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Other than size are there are any fundamental differences?
Required for road and mtb, including power meter usage, and following routes.
I'm in the same boat - Garmin website is useless for making comparisons across the range.
After a bit of Googling I did manage to find this:
[url= https://static.evanscycles.com/production/pdf-media/download/Garmin%20Comparison%20Card.pdf ]Evans linky[/url]
It doesn't answer your question, but helped me rule out the 810 and also understand the differences between Edge 820 and Edge 820 Touring.
It wasn't easy to find, so it's possible there's an 820 v 1000 equivalent out there somewhere!
Cheers. Anyone else owned both and care to comment?
I have the same choice to make, however, I have friends with both but their experience didn't help me at all. One friend bought an 820 which went totally haywire and she ended up returning it to Garmin and purchasing a 1000 which has been ok so far. Another friend bought a 1000 which had lots of problems and has replaced that with an 820 which again has been ok so far - go figure. They can be had for approximately the same price if you look around - the 820 battery may be better, the 1000 has a bigger screen. Oh yeah, watch out for the 'Touring' versions as their functions are limited, but they're cheaper if you don't need the extras (ANT+ connectivity???)
1000 has an SD card slot the 820 is all internal memory, albeit hefty I believe.
DCR has a fair bit on how it compares to others: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/07/garmin-edge-820.html
FWIW I have the 1000 and have no desire to swap to the 820, the 1000 seems to get all the firmware updates that the others are getting (GroupTrack etc). Have you considered the Wahoo Elemnt out of interest? It looks like the kick up the proverbials Garmin needs to maybe sort out their usability.
I went for the 820 because, for me, the 1000 is just too big, currently the main complaints about the 820 on the Garmin forum relate to the touch screen sensitivity, not something that bothers me as I use an Edge Remote.
Thanks for the review of the wahoo. It looks really interesting but not quite there yet in terms of navigation which is not a function I use loads but I do sometimes upload a 100 miler in a area I don't know and just follow the (now stolen) garmin 1000.
I can pick up an 820 for about £100 less so I'm leaning towards that, if the only real difference seems to be screen size. No one in my cycling group has an 820 for me to have a fiddle with.