530 or 830? If money were not an issue?
05-07-19, 03:44 PM
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@Trsnrtr
Don't order a new 1030.
Contact Garmin. They'll fix it or replace it (with a refurb) for a low flat rate. They haven't updated the page for the 1030 but the 1000 is $130. Probably you'll save a few hundred dollars.
Don't order a new 1030.
Contact Garmin. They'll fix it or replace it (with a refurb) for a low flat rate. They haven't updated the page for the 1030 but the 1000 is $130. Probably you'll save a few hundred dollars.
I ended up selling it for a song to a mate who lives in KC (and going Wahoo over it)...he walked into and out of Garmin's HQ down in KC with a new/refurb E1K same day--for much less than what they quote.
05-07-19, 08:19 PM
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@Trsnrtr
Don't order a new 1030.
Contact Garmin. They'll fix it or replace it (with a refurb) for a low flat rate. They haven't updated the page for the 1030 but the 1000 is $130. Probably you'll save a few hundred dollars.
Don't order a new 1030.
Contact Garmin. They'll fix it or replace it (with a refurb) for a low flat rate. They haven't updated the page for the 1030 but the 1000 is $130. Probably you'll save a few hundred dollars.
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05-08-19, 03:07 AM
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Size matters, once you use a big screen it's hard to go back to the smaller ones. Functionally it will get an update that matches the new versions so nothing really obsolete about the 1030 until the 1040 comes out anyway.
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05-08-19, 03:49 AM
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You guys are evil ;-)
I think I'll go with the 1030. No touch screen issues right?
05-08-19, 04:23 AM
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05-09-19, 09:40 PM
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on 1030 I can use map and connect IQ data fields that shows 8 data inside the 2 available fields, I was able to cram all the data I need (power, cadence, HR, speed, etc) while still have a huge map, it would not be possible on the smaller screen of 530/830
05-10-19, 10:06 AM
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It is generally believed that the 820 touch screen issues were a supplier manufacturing issue with one of Garmin's multiple suppliers. Some early 820 touch screens were a problem. Most were not. My first-month-of-production 820 has given me absolutely no problems of any kind. The touch screen has always been great. [For those who know . . . wasn't the problem a hyper sensitivity of the touch screen? The defective screens would respond to rain and/or sweat droplets, if I recall. Mine never did.]
For me, on paved roads, the size of the 820 screen has always been ample for navigation -- and I'm an old guy, so my eyesight isn't the greatest. On open range gravel races though (as recently as two weeks ago), the small 820 screen size made it difficult to differentiate complicated road/trail splits. (Right angles would never be a problem for me -- only the rare events when the alternate roads/trails were a knotted bundle of snakes.) I went off course three times. The 820 alerted me to my errors pretty quickly, but I would rather have not made the errors in the first place. For that reason, I've been slightly tempted to switch to the 1030. Only the size of the 1030 and its price have kept me away. In my experience, the 820 touch screen is excellent. It's worth the extra cost over the 530, in my opinion. I'm not worried about the 830's or 1030's touch screen.
The 830's screen is bigger than that of the 820. I'm going to give the 830 a try.
For me, on paved roads, the size of the 820 screen has always been ample for navigation -- and I'm an old guy, so my eyesight isn't the greatest. On open range gravel races though (as recently as two weeks ago), the small 820 screen size made it difficult to differentiate complicated road/trail splits. (Right angles would never be a problem for me -- only the rare events when the alternate roads/trails were a knotted bundle of snakes.) I went off course three times. The 820 alerted me to my errors pretty quickly, but I would rather have not made the errors in the first place. For that reason, I've been slightly tempted to switch to the 1030. Only the size of the 1030 and its price have kept me away. In my experience, the 820 touch screen is excellent. It's worth the extra cost over the 530, in my opinion. I'm not worried about the 830's or 1030's touch screen.
The 830's screen is bigger than that of the 820. I'm going to give the 830 a try.
05-26-19, 11:03 PM
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Touchscreen not absolutely great, like a good phone, but certainly usable. The mapping with elevation is great, and FINALLY Garmin made the change that I have been asking from the days of the 305 or 500. Making the elevation page adjustable on both axes.
Also, while the Wahoo still beats Garmin in initial set up, this is not that bad with a touchscreen, as against the earlier ones where changing data fields with buttons, which was a PITA.
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