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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.

Will be able to participate in this thread shortly since I ordered yesterday a Garmin Edge 530 to replace my 520. Look for a 520 to be for sale soon!

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.

mdeth1313 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:48 pm

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.

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

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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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.

I sometimes don't receive the message for incoming text messages or phone calls. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't and I haven't figured out why !

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.

I went in to settings and got it figured out. Had to do the same with autostop. Garmin needs to work on when you have a new unit it transfers the setting from the old unit via Garmin connect.

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.