Climb pro lags for me too, a lot of the climbs I do have sections which are heavily wooded or have steep banks by the road, I guess I always assumed that the lag was due to poor GPS signal.
Strava segments work while navigating and have for a few years now. You just need to create the route and star segments from Strava.
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You mean via the Strava routes connect IQ app? I never bothered with it since everyone on the internet said it would crash or freeze once a live segment starts.
This is easier than typing it but works fine for me. Key here it strava route map. Wahoo does a way better job of this integration.
Yea, that was I mean. Does it work reliable? No use if my garmin completely freezes while pushing massive watts chasing KOMs
For me on my 530 it has been working fine and don’t have any major problems with the segments I want. If it does miss them it is my fault or I have one right when navigation would come up but it is rare. Typically though on avg lets say on a 20 mile route I have up to 10 and they are pretty spaced out.
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I’ll give a try, since no segments while navigating was my biggest gripe with my 1030+.
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I think the route has to be created in Strava and exported to Garmin. The segments are hardcoded into the file.
I have an 830 and this is a slight annoyance. Wahoo do this much better. The segments are automatically activated as you start them regardless of whether you are doing a route or a free ride.
I honestly don’t know what they could do to the 530 to make it better(for me personally)
I expect USB-C charging and probably multi-band gps. Both of which don’t bring any value to me. Maybe solar charging, which would be cool, but unnecessary IMO since it’s already got a stellar battery life.
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That is exactly what I said.
Better map readability
Create your own maps and have complete control of what is in them, line styles, and colours! I don’t think the Garmin maps look very good. I create my own.
more accurate climb pro (it’s always lagging behind for me)
In my experience the data displayed lags about a second behind. This is probably due to the processor used. Faster ones would drain the battery more quickly so there will be trade off there.
I’m more in the market for a 1040 than an 840 - but I’d be very happy with a faster processor, faster charging and USB-C.
A USB-C port would be more durable, can potentially have a higher IP rating and more compatible with a growing amount of devices. I was surprised the 1030+ didn’t make the jump and would be shocked for a company to release a device over $200 without USB-C.
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Ability to enable/disable alerts at a more granular level. Some screen & audio, some just screen and other just off. (GALE WARNING!!!)
USB-C (naturally)
Improved GPS like on Fenix 7 (that would solve a lot of route/climb pro issues.
Ability to edit length of climb pro segments. Break what climb pro thinks is 1 climb into three based on descending in what it considers it’s climb.
I like the idea of an accessory power screen. Firmware notice could be on the mobile app or as an icon on the sensor screen.
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I like the general ideas but would hope this functionality doesn’t just apply to tightly riding groups. For example if they have an array antenna to be able to get direction to other devices around it you could tell if someone got ahead or fell off the rear. Mix this with cell phone networking you could more easily track where people are on a group ride. Should be possible to say you got a flat or some other problem and if the incident detection went off send an alert to the group so others know of a possible crash.
Better support for more sensor types would be nice. Muscle oxygen is on wearables but not edge. Core body temp. Collecting simple data should be built in to not need connect iq apps to get the data.
This would allow the data from the sensors to be shared (i.e. if you want two connect iq data fields to use one sensor it would be easy) and make it easier to pair to a sensor. I’m not saying garmin should invest the effort to interpret the data, just save it and make it available for a connect iq field to use. From that perspective muscle oxygen, heart rate, core temp, cadence, etc are all the same basic thing in recording a number every second.
If my fenix 7 can give pretty good voice feedback for laps why can’t the edge have a speaker to give the same info by audio? Think Venu 2 plus
Fix HRV recording when using ant+. It is possible. Details at:
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The way the edge does the routes is always so stupid to me. At least sort by proximity to me or something. I shouldn’t have to scroll past all my routes from the annual beach vacation to get to the route I want.
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- auto group by proximity where it can autoname the group with a name “x.x-city,state” with x.x being distance away.
- sort by distance
- sort by age of route (when loaded onto garmin)
- for touch device - bring up a map and pick general location where you’ll start so sort by distance can be based on that location and not current. This map could also show starting points of routes on device to make it easier to find routes. Maybe if the device is fast enough render the routes
Funny thing is edge 800 did that. I was surprized not to see that in 810 and even in 830.
My top 3:
- Better screen (contrast, typeface, bezels)
- Precise GPS and proper on-device routing/rerouting
- Software that feels finished and tested vs. buggy mess of 830 launch
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I barely use any of the features the 830 has and only upgraded from an 800 because the 800 didn’t support the varia radar. But what I would like is a bigger screen and more font size options, because my eye sight has fallen off a cliff in the last few years, and the option for louder alerts for the varia.
I suspect I’ll swap to a wahoo with their “zoom in” feature before I looked at an 840.
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Not trying to discourage you, but it seems like everyone I know that bought a Wahoo for eyesight reasons has zoomed in once and never changed it. They could have configured once on Garmin, but I’ll admit it was easier to configure it.
Overall I’m pretty happy with the 530, the sub-max FTP estimation works great for me, particularly after an off-season break and fitness drop. Aerobic/Anaerobic Training Effect works better than WKO TIS for me. ClimbPro without loading a route would be nice. Touchscreen would be nice. I’m sixty and still have no problems seeing the 530 with 8 or 10 data fields.
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