Edge Explore - anyone replaced the battery?

[accountdeleted]

Update -
Turned on Battery Saver Mode, minimal backlight, 30sec screen-off, but kept on LiveTrack, Blutooth and all notifications. Quickly got used to intermittent use of screen (compared to having the screen on all the time). 20mile ride used up 15% battery so a better energy saving.

But, I did a 35miler on a weekend and the unit froze at 34mile (didn't realise until I stopped and realised the map hasn't kept up)! Quite annoying, but managed to salvage the 34mile ride data by long press on power and restarting. No biggie as it was only 1mile short (did some .GPX file editing on a website and copied the last 1mile track from another recent ride), but this experience dented my confidence on relying on the unit (first time it froze).

 

[ianrauk]

but this experience dented my confidence on relying on the unit (first time it froze).

Have you got 'ReRouting' Turned off.
Having it on is the cause of many a problem with older Garmin devices.

 

[accountdeleted]

oooh... I have the "rerouting" on, and quite happy to turn it off. I got irritated a few times with "turn around!!!! 🤬" prompt when I deviated from the course that was not properly routed beforehand and I went on with my real-world knowledge of appropriate road choice.

Thanks very much for the tip. 👍

 

[ianrauk]

oooh... I have the "rerouting" on, and quite happy to turn it off. I got irritated a few times with "turn around!!!! 🤬" prompt when I deviated from the course that was not properly routed beforehand and I went on with my real-world knowledge of appropriate road choice.

Thanks very much for the tip. 👍

It caused me a lot of grief when I first got the Explore. Found on the net to turn it off was the end of problems and all was good in the routing world.

 

[fossyant]

Re-routing is a pain. Just leave it off.

 

[accountdeleted]

A quick update. So I did:

• Battery saver - ON
• Routing notification - ON
• Re-routing - OFF
• Auto-screen off - 30SEC
• Backlight - MINIMUM
• Bluetooth connectivity - all on (including notifications)
• LiveTrack - ON
• Turning on screen manually - as much as I can resist!

This setting has reduced battery usage on 20-30mile ride to 5-15%! So that's a result. Thanks everyone for the tip 👍

 

[ianrauk]

Good to hear.
Now is the time for you to start saving up for an Explore 2. The battery life is immense.