Heck, it’s even the same price right now with the rebate thingy. Wahoo ELEMNT: If you want a bigger screen – go forth and substitute everything I said here and just remove the word ‘Bolt’. Polar doesn’t seem to care about this unit for updates, so why should you? Which is too bad, because I think they were onto something. But again, for $170, it’s by far the best bike computer out there at that price (or anywhere near it). But it’s simply not in the same ballpark as the BOLT or Edge 520, mainly due to features. Polar M460: A very solid option, really solid, priced really well. But if you’re looking at sub-$200 options – then great – definitely a solid performer. Lezyne (various models): They’ve done good (great?) work in the past few years, but like the M460 below it’s just not in the same category here. I’m definitely looking forward to it, but again, not here today. Hammerhead Karoo: It’s not released yet, nor do I think that’ll happen imminently. And for the Edge 1000? While still technically the highest end Garmin cycling unit, I think most would agree that it’s due for a refresh (albeit there’s little competitive reason to do so). I use the Edge 820 on all my rides, but I also prefer the Edge 520 (which is also on all my rides). Further, as I discuss a bit more in the navigation section, its mapping is actually quite different than the BOLT. But it also costs another $100 above the Edge 520, at $399, making these comparisons even less valid. Garmin Edge 820: Yup, it’s basically an Edge 520 with a sometimes finicky touch screen added and proper navigation. Still, there are other units out there, so let me just list them off real quick. The simple answer is that I’m comparing what I think are the two market leader models, and based on your commentary over the last 5 or so months, so do you. Some will probably get all bent out of shape. The units I’m not including:īefore we dive too deeply, a lot of folks will ask about why I’m excluding other units. There are some 2,550 comments published to those posts that go into extreme discussions about the most minute of things. And failing all that, both full posts have nearly 2,500 comments between the two of them. Not to mention the product comparison tool as well. Of course, if you’ve got more questions about either one there’s always the full posts on both to give you total detail overload. It’s a bit of a showdown between the two units where I’m going to dive into all the details that you might want to consider (and then a bunch you probably never considered). This post is all about bike computers, and in particular the most popular two bike computers out there right now: The Garmin Edge 520 and the Wahoo ELEMNT BOLT. No other topic or subject area gets anywhere near as much debate or concentration as these two areas. There are two questions which reign supreme around these parts: Which watch to get, and which bike computer to get.
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