Anyone using Garmin Edge Touring GPS Unit???
02-20-16, 02:51 PM
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I've used a Garmin Edge Touring for the last two years. It is pretty good, but tends to take me on back roads when a two lane highway with great shoulders would be faster, safer, and less hilly. Battery life is not great for touring. In my experience it is good for about 4-6 hours, but I have a solar charger with a battery pack, and could go for weeks. I wouldn't rely on the unit's internal battery on a tour, unless I had backup paper maps or cue sheets.
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Compared to my iPhone it is much better for navigating. I got tiered of keeping the iPhone on and so I wanted something dedicated to navigating. For me it lasts all day riding but needs to be charged every, but not an issue. I have had it out down only 1 time automatically and it was when in turn by turn mode in a city. One flaw that I found was using the Garmin Connect to create routes. When the route is created that way and you upload it to the Edge it will not give you information like Distance to Next turn which is nice. But if I put the address in to the phone that I am heading to it does add the distance to next information. Over all I like it so far and it's better the navigating with a telephone.
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