Frankie - B wrote:sanrensho wrote:I would buy a Bryton in a heartbeat if I knew it was more accurate than the Edge 500. (The Bryton 310 does not have GLONASS.)
Did you ever compare the accuracy of the Bryton units?
Since I found myself wondering what the heck GLONASS was i looked it up. ГЛОНАСС: ГЛОбальная НАвигационная Спутниковая Система
Glonass is as GPS a Russian positioning system that uses satellites, ground stations and a handheld device for cross-reference of a position. (in short)
Enabling Glonass next to GPS will suck the life out of the battery a bit faster (10%), but on the other hand it effectively almost doubles the accuracy of your location and the bread crumb trail we leave when we are recording our rides on our devices. Be it Garmin, Bryton, bio etc. Whatever floats your boat.
This sparks another thought with me, do we really need that accuracy? are we trying to build a bridge over a channel, starting from both sides, and would it look odd if we missed each other in the center point by a meter?
We are cycling and having fun, segments are meant for fun as well, if you loose sleep over missing a segment there are easier ways to fix that. SNAP Strava Needs A Polish.
The OP asked for something simple and somehow I found myself diving into the wold of GLONASS at 5am. Please keep things simple, get a unit that you like, is easily readable and that can record your ride.
The Bryton rider 530 has a battery life of 33 hours, uses a highly sensitive GPS chip (marketing blurb, probably a strong antenna) and hooks up to your wifi so you can upload your ride once you get home.
simple.
The advantage to me of Glonass is that when I turn the Garmin on, it finds satellites now in seconds. Whereas on the 500 without Glonass (GPS only), it would often take minutes or 10 minutes or longer or even never lock on to the satellites. In the PNW where I live, there is lots of tree cover and also it's known to be cloudy and even rainy, which hurts GPS reception.