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p3dalfaster
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by p3dalfaster on Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:07 pm
I am using edge 520 with a Mac. what kind of problems you have? I have a perfect connection.
So for example yesterday, I came home, plugged it in to the Mac, and it literally sits there for 5 minutes and isn't picked up by Garmin Express. I then remove the Garmin, close software, re-launch software, re-attacah Garmin and it does the same thing.... I tried again and a few mins later and it worked
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FIJIGabe
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by FIJIGabe on Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:08 pm
Yeah, I use it on my 520, and previously, on my 810. It's great, especially when you're on vacation, as it eliminates the need to connect to a computer to upload. The process has gone through some teething, particularly during the early days of the 810, when the upload wouldn't work consistently. Nowadays, however, it works pretty effortlessly.
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caadbrad
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by caadbrad on Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:42 pm
I haven't heard anything new from Garmin, and it's going to take a significant update from Garmin in both software and hardware to convince me to try anything different than my Wahoo Elemnt Bolt now. I had an Edge 510 before hand and got fed up with the locked up/Frozen save screens, shoddy updates and corrupt files. I love the Bolt, it's worked perfectly so far this season and looks great.
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53x12
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by 53x12 on Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:59 pm
caadbrad wrote:I haven't heard anything new from Garmin, and it's going to take a significant update from Garmin in both software and hardware to convince me to try anything different than my Wahoo Elemnt Bolt now. I had an Edge 510 before hand and got fed up with the locked up/Frozen save screens, shoddy updates and corrupt files. I love the Bolt, it's worked perfectly so far this season and looks great.
Same exact story for me with my 510 and my experience with the Bolt. Would take a whole paradigm shift for me to try a Garmin device again.
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by Noctiluxx on Fri Jul 14, 2017 10:31 pm
1030? Thats the name the marketing department came up with?
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by fromtrektocolnago on Fri Jul 14, 2017 10:43 pm
kulivontot wrote:Does nobody use the Bluetooth sync on the app? I figured that'd would remove the need to plug in
I started using blue tooth two years ago and haven't gone back. if there's a criticism is that i still need to use a cable when loading a new route to follow.
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rapsac
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by rapsac on Fri Jul 14, 2017 11:19 pm
fromtrektocolnago wrote:kulivontot wrote:Does nobody use the Bluetooth sync on the app? I figured that'd would remove the need to plug in
I started using blue tooth two years ago and haven't gone back. if there's a criticism is that i still need to use a cable when loading a new route to follow.
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kode54
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by kode54 on Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:30 am
p3dalfaster wrote:I am using edge 520 with a Mac. what kind of problems you have? I have a perfect connection.
So for example yesterday, I came home, plugged it in to the Mac, and it literally sits there for 5 minutes and isn't picked up by Garmin Express. I then remove the Garmin, close software, re-launch software, re-attacah Garmin and it does the same thing.... I tried again and a few mins later and it worked
Sounds like you need to update firmware and or software on the Garmin and or Mac app Garmin Express.
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eaglejackson
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by eaglejackson on Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:45 am
53x12 wrote:caadbrad wrote:I haven't heard anything new from Garmin, and it's going to take a significant update from Garmin in both software and hardware to convince me to try anything different than my Wahoo Elemnt Bolt now. I had an Edge 510 before hand and got fed up with the locked up/Frozen save screens, shoddy updates and corrupt files. I love the Bolt, it's worked perfectly so far this season and looks great.
Same exact story for me with my 510 and my experience with the Bolt. Would take a whole paradigm shift for me to try a Garmin device again.
Same here. I had a 510, 520, and 820. I'm now using a Bolt and hard to see going back to Garmin.
Too many times my Garmins didn't capture the ride right, froze on updates (bricked a few times), pain to get routes installed, and overall poor software quality. I liked the features of the 820 but hated the touchscreen.
I've had no issues with the Bolt. The buttons are well designed and work great.
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by spdntrxi on Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:15 am
p3dalfaster wrote:I am using edge 520 with a Mac. what kind of problems you have? I have a perfect connection.
So for example yesterday, I came home, plugged it in to the Mac, and it literally sits there for 5 minutes and isn't picked up by Garmin Express. I then remove the Garmin, close software, re-launch software, re-attacah Garmin and it does the same thing.... I tried again and a few mins later and it worked
For me... my garmin likes a particular USB cable... I don't even know where the original is anymore, but my garmin likes the one I'm using now. If I use an extra long one or one of the many others I have laying around I get iffy connections.
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by mpulsiv on Sat Jul 15, 2017 5:25 am
I'm still using Edge 500. Not a single issue in last 4 years. If I ever upgrade it will be Bolt but then again Edge 500 does everything I need. It's small and light. Side-by-side, Bolt looks massive.
Edge 510, 520 and 800 series are all half-baked due to release schedule. What is it now? New unit every 18 months? Garmin software engineers dedicate ~ 9 months of development, punt all bugs reported by users, then move on to development of new unit.
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