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Garmin Edge 830

handy but not very accessible to use figure out

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Technically a lot is possible if you know the possibilities. Too bad no clear possibilities are shown step by step. Trust came on horseback and comes back on foot. Such a beautiful product immediately loses appeal in the initial phase. For that reason I still use good overview maps on paper.

I hesitated over the Garmin 830 or the Yahoo Roam when purchasing. Finally chose the Garmin because of good test results, especially when it comes to navigation qualities. Uploading routes via Garmin connect is fine. I do not create my routes in the Garmin connect, because too user unfriendly. I recommend Komoot to everyone. Simple and logical. Garmin often makes strange suggestions, especially if you let Garmin plan a random round trip. You are presented with many major roads with bike paths, while there are dozens of alternatives with quiet roads. What I find particularly disturbing is that after driving the wrong way, Garmin always wants to drive back, while very often the route can be picked up a little further on. And before it finds the route again, it takes a long time. And this while its speed was praised! Many people find the menu structure user-friendly. I find it far from that. This is my second Garmin (previously I had an 810), but Yahoo really does it better. In conclusion: Of course the device does a lot of things right and I certainly enjoy it. But sometimes it does incomprehensible things and I find it not really user friendly. Not good enough for a leading brand, especially considering the price, as Garmins are the most expensive in this segment. I give it a barely satisfactory rating.

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Great how Garmin continues to evolve. This bike computer has about the same features as high-end training watches. The integration of, for example, Strava segments, training goals and synchronization with wifi/bluetooth are also commendable. The navigation functions are 10 years behind. Unbelievably how bad. The bottom line is that you can only pre-load a route or enter one end point. - During the ride deviate from your route with an additional 'via' point? Impossible - Creating a new route during your ride via a particular route? Impossible. - Adjust routing criteria? Hardly - Adjust sound notifications? Impossible, it is unnecessary noise or nothing. - Adjust detail level of maps? Impossible I have been riding with a smartphone in a drybag on the handlebars with OSMAnd navigation on it for 10 years. That had better features 10 years ago.

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Owned this Garmin since last May. It gives nice performance statistics and training options. Battery life is also fine. I once cycled 200km in 8 hours (screen light low) and I still had plenty of battery left. Drawbacks in my opinion: - map display: I expected to see well which villages I would cycle to or where I would be. This is definitely not the case. In fact, you don't see any of that. Was very disappointing to me. Google maps is much nicer and more informative. - The navigation doesn't make any sense. You can choose all kinds of options, but even then the garmin sends you with a weird detour via the craziest roads. Also recalculating the route is not useful. Most of the time it just sends you back. That does not work fine. Accidentally now downloaded Openfietsmap as a free map and put it on the Garmin. Now villages etc. are suddenly nicely visible. This map is much better! And I just tested it: navigation is now also normal, via fine bike paths in a reasonably straight line. Just as Google Maps would send you, more or less. This is definitely recommended!

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