Edge 705 v Edge 800

[mr_hippo]

I am thinking of upgrading to an Edge 800 but how much better is the 800?
Will the 705 cadence sensors and HRM pair with the 800?
Will the old map work with the 800?
The 705 was one of the last things that my late wife bought me and it is the limited Team Garmin edition (gold, black and blue case). I cannot find on the internet how 'limited' this edition was, does anyone know?

 

[actonblue]

All your sensors will pair with the 800 as they use Ant+ to talk to each other.
Your maps will also work just transfer the sd card.
I just got an 800 having been told that my 705 had had it.
I have since got my 705 working I had a corrupt file on the sd card.

 

[adds21]

I am thinking of upgrading to an Edge 800 but how much better is the 800?
Will the 705 cadence sensors and HRM pair with the 800?
Will the old map work with the 800?
The 705 was one of the last things that my late wife bought me and it is the limited Team Garmin edition (gold, black and blue case). I cannot find on the internet how 'limited' this edition was, does anyone know?

I switched from a 705 to a 800 and my old cadence and HRM worked fine. However, I'm not sure you gain anything, other than the temperature sensor (which, to be fair, is quite interesting). I only went for the 800 because I lost the 705 (in fact, that's the other thing, the mount on the 800 is much more secure).

 

[172traindriver]

Better, larger screen

 

[fossyant]

The 705 is actually easier to see in sunlight I have been told

Cant say there is anything that the 800 or 810 has that I'll move from the 705. Does the job fine.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

800's pros:

• The backlight timeout actually works on the 800. It never worked on the 705 I've had for the last 4.75 years.
• The temperature sensor is a nice addition.
• Setting the current location's elevation and then saving this to a waypoint is much easier than with the 705. This of course helps when you do future trips starting from that point, as it uses this elevation during trip initialisation.
• As mentioned above, mount is better.
• As mentioned above, screen is larger.
• Data pages allow more fields, and you can have more pages.

800's cons:

• The main power button is too small.
• Switching data displays can be fiddly while you're cycling, because you have to be very precise about touching the correct part of the touch screen (while still watching the path/road), whereas the 705's toggle button is easy to use.

Battery life appears to be roughly the same for both versions.

 

[zacklaws]

Switching data displays is simple, you just swipe the screen either left or right and it does not matter what part of the screen you touch, alternatively, you just press arrows on the bottom left or right of the screen to do it and is simple enough as well even with a glove on, and going full speed downhill if you have too

And cannot see any problem at all with the power button being too small especcially when you only use it before and after a ride and your usually stopped.