Stages/Giant Dash (M200/L200)

[robertbb]

I just pulled the trigger on an L200 (Stages branded), should arrive next week.

I notice DCrainmaker never followed up with a full/long term review (which he alluded to in his "first look" post/video).

The feature set and display options for training/pacing and even for bike-specific routing really do look amazing.

Looking forward to trying it out and getting it set up before our Southern Summer begins. Something fun to do during the TdF, especially while it's cold out and I'm riding only indoors until mid/late-September.

Anyone use one of these and care to share their experiences, tips, gotchas?

[warthog101]

deleted a bit negative.

[robertbb]

deleted a bit negative.

Huh? A bad review of a device?

[warthog101]

Yeah, wasn't that helpful really.
I had a lot of trouble with usability and connectivity. Back to Garmin.

[robertbb]

Yeah, wasn't that helpful really.
I had a lot of trouble with usability and connectivity. Back to Garmin.

Hard to know sometimes if Garmin/Wahoo employ people to leave crap reviews on competitor devices. I have been researching and a lot of people also rave about them. One way to find out...

[robeambro]

Perhaps not helpful nor constructive, but I am also using a Stages Dash (borrowing from a friend after my Bolt v1 died of old age after 5 years). The only good thing about the Dash is how easy it is to customise pages. I hate every single other aspect of it. Poor battery life, absolutely unintuitive user interface (once I made my map yellow whilst riding, how? Who knows. I couldn't fix it), bad haptics, poor connectivity (my HR often doesn't make it to the end of the ride). I could continue - it's a terrible product IMO/IME.