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Garmin Edge 1030 Initial Impressions

fallingrock
over 7 years ago
I received my Edge 1030 yesterday and started to play around with it.

I haven't had an opportunity to ride with it, so I'm just going to comment on the user interface and physical characteristics.
  • The start/stop & lap buttons have been moved to the bottom edge. Not a big fan of that. Depending on how you have the Edge mounted, it could be difficult to get to them.
  • USB power plug also moved to the bottom edge. I am a big fan of that. It will be much easier to plug in to an external battery for those REALLY long rides.
  • Cover over power plug is hard plastic instead of soft rubber. I kind of wish they had stuck with rubber, as it's less likely to break.
  • User interface has been radically redesigned. Can't say if it's good or bad yet, as I have yet to get used to it. It looks like the Edge 820's layout (as you might expect).
  • There is a lot of information provided that isn't configurable and useless if you don't have a power meter (which I don't). I would have to preferred to not see that information unless a power meter is configured. Maybe it will be more useful when I start riding my kickr (which does provide power info).
  • Pairing sensors is a bit confusing ... as it will pair with both ANT+ and BTLE sensors. It doesn't clearly identify which sensors it finds are ANT+ and which are BTLE (especially when the sensor broadcasts both). I prefer to pair with the ANT+ data, as BTLE can only connect with one receiver at a time. ANT+ can connect with many. I'm somewhat familiar with the lower power RF technology, so I knew that BTLE provides a device name immediately and ANT+ doesn't. So when a sensor showed up as just a number, it was ANT+ and I paired with that one.

More comments as they occur to me.

david
  • 0 over 7 years ago
    Sounds just like my 5X and FR935 anytime the sensor shows up with the name in the ID it's BTLE and number only is ant+
  • 0 over 7 years ago
    I received my Edge 1030 yesterday and started to play around with it.
    • There is a lot of information provided that isn't configurable and useless if you don't have a power meter (which I don't). I would have to preferred to not see that information unless a power meter is configured. Maybe it will be more useful when I start riding my kickr (which does provide power info).
    • Pairing sensors is a bit confusing ... as it will pair with both ANT+ and BTLE sensors. It doesn't clearly identify which sensors it finds are ANT+ and which are BTLE (especially when the sensor broadcasts both). I prefer to pair with the ANT+ data, as BTLE can only connect with one receiver at a time. ANT+ can connect with many. I'm somewhat familiar with the lower power RF technology, so I knew that BTLE provides a device name immediately and ANT+ doesn't. So when a sensor showed up as just a number, it was ANT+ and I paired with that one.
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    david

    I wish your post had been available last week when I spent two days pulling my hair out over this issue. With only a device name initially available I selected it for my spd/cadence sensor which resulted in lack of cadence, speed, distance and related data.

  • 0 over 7 years ago
    How works navigation into menus? The speed of scrolling, load tracks, segments... is like garmin 1000 or is better?
  • 0 over 7 years ago
    So I took my first ride with the 1030 today.

    I had no problems with it at all.

    A few things of note ...
    • When connected, you can get verbal announcements from your phone when turns are approaching.
    • Searching for POI's is still slow. This is a bit of a disappointment. I was hoping it would be faster than the 1000.
    • The display is noticeably more crisp than the 1000. I had no problem with the 1000, but this is slightly nicer.
    • Because the garmin outfront mount keeps the unit slightly above the bars, I had no problem getting to the buttons.
    • Power consumption was a bit worrying. I went for a 20 mile ride. I was using navigation about 25% of the time, was connected to 3 sensors (HR, SPD/CAD, & radar/tail light), and my phone. When I got home, the Edge 1030 was at 81%.
  • 0 over 7 years ago
    How works navigation into menus? The speed of scrolling, load tracks, segments... is like garmin 1000 or is better?


    Pretty comparable to the 1000. POI search is the same too. I was hoping that would be faster.