bkw wrote:Got any real world navi reviews? Compared against the 800, if possible.
Not an extended review as I've only run one route using the Elemnt but a few comments.
1. It's really cool that it automatically downloads your routes from ridewithgps when connected to WIFI. I was actually kind of surprised it did this.
2. When running a route, if you go off route there's a bank of LED's across the top that glow red but only for a short time. I'd prefer it if they stayed on until you got back on the route. If e.g., you're not looking at the thing, you go off route and miss the LED's you could think all is good (unless you study the map display).
3. It would be nice if one of the selectable fields for the map was "distance to next cue". Although with early notifications turned on in ridewithgps it DOES give you the next cue immediately after completing a cue, if you miss it you have to pay constant attention looking for the next cue (or look at a cue sheet). I prefer having it say "4.3 miles" in the distance to next cue so I don't have to constantly be checking the map to see if there's a turn coming up. Having said that, the "distance to next turn" field on a Garmin is usually so f'd up that it's nearly useless anyway.
4. No idea what battery life is when running a route. I'll be doing a 125K permanent this weekend and will use the routing function so we'll see.
So far, I prefer it to anything Garmin (I have a Garmin 1000 and have owned an 810 and 520) but then I loathe Garmin so ymmv.
Greg