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gazza81
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Well the edge touring has come back to me at £70
Im thinking i might go for that as it does everything i want just seems a bit dated maybe?
Is it easy enough to transfer planed routes from kamoot to the edge?
I like that you can just pop in a postcode and it will take you there
Im thinking i might go for that as it does everything i want just seems a bit dated maybe?
Is it easy enough to transfer planed routes from kamoot to the edge?
I like that you can just pop in a postcode and it will take you there
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You make a route on what ever is your preffered mapping software, save to your computer as a tcx or gpx file. Attach your Garmin Touring to your computer then transfer the tcx or gpx file to the 'New Files' folder on the Garmin. Once loaded it will show up as a saved course. It will then give you turn by turn instructions.
I used my Touring yesterday for a 200km Audax It took 8 and half hours and still had over 25% power left.
However, be aware that the Touring has quite a steep learning curve and is pretty prone to glitches.
You can check out DC Rainmakers review of the Touring on his website. (Google DC Rainmaker)
Grant Fondo
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gazza81
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Theres one not far from me for £80 with aero mount.
Whats the navigation like? Easy to follow?
Or i might just put the extra in and get the bolt for 150ish
vickster
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Do you want something with a map that you can follow on the fly like in a car or Google map directions? If so, I think you need the 800 or 1000 Garmin or a Wahoo
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gazza81
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It would be nice to have that option but to be honest at the moment i just plan a route then follow it so thats fine, just want something thats easy to follow really
Something that is easy to move a planned route from kamoot to the device
Ill still have kamoot running as i like that i can see how many miles ive done per month or full year just wont need to use the maps so hopefully wont lose battery anywhere near as much
Something that is easy to move a planned route from kamoot to the device
Ill still have kamoot running as i like that i can see how many miles ive done per month or full year just wont need to use the maps so hopefully wont lose battery anywhere near as much
I've got a Garmin 520. It's a couple of years old and the battery doesn't last more than about 5 hours whilst navigating (it's slightly better when just logging where I am going). I bought an Anker 20100 battery pack to help things. Fantastic piece of kit. Would probably keep the phone and garmin topped up for a couple of days or more.
vickster
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Battery pack ftw. Save your £100
I don’t know if Komoot works well with Garmin
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gazza81
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Yeah might be right.
Seen a garmin 800 for £70 too
Seem to be quite alot of garmins about not many wahoo bolts
Seen a garmin 800 for £70 too
Seem to be quite alot of garmins about not many wahoo bolts
Ming the Merciless
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The latter is newer and a better newer version not been produced by Wahoo yet. Give it time and there will be lots of second hand Wahoo's available.
Dogtrousers
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Touring is OK. Does what it says on the tin. Not a lot in the way of bells and whistles.
Only problem I had with mine was that it barfed if I asked it to navigate very long routes. (Actually the root cause may not have been the long routes, it may have been the source of the files, I never figured it out) I just always chopped my long routes into a series of shorter routes to follow and it was fine.
I don't use the Touring much these days because Garmin "fixed" (actually just replaced) my Oregon that I had broken, and I much prefer that.
Only problem I had with mine was that it barfed if I asked it to navigate very long routes. (Actually the root cause may not have been the long routes, it may have been the source of the files, I never figured it out) I just always chopped my long routes into a series of shorter routes to follow and it was fine.
I don't use the Touring much these days because Garmin "fixed" (actually just replaced) my Oregon that I had broken, and I much prefer that.
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gazza81
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Thinking i might go down the battery pack route for now saving some money as im happy with kamoot just not battery life
