before it would all of a sudden tell me to make a U turn, no matter which way I went.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I have the 530 Edge and only really relied on the mapping recently and found it hugely frustrating as I seemed to be going along nicely before it would all of a sudden tell me to make a U turn, no matter which way I went.

My 530 was flawless when on route. Just when off route it became a bit bonkers. I can live with that.

And Corus are starting from day 1. As DCR says it's going to take them time to nail the navigation and they don't seem to have made a great start.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

And Corus are starting from day 1. As DCR says it's going to take them time to nail the navigation and they don't seem to have made a great start.

And let’s face it, if you don‘t need navigation then a non gps old school bike computer will last far longer battery wise.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

And Corus are starting from day 1. As DCR says it's going to take them time to nail the navigation and they don't seem to have made a great start.

COROS have been doing navigation on their watches for a while now and it’s a lot better than what we have been seeing from pre-release firmware on the Dura. Not sure how they messed that up but if they can get it to where their watches are quite quickly it’ll be a significant improvement.

EDIT: Just watched another youtube video from someone who is more familiar with COROS watches. They instinctively went to the COROS app to generate a route and had a much better experience, even getting distance to turn. Hopefully, over time, they will be able to do the same with routes imported from other sources.

 

[Mike_P]

I have the 530 Edge and only really relied on the mapping recently and found it hugely frustrating as I seemed to be going along nicely before it would all of a sudden tell me to make a U turn, no matter which way I went.

I had that problem on a cycle route along an old railway line in York, it insisting on a U turn only then to insist on another U turn.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Been using my COROS DURA since the start of September and must say I do like it.

The default mode is that it never really switches off, going into a low energy mode instead, so starts up very quickly and gets a GPS fix faster than anything else I have owned. It’s definitely one I will be keeping and I am now fully Garmin free.

 

[ianrauk]

Been using my COROS DURA since the start of September and must say I do like it.

The default mode is that it never really switches off, going into a low energy mode instead, so starts up very quickly and gets a GPS fix faster than anything else I have owned. It’s definitely one I will be keeping and I am now fully Garmin free.

And what about the battery life? Have they also fixed the re-routing?

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

And what about the battery life? Have they also fixed the re-routing?

Not had to charge it yet so can’t put a figure on it, but it’s significantly exceeded that of the Garmin Edge 1030 I have now passed on to my wife. I’ve not had an issue with routing in the release firmware but it’s not something I heavily use. It’s very much now like routing on their watches which I used for some long runs when there was events taking place that my usual route was out of the question.