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Unbelievable worst cycling purchase I have ever made

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Out again on beta version 3.97 unit froze again and had to hold power down to restart it.

Previous update kept switching off during rides.

This is the most expensive computer I ever bought and had it when it first came out and had the touring, 500, 520 and then decided to go the full hog and get the 1030.

Every update seems to fix some things and wreck other things that was working fine before.

In some cases this £500 computer is totally unusable and every time I go out I spend half my time watching it so much to check it has not reset, switched off or froze.

Surely it is about time that garmin invested time and resources to fixing this 1030 and quickly or at least offer users a refund for a sub standard product?

Friends just laugh when I get problems with my top of the range garmin and they have went with wahoo and have no problems whatsoever and everyone I know starting to buy them instead of garmins.

Looking at the forum posts and nothing but problems constantly from everyone.

Best of it is if I tried to sell it I would get peanuts for it.

To have this many problems on a computer that costs the same amount as a bike and still does is just not right and the updates takes ages and never work!!

So please garmin restore the faith of your 1030 users or think a lot of your users are going to jump ship.

Not being out of turn here as this is months down the road from unit was realised and still daily posts of problems!!
  • Hi all,

    a couple of weeks ago I received the 1030 as a gift. I was blown away by the generosity...

    ...but it’s yet to be used as intended, a cycling computer.

    it took 3 days to link my phone (multiple work arounds to get my phone and 1030 pair), then the screens started freezing when setting up the displays. finally got all screens and profiles done and have had 2 false starts with 2 different bikes not being able to pick up the cadence/power/hr sensors after finding them a couple of days before and being listed on the unit... Frustrating being all ready to go and having to abandon the computer after what I thought was finally ready to be used.

    both times had to resort to the trusty 800 or 500 I have lying around.

    So, my dilemma is whether to persist or return the gift. My concern is that these problems will be like this for the lifetime of the unit. If it can’t work straight out of the box, once it is used on road will it have more problems?

    cheers