[Closed] Which Cycling Satnav?

Wahoo Elemnt. Mapping for a 3 day, 100 mile off road loop in the lakes was spot on. Battery needed a charge every day/day and a half. Can't recommend highly enough.

Obvious options are Wahoo Elemnt/Bolt, Lezyne Mega XL/C, Garmin Edge 1000/1030/820/520 Plus. All have pros and cons. (Wahoo wins for general ease of ownership, Lezyne wins for battery life, Garmin wins for quality of navigation, IMO, YMMV etc.)

Garmin Etrex 20x. Probably similar to the Edge Touring in terms of navigation, but maybe more reliable. And better battery life.

i recently went from garmin to wahoo and couldn't be happier. bought mine off there website as they had a discount code last week, don't seem to get deals on the wahoo stuff anywhere

I recently picked up a Lezyne Mega XL for the very same reason, what appealed was the price compared to an equivalent Garmin, the claimed 46hr battery life and the fact you can mount it either portrait or landscape.

So far very pleased with it, easy to set-up via the phone app, I shall use the mapping function for the first time this weekend.

In terms of navigation, didn't the Wahoo come under a lot of criticism because it wouldn't display the track if you wandered away from it, rendering it pretty much useless if you get lost? Or is that something they've fixed? I'm interested in getting one, but that's really off-putting.

In terms of navigation, didn’t the Wahoo come under a lot of criticism because it wouldn’t display the track if you wandered away from it, rendering it pretty much useless if you get lost? Or is that something they’ve fixed? I’m interested in getting one, but that’s really off-putting.

If you go off course by quite a distance &/or a road is closed & you need to work out a diversion, then zooming out will often lose you a lot of map details - to the point where there isn't enough detail to work out quite where you need to go.
Depending on your usage requirements, this might or might not be an issue, I recently bought an Elemnt Bolt; I did consider whether the map thing would be a problem, but for 99% of my navigational requirements I just load a course & follow it.
If i get really stuck, I'll just get my phone out & use Google Maps to get me back on track - offline map download means no issue with being in an area with no signal.

The Garmin devices - particularly the 'plus' ones will give you much more scope for navigating 'on the fly' but after no end of problems with my Edge 500 I'd have rather navigated with a map & clipboard mounted on my handlebars than give them anymore of my money.

Fair enough. To be fair 99% of the time I use an Edge 500 which is great, but virtually useless for any kind of meaningful navigation, and certainly has its own quirks. So I expect it would be a massive improvement on that. I was hoping the full mapping capabilities would make it ideal for touring and stuff too though, and I'd be able to use one GPS for all, but that I'm not so sure about.

To weigh in on the OPs question. I'm using an Etrex 20 for navigational duties (which it's excellent for). AA batteries with a life of around 25 hours make it ideal for multi-day stuff. Quite large. Need to be careful with the mounts. Controls and software are a bit clunky and basic for cycling. But dependable and robust, it is. Think the newer ones now have Bluetooth and stuff, although I'm not sure how use-able the touchscreens are?

Garmin edge 800 second hand off here.

Its been ace!

A pain to learn how to get routes and maps on, easy to use to navigate and when lost to find where I am.

Wahoo Elemnt here, route planning using RideWithGPS. Ease of use is excellent, on-road navigation is excellent; if you go off route it's pretty easy to get back on again if you realise early enough (and the flashing red LEDs and beeping noise make it pretty obvious).

Off-road navigation is pretty good, easily good enough to indicate the track/direction on the ground that you should be following. If there's no obvious track on the ground and/or you're really out in the wilds, it's okay but probably needs a map as well (but you should have a map if you're really in the wilds anyway).

it’s okay but probably needs a map as well (but you should have a map if you’re really in the wilds anyway).

I tend to use Viewranger loaded with offline OS map tiles these days. Good or bad it might be, but I've not carried a paper map when on the bike for years.

Most of the bikepackers (me included) use a hiking style garmin for nav - Oregon, Dakota or etrex

I've had an Oregon for 8 years now, love it. Use for biking, walking and the motorbike

I moved from Garmin to the Wahoo and not looking back, use it on both MTB and road bike.