Wahoo Releases ELEMNT ROAM computer
05-09-19, 07:16 AM
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We will forever be in agreement about Garmin. The last good computer they made was the Edge 500. That thing is the Nokia 3310 of bike computers. And head-to-head against the 1030, the Karoo is still an absolute winner. I will never buy another Garmin product.
I really just want the Karoo to be what they promised it to be.
I really just want the Karoo to be what they promised it to be.
05-09-19, 11:05 AM
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We will forever be in agreement about Garmin. The last good computer they made was the Edge 500. That thing is the Nokia 3310 of bike computers. And head-to-head against the 1030, the Karoo is still an absolute winner. I will never buy another Garmin product.
I really just want the Karoo to be what they promised it to be.
I really just want the Karoo to be what they promised it to be.
05-09-19, 11:06 AM
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My battery consumption went from 13% to 10% progressively with updates to around 6-8%/hr in the last general update. That's with the screen at around 1/3rd, power meter, hrm, speed sensor all connected via ANT+. So at those rates, that's 7.6 hours, to 10 hours to around 12.5 hours which exceeds their minimum spec of 10 hours.
Sure, it's not "sunshine and rainbows" but guess what, it's not over on the Garmin Edge 1030 forum either. My main point is this - they are making solid progress for which they deserve credit. It's reliable for my use case now and is the only bike computer I'm using since the snow melted.
J.
Sure, it's not "sunshine and rainbows" but guess what, it's not over on the Garmin Edge 1030 forum either. My main point is this - they are making solid progress for which they deserve credit. It's reliable for my use case now and is the only bike computer I'm using since the snow melted.
J.
05-12-19, 01:21 PM
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Not really and they should. I've been beating on them about this and other graphical representation of data. Having slider style presentation of things like power, power zone, cadence, heart rate etc... are not as well done as they should be.
05-12-19, 05:46 PM
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It seems DC Rainmaker was underwhelmed and I haven't found more thorough reviews than his. He appears to favor the new Garmin 530/830. Our club uses Ride with GPS for routes and the Wahoo products have a clear advantage there. I think the ClimbPro feature of the Garmin would be fun.
05-12-19, 10:08 PM
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Problem with relying on ConnectIQ apps...is they're released and are awesome, then Garmin updates the platform which breaks them. And the developer is gone and doesn't update them after a revision or two.
Had it happen to all 5 of my favorite Connect IQ data fields back while I was on Garmin.
Had it happen to all 5 of my favorite Connect IQ data fields back while I was on Garmin.
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