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50 quid, bargain
Can you customise the display on this and choose what to show?
Is it any good for navigating off road?
Is it any good for navigating off road?
No, I have one, rather unreliable and generally inaccurate, always losing connections to satellites and sensors. probably good enough to give to a kid as a first device, or an inexperienced cyclist, but I think for most it falls short of the mark.
always losing connections to satellites and sensors
Never had that issue despite having one for a few years now, works well as a simple ride tracker. Would agree that it's not the right tool for the job of navigation though
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Can you customise the display on this and choose what to show?
Yes, but not through the unit itself. Takes some faffing around on a PC iirc, but actually looked quite simple to do: http://www.edge25.net/
> Can you customise the display on this and choose what to show?
To clarify mashr, you can choose from the device itself, but only from these fields: Elapsed time, distance, speed, avg speed, calories, cadence, total ascent, elevation.
Heart rate only displays on a separate page - although Mashr's link looks great for getting round that.
'Time of day' isn't an option which annoyed me when commuting.
> Is it any good for navigating off road?
Unlike MSP mine was perfectly reliable. It's small and breadcrumb-only however so not great for navigating. I used it sometimes on road where I just needed a clue as to where to turn rather than full on navigating.
Another annoyance is that it's a custom charging clip not USB - so you need to have that with you to charge it.
I managed with breadcrumb trails for years, on older devices. Ok so maps are better but you can get by with breadcrumbs - remember it's only £50.
No, I have one, rather unreliable and generally inaccurate, always losing connections to satellites and sensors. probably good enough to give to a kid as a first device, or an inexperienced cyclist, but I think for most it falls short of the mark.
You must have got a bad one, it's been brilliant for me and the only reason I would upgrade now is for better battery life, and even then I could probably just buy a new one and remember to turn bluetooth and GLONASS off...
Wouldn't use offroad though, navigation only just accurate enough on road, wouldn't trust it off road.
2nd all the above. Perfect minimalist tool for ride tracking and displaying data. It's not for navigation except in the most basic sense.
But then, it's cheap, simple, small and reliable. What more do you want?
I've used mine both on and off road. No problems on road. Off road it's fine if you've a basic understanding of how to read an OS map, so that you can workout how the breadcrumb compares to the paper version and a rough idea of where you're going. I use it more as a reminder of the rough direction that I'm meant to be going, and accept that occasionally I may have to backtrack if I've missed a turning.
It will display time of day, just not along with any other fields
That's a good price!
It's not perfect of course - but it's tiny - like REALLY TINY - and reliable. I've got other garmins - and still use the 25 a lot.
The battery life is the real short coming for me: on night rides it barely gets 3 to 4 hours. But with GLONASS and Bluetooth off it improves - just about.
Nav is what you would expect back in 1987 in mono breadcrumbs. Heart rates / cadence etc are all fine ime. And as mentioned above - you have to customise the screens on PC etc.