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garmin edge 800

  • 08-07-2012 11:06pm
    #1
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering is this system any good for cycling? Anyone here have one?


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  • #2
    AstraMonti
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    If you have the cash and you enjoy playing with gadgets go for it, it's the best cycling computer. Big color touch screen, easy menus, multiple pages to have stats, map navigation etc.


  • #3
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    AstraMonti wrote: »
    If you have the cash and you enjoy playing with gadgets go for it, it's the best cycling computer. Big color touch screen, easy menus, multiple pages to have stats, map navigation etc.

    Mad into tech and gadgets and seeming cycling is my new fitness motivator, I think I will get great use out of it.


  • #4
    SomeFool
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    The 500 is probably better value really, unless you have a truly terrible sense of direction you shouldn't need the mapping function in Ireland which is the main difference between the two.


  • #5
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    SomeFool wrote: »
    The 500 is probably better value really, unless you have a truly terrible sense of direction you shouldn't need the mapping function in Ireland which is the main difference between the two.

    I went with the 800 after all, looked at the 500 but it just didn't do it for me. I said i would be good to myself. Life is short after all. :D


  • #6
    SomeFool
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    teednab-el wrote: »
    I went with the 800 after all, looked at the 500 but it just didn't do it for me. I said i would be good to myself. Life is short after all. :D

    Strava awaits so ;)


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  • #7
    t'bear
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    Do. What. The. Computer. Says. Pedal. Faster


  • #8
    RV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭RV


    I have had few (7 and 8 series) and think they would be great if they were reliable. The ones I have, have a variety of problems; re-setting, adding distance, switching off intermittently. They are expensive and (the 800) I think not intuitive to use. If you are doing a long cycle they don't like being recharged en route. I don't fancy the after-sales service; people don't seem to know how to use them.
    All that said - when they work they are great ... which makes them even more infuriating.


  • #9
    dermur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭dermur


    Don't knock the ol' GPS function - I've taken a wrong turn on more than one occasion while looking for new training routes. Not a great thing to do when you're in the middle of nowhere and the nearest signpost is 20 miles away. I was beginning to feel like that lad in The Third Policeman...

    Regarding battery life & reliability - my yoke has survived a couple of high(ish) speed crashes and only ever ran out of power once when I forgot to recharge it before a 200km spin. Battery life in my experience is excellent - should get 8-9 hours easily enough.

    Good training feature is the virtual partner for pacing yourself.


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