CrowSeph

Hello , i'am planning an upgrade after 14 years with my polar cs100.
The two option were:
- Bryton 420E
- Polar m460

Any one had the same choice or used one of these?
Which one would you pick and why?
thanks for future answers.

DMC707

I voted Other because Garmin was not on your list. It is by far the most interactive GPS i have experience with and syncs up very easy to Strava and power meters.

That though, is provided they are available in your area

CrowSeph

yea i know but is out of budget for me

Branko D

I have a M460 and it's been really adequate over the last three years. Picked it for the big battery life and small form factor and it has all the functionality I need. I wish it could fit another line of data on the display. Works with Bluetooth sensors without issue, which includes my HR sensor and powermeter.

Money no object I'd pick up something else, especially as Polar have obviously decided to get out of the business of making bike computers, as nothing new is in the works. Also, most if not all aftermarket mounts don't work with Polar, I had to bodge a Polar base to my out front mount for it to work.

tempocyclist

On a lower budget with Garmin not an option for you, the Bryton is my pick. Really good units for the money.

ChamoisDavisJr

I see the Bryton is around $150.

if that’s your budget I’d watch for sales and get a Garmin Edge 130.

But really we’d need to know your use case, sensor support needed, etc. in order to make anywhere close to a “choice” for you.

The Chemist

I've had a great experience with my Bryton Rider 420. Had it for a year, ridden about 5500km with it. No issues at all. Syncs up well with all kinds of sensors (I believe both ANT+ and Bluetooth), has great battery life, easy to read and configure display, nice auto backlight, can set to automatically sync to Strava and other services, and considerably cheaper than a Garmin with similar functionality.

CrowSeph

thanks for the great advices and comments.

Bryton seems pretty good and solid , but also i read some negative review.
- Constantly need for a reset every 6 monts (due to memory i think).
- The gps signals seems to not woprking properly when used on mountainbike or where there are trees.

have you experienced one of these problems?

The Chemist

No, neither of them. I've been using mine constantly for over a year now and I've never had to reset it. The GPS signal is quite good, and rarely loses signal except when I'm in a really sheltered area where there is absolutely no view of the sky (road underpasses and tunnels, primarily - thick trees and tall buildings aren't enough to block the signal in my experience). Since you can also set it up to use GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and Beidou, it has a LOT of satellites to choose from, so I find it gets signal lock quickly and keeps it very well.

CrowSeph

Sound great

BikingViking793 

I’ve had my 420 for over a year and still really like it.

philbob57

I have a Lezyne Macro (no ANT+) and a Wahoo TickrFit HRM which drops out every so often. There is some evidence that the dropouts would not occur if I could use ANT+, so that's 1 possibly meaningful difference between the Bryton and the Polar. Also, the Bryton's display is bigger, so that's another difference. Your choice.

BTW, for $150 or less (plus tax, perhaps) you can get a Lezyne Super Pro, which seems more capable than the Bryton 420 or, maybe, the Garmin 130.

jgwilliams

I voted Garmin mostly because I get a discount through my work health insurance. However, having said that, I've had three Edge devices and they've all worked pretty flawlessly.

sw20

Another vote for Garmin, really impressed with my 530 so far, if that is out of your price range what about the 1st gen Wahoo Bolt? In the UK you can get the Bolt for about £45 more than the Bryton.

Road Fan

Yeah, that's my point - as nice as some of the Polar products were, Polar certainly looks to possibly be out of business! I've been looking for some chest sensor belts and information on them, and I can't find anything that's official. I've used the A5 HRM, RS100 HRM, and CS200 cyclo/cadence computer, also several medium Sigma sport and a ROX10. The ROX 10 seemed attractive but hard for me to set up.

I upgraded to Wahoo ELEMNT several years ago. It's really good as an HRM, a little dodgy as a speedometer and cadence meter, and ok as a basic GPS. I don't have a bike power meter, but it works pretty ok with my Wahoo KICKR. I mainly don't like the short battery life, frequent need to calibrate (spin-up test), frequent updates of apps, and dodgy ability to detect sensors which worked just the day before. And while I have no personal experience with Garmin products, occasionally reading the discussions here on BF does not give me an impression of superior robustness and accuracy.

CrowSeph

thank you all , btw i ordered the bryton.
maybe next upgrade will be a super garmin but for now i'll stick to it.