I have an Edge 1000 which I had shortly after it was released. It cost a kings ransom, but has proved to be a very poor investment. It promised many great features, but many of them have never worked reliably. For instance live track never works now, it sometimes worked in the past. I gave up with T by T instructions a long time ago as they were often too late for the junction. ..and the logic behind recalculate route if you swayed off the path was comical. Mostly it sent me home, even though I was only one hour into a six hour ride. Then there's the double pairing of Bluetooth, this always make me wince as Bluetooth connection is often dropped. How do Garmin get away with it?
Hopefully times have changed and software and hardware have moved on. I like the look of the 830, but I see recent firmware updates that make me nervous. Why do they need to provide fixes so that sensors are not dropped to this brand new device. Surely they must have this aspect of firmware development well and truly zipped up, after all it's not like this is the first Garmin device that has Ant+ and Bluetooth connectivity.
So this is making me think it's time to look elsewhere. The Wahoo Roam looks like a good candidate to me, and from what I have read Wahoo are good at firmware and feature updates. I know in many instances they are playing catchup, but when many of the features in the Garmin world aren't reliable are Wahoo that far behind?
Since this is an 830 forum, I guess many people here will be flying the Garmin flag, but I would think a few would have asked themselves similar questions. I would be interested to know what swayed you to ignore a Wahoo and go with the 830?
