New - Garmin Edge Touring

[Tankman]

Looks pretty cool if you want to tour and explore the unknown.

An Edge 800 body with more GPS features

 

Price looks to be around $299 for the bundle with HR + CAD and all the rest

 

More info on DC Rainmakers site:

 

[Sepia]

Looks great. Just did an upgrade to the 800 last week. Just thinking, upgrade on an upgrade?

Are the maps not the same though?

[Tankman]

Looks great. Just did an upgrade to the 800 last week. Just thinking, upgrade on an upgrade?

Are the maps not the same though?

 

Not quite, the maps might be the same but the functionally is different.

 

Lets say you are on holiday in another country (while touring), you can quickly say you want to do a 50km ride.

This gives you options. Straight back and out, a loop or to a specific point of interest.

 

Lets say you want to do a 50km loop, it will provide you with 3 different 50km loop options. Should their be a particular point of interest along the way you want to visit, you can add that to your route.

 

There should, as far as I understand, be more points of interest loaded on this as well. Banks, ATMS, guest houses, hotels, restaurants, historical places and much more stuff you might find useful when touring, much like the functionality and ability of the car gps's

[Joeboy69]

Did any Hubbers buy this or can you give some feedback? I'm in the market for something to replace my Bryton. I've been using my phone the last few months but will prefer a dedicated unit, plus I enjoy gadgets :-)