martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
I wonder if one is measuring elevation changes ie a drop of 300 feet followed by a 300 feet climb is 600 feet whereas the other is just measuring climbs? I'm just guessing though.
Garmin question
- Thread starter e-rider
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T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Thats because, keeping a garmin on it's mapscreen by default kills battery life. It has to continually process and display map data/map points and user location when you do that.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Amount of climb is one of those mysterious things ... My Garmin will give me a total climb associated with the trip, then a different one associated with the saved gpx track, then ridewithgps will give me yet another value when I upload it.
Just choose the one you like best. Ifyou don't like any of them, just make something up.
Just choose the one you like best. Ifyou don't like any of them, just make something up.
more likely the Unit is using its internal barometer and Connect is using mapping data.
Connect and ride with gps use differnt mapping and give different results!
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
So to do a long ride in an unfamiliar place I'll be fine so long as I turn off the most useful feature?
My smartphone battery will last a week if I turn off the screen and the mobile signal
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
I didn't say that.
I can just get around 12 hours out of my 800 and that is with navigating a route. Ensure the backlight is set to a low setting or off completely in the daytime along with the shortest time for it to be on and do not have the map constantly displayed. There is absolutely no need to have the map displayed, the only time you need to look at it is if you think a turning may be coming up etc or a quick glance to confirm you are on route in which case open up the map. Follow bread crumb trails, GPX file. Don't bother with TBT navigation, it is too unreliable that it does not always open up the map page when you come to a turning and its also using battery power. There is no need for those pop ups which tell you which way to turn, just look at the bread crumb trail and follow that. Nothing more is needed for navigation. Turning tones off also saves battery power.
On my Dakota 20 I can get almost 24 hours sometimes, by riding with it in sleep mode for long periods of time in map mode, if I'm on route and I am approaching a junction and I might have to turn, I touch the screen, it opens up the map page for 10 secs, I can see if I have to turn and then it goes back to sleep again.
On my Dakota 20 I can get almost 24 hours sometimes, by riding with it in sleep mode for long periods of time in map mode, if I'm on route and I am approaching a junction and I might have to turn, I touch the screen, it opens up the map page for 10 secs, I can see if I have to turn and then it goes back to sleep again.
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
To be fair, I can switch so that the map only pops up when a turn is approaching. To be honest though I like to see the surroundings on the map and have plenty of notice if turns and features. So an external charger works fine. A ten minute top up over lunch refreshes to almost full charge and I have never got close to an empty battery, even with full maps and back light showing (night ride)
