njee how are you finding the edge1000? is it an improvement over the previous models?
I had a 705 before, so it’s a big step up from that. The screen resolution is excellent (I believe a chunk better than the 800/810), the large screen is nice, and the backlight having a light sensor means it’s nice and visible all the time.
It’s a bit buggy – I got the Bluetooth LE to connect when I first got it (to get the phone alerts and stuff), but it’s never worked since, won’t connect, says it’s timed out etc. You can’t turn off turn by turn navigation, even if you save a course it gives you full turn by turn navigation, a friend said it was massively frustrating on the SDW – it kept trying to divert him to the roads (I suspect that’s in the settings). The temperature on mine seems a little dubious, often seems to under read. It’s also **** huge!
The Garmin Segments thing is quite neat, and I’ve recently found a tool that lets you send Strava segments to it – they pop up on screen when you enter a segment and it gives you real time progress against a chosen time (your PB, the KoM etc) – which feels how Strava should be!
I’m very happy with it though, nicer than the 705 for sure, not entirely sure I’d upgrade from an 800 though.