So I cannot believe what my Garmin support representative just reported to me. Apparently, if you want to wear earbuds while using the Edge 1050, you will ONLY be able to hear navigational prompts through them. You will NOT be able to hear any audio alerts through your earbuds. According to Garmin support: "By design, "device tones" will always come from the device."
Why in the world someone at Garmin made this decision is beyond me. If you are wearing earbuds, Garmin thinks you will only want to hear the navigational prompts, the audio alerts will only play through the Edge speaker, and of course since you're wearing earbuds, you won't be able to hear them.
Am I the only one who finds this completely irrational? Is everyone else okay with this? Am I the only person who rides with earbuds? I cannot believe why this isn't the single most complained about design flaw in the Edge 1050.
What am I missing here folks? Am I just an outlier who thinks this doesn't make sense? Are other cycling computers designed the same way? I am ready to return my Edge and try some of the other competition because I feel like this is just a serious, serious design flaw. Please, someone explain it to me so I can understand better.
Even if I cannot wrap my head around this, I feel like I must share this so other potential buyers won't make the same mistake of buying the Edge 1050. So very, very sad.