Anyone else really love their Garmin?

[Twizit]

Fenix 3 HR for me most of the time now. 810 sat in a drawer at home hasn't been used since last summer, and probably speaks to how often I (don't) need mapping capabilities, beyond stopping every now and then and checking on a smartphone.

Fenix is sooo much quicker to acquire satellites.

 

[Lozz360]

I say love as I have had quite a few...

Still own the 200, 25 & 1000

And I'd still like a go with 520 and the 820

Can't be true love, then.

I have the 520 and wouldn't be without it.

 

[broady]

If everything was plane sailing it wouldn't be love I feel.
I love my family, but there is definitely a few disagreements along the way - and I've definitely had disagreements with Garmin

I agree that phones are a lot more modern than Garmin's, but I like my phone to have a good battery if anything goes wrong. As @mythste says, I'd love to see where garmin are in 10 years time

 

[bigjim]

Got an old legend. Don't love it though. It has it's problems. Takes a while to work out where to go on startup but once warmed up is fine. It's flew off the bike a few times and survived and used to cutout a lot on rough ground but I seem to have solved that issue. I think my phone is a better piece of kit apart from the battery issue.

 

[SheilaH]

Im on my 4th Garmin. The first 3 (Legend, 60csx, 705) were rock-solid.

The 810 is a crock of sh1t.

Its not like these things are cheap. They arent. They are the price of a laptop. If Garmin sell these things sayings they can do X, Y and Z then they should do X, Y and fecking Z without crashing, freezing, failing to sync etc etc etc.

Otherwise Garmin should market it with the tagline "It might work".

 

[Dogtrousers]

Incidentally, I use my Oregon for navigation, but because the battery life is relatively poor (about 6-8 hrs, less if it's dark & the backlight gets used) I don't use it as my primary ride recording device. I stick my good ole reliable 60CSx in my saddlebag - that lasts for ages.

 

[User482]

I have an 800 - I think it's terrific. I can plot a new route on my computer, load it onto the Garmin, and head out into the hills, knowing roughly how long it will take me. If I tried doing that without a Garmin I'd be stopping every five minutes to check the map.

 

[R_nger]

Im on my 4th Garmin. The first 3 (Legend, 60csx, 705) were rock-solid.

The 810 is a crock of sh1t.

Its not like these things are cheap. They arent. They are the price of a laptop. If Garmin sell these things sayings they can do X, Y and Z then they should do X, Y and fecking Z without crashing, freezing, failing to sync etc etc etc.

Otherwise Garmin should market it with the tagline "It might work".

I'm happy with my 810 and I have experienced all the problems you mention... on laptops

 

[mustang1]

Touring+
No love

Vivoactiv HR
No love

 

[broady]

Shucks, Happy Valentines Day

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I can't afford flowers after buy the Garmin's

 

[Crackle]

and route planning on the device... well.

It would be really useful to be able to route plan in the connect app and download it.

 

[Vantage]

I bought my etrex 20 around August 2012 because the cycle club kept leaving me behind in unknown (to me) areas. They'd always come back and find me or wait at whichever junction they'd be turning off, but for that half hour or so I'd be sh***ing myself knowing I was lost. A diabetic hypo miles from anywhere and no one knowing where I was is a thought that scares the spoke nipples off me. Knowing it can lead me to the nearest known shop and cash machine or hospital or home is something I care for.
Battery life is a good 16 hours and I carry two spare batteries just in case. It's been bounced from the bars a couple times (lanyard solved that), frozen a million times, died once or twice and routed me into impassible fields a few times, but I wouldn't be without it.
Love it? Hmm...debatable. But I do value it more than most things I've bought for the bike.

 

[Ian H]

I also have an Extrex 20. I use it for randonnées and touring, except when I don't. It's useful when (e.g.) stuck in a city and trying to find an address. Following a track is useful for AUK events.

 

[mythste]

It would be really useful to be able to route plan in the connect app and download it.

A million times yes.

Why on earth does it try and guess the rest of the postcode and not let you put the whole thing in?! I think that actually requires more power that it doesnt have!

 

[geocycle]

Got an edge touring. We have an on and off relationship at the moment. I spent years understanding her foibles and mood swings until we reached a happy position. She, it is a she, lets me decide exactly on the route and has given up making fanciful suggestions, in return I agreed to follow her slavishly. But recently she gets turned on we ride into the sunset and then all of a sudden nothing. She was fine until she hooked up with some Garmin chap online who upgraded her, but she lost her bearings, discovered 'points of interest' I never wanted to know about and lost her appearance. I am tempted by a younger model, aren't we all, but will be faithful for now. Happy Valentines