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I still have an 820 and find the touchscreen ok... not as good as the 1030 ... 520 sucked pretty much all around for me.

spdntrxi wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:38 pm

I still have an 820 and find the touchscreen ok... not as good as the 1030 ... 520 sucked pretty much all around for me.

One thing I have noticed is the 830 doesn't have sensitivity options for its touchscreen while the 1030 has low/medium/high. I don't think that in itself makes much of a difference because I keep the 1030 on medium and it's fine. There's some lower level timing/setting issue making my touchscreen experience slightly worse on the 830...probably something that can be addressed in firmware, or also by licking my fingertip.

TobinHatesYou wrote:

spdntrxi wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:38 pm

I still have an 820 and find the touchscreen ok... not as good as the 1030 ... 520 sucked pretty much all around for me.

One thing I have noticed is the 830 doesn't have sensitivity options for its touchscreen while the 1030 has low/medium/high. I don't think that in itself makes much of a difference because I keep the 1030 on medium and it's fine. There's some lower level timing/setting issue making my touchscreen experience slightly worse on the 830...probably something that can be addressed in firmware, or also by licking my fingertip.

No problem at all it have mobile phones sensitivity


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TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:36 pm

I find the 830 touchscreen more finicky than my 1030 touchscreen, but the display is crisp and bright in comparison. Mainly my issue is sensitivity. Sometimes it takes multiple attempts to register a press, and if I try to press/hold to scroll through a screen, it'll only register as a press (which results in advancing to another screen rather than scrolling.)

I have the same issue. Other than this (occasional) issue, it's been quite a nice upgrade from my 800. At one point I was riding my gravel bike through the woods and helped a utility crew find the location they were looking for because there was no cell reception and their gps wasn't getting a signal. The garmin worked and I was able to use the map to find what they were looking for.

Juanmoretime wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:30 am

If you were a Boy Scout that sounds like you could have earned a merit badge. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

No Boy Scout jokes. It's a hard topic these days!

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Juanmoretime wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:02 am

I'm liking the Edge 530. I'm sure its just a setting. My Garmin does not automatically sync with Garmin Connect when I finish my ride and hit the end button bottom right then save using the top right button to save like my Garmn Edge 520 did. I have to launch Garmin Connect to get it to upload. Anyone know what I need to do? I'm a guy so reading the manual is a last resort.

If my 1030 is connected via Bluetooth to my phone installed with Garmin Connect, the activity will be synced to Garmin and Strava automatically when I touch Save Ride on the 1030.

My 520+ is not that old, but I do want to fiddle with one of the new devices. Maybe I'll try the 830 as I haven't had one of the touch screen Garmins before.

It was recently brought to my attention that the new Garmins have two Bluetooth connections that need to be paired and once I did this I was getting the upload to my Garmin Connect App as soon as I saved the ride well at least most times depending where I am located at that moment. I was having the same issues with my 530 not loading once I saved the ride but not an issue now.

kytyree wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:59 pm

My 520+ is not that old, but I do want to fiddle with one of the new devices. Maybe I'll try the 830 as I haven't had one of the touch screen Garmins before.

Luckily you didn't try the 820. The touch screen is horrible and the CPU is slow. It takes next to forever to compute navigation.

The 530/830 are "real" successors to the 500 and 810. Long battery life, better screen, faster operations and CIQ apps.

bikeboy1tr wrote:It was recently brought to my attention that the new Garmins have two Bluetooth connections that need to be paired and once I did this I was getting the upload to my Garmin Connect App as soon as I saved the ride well at least most times depending where I am located at that moment. I was having the same issues with my 530 not loading once I saved the ride but not an issue now.

I have two BT connections but I still have the upload issue. When I finish my ride with the phone in the garage, once I come within BT range my phone only shows one of those two BT connections as being connected. The 830 would only upload once I open the GC app., at which point both BT connections will show connections. It’s annoying the heck out of me. My 520 has no such issue. The ride is uploaded as soon as I save it and come within BT range to the phone.


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Yesterday I had to power the 530 down and then wait for a minute, power back up, go into History, then rides and select for it to load the ride. I have had to do this with my 510 in the past as well. I know this is irritating and I do have the connection to my Garmin App but still every so often this is what I have to resort too.

Yes, I usually at minimum have the garmin app running in the background on my phone after a ride. But I still have to do something manually either via the phone or Garmin to make sure it uploads. Other times by the time I set my stuff down back inside the house the ride is there. It works but I've yet to figure out why it can be so random.

Early this week I had a first with the 520+, all of my bluetooth connections dropped out mid-ride completely at the same time. Same setup I usually ride with, wasn't doing anything important enough to fool with it much but worked fine the next time I used it.

kytyree wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:59 pm

Other times by the time I set my stuff down back inside the house the ride is there. It works but I've yet to figure out why it can be so random.

This happens to me frequently with my 510. Now when I get home I plug in the 510 to charge it and I put my phone (iphone) on it's charger and usually within 10 minutes they sync. Like you said, sometimes it just happens immediately. Sometimes after a few minutes. Sometimes I force it by launching Garmin Connect. Occasionally, I shut down the Garmin and then restart it and it will usually sync after that. There's no rhyme or reason to it.