– Support for Bluetooth Smart sensors: Like the Fenix 5 and FR935, you can now pair to Bluetooth Smart heart rate straps, speed, cadence, and power meter sensors. – Trendline popularity routing: When creating routes, it’ll leverage all the data from Garmin Connect to find the best cycling routes across road, mountain, and gravel categories, meaning that it’s going to leverage where people actually ride. – Longer battery life: Claimed at up to 20 hours internally, and then you can stack on another 24 hours with the battery pack. – New External Battery Pack Option: You can now attach a secondary battery pack to the bottom using a locking mechanism. – New FirstBeat Recovery and Training Status metrics: We saw these introduced on FR935/ Fenix 5 earlier this year, they mirror the same here. – Totally revamped main user dashboard: This is pretty apparent from pretty much any photo you see here. In any case, in usual DCR style, bulleted list here we come: Which isn’t to say that’s bad – in fact, in many ways that’s good, as it minimizes the amount of issues you see at the outset.
AMBERLIGHT GIANT SLAIN UPGRADE
And what you’ll see is that in many cases it’s more of an evolutionary upgrade than it is a revolutionary one. Let’s dive right into things with what’s new on the Edge 1030. If you found the post useful, feel free to hit up the links at the bottom – I appreciate it. After which I’ll head out and get my own unit via normal retail channels. The question is – is the new Edge 1030 worth the price? And more importantly, how well are all these new features implemented? I set out to answer these questions.Īs always, once I’m done with this media loaner unit I’ll send it back to the Garmin folks in Olathe, Kansas. Also, the unit starts shipping today (yes, really). I’ve been riding with the unit for quite a while now and have a pretty good grasp on all these features, so much that it’s definitely in-depth review time. Not only that, it adds in Bluetooth Smart sensor support, FirstBeat Training load metrics, Rider to Rider messaging, and more. This new large-screen style unit features a longer battery life along with a new external battery pack option. Check out the Garmin Edge 1030 Plus In-Depth Review here for the latest info**Īfter over three years, Garmin has updated its flagship GPS navigation computer with a new edition – the Edge 1030. ** Update: The Edge 1030 has been superseded by the Edge 1030 Plus.
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