Edge 705 Has Arrived

[ZorgusPrime]

Zorgus you left out one of the most important things' date=' it has a USB cable to download...non of this other trash, sukkel battle everytime you want to download!!

 

How much is it going for??

 

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and an SD card if that's not fast enough.

 

They are R5899 at EasyGIS (www.easyGIS.co.za). Not sure if anyone else is shipping them yet.

[dirtrider]

Cape Union Mart in Hatfield got one .

[scotty]

Great device,  705's definitely on my to get list.

 

305 cost's less than Polar 725 but has more functionality and very easy to operate. No worrying about speed sensors not picking up, finnicky downloading to PC, and battery unit replacing and adjusting wheel sizes when changing bikes. Only down side i can see is the limited battery life before the unit needs to be charged.

[ZorgusPrime]

Great device' date='  705's definitely on my to get list.

 

305 cost's less than Polar 725 but has more functionality and very easy to operate. No worrying about speed sensors not picking up, finnicky downloading to PC, and battery unit replacing and adjusting wheel sizes when changing bikes. Only down side i can see is the limited battery life before the unit needs to be charged.

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Scotty, The battery life is now rated at 15 hours

(1200 mAh Li-Ion, up from 900 mAh on the 305)

 

Also, if you turn off the GPS, and only use the other functions (as avaialble on a polar for instance) the battery life goes up by magnitudes.

 

I'll try do some field testing, but I don't often go out for 15 hour rides during the week :-)

 

 

[JasonW]

Great device' date='  705's definitely on my to get list.

 

305 cost's less than Polar 725 but has more functionality and very easy to operate. No worrying about speed sensors not picking up, finnicky downloading to PC, and battery unit replacing and adjusting wheel sizes when changing bikes. Only down side i can see is the limited battery life before the unit needs to be charged.

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I've heard that the problem with the 305 is that its distance measuring is not particularly acurate. Has anybody experienced this or would its accuracy be on a par with the Polar or any other trip computer for that matter.

[dirtrider]

It is doing distance and speed calculation using GPS !! You don't get more accurate than if you in the open .

[scotty]

Battery life never worried me but will remember to switch GPS off when i do repetitive routes, i usually can go Mon - Fri, then pop it in to charge for the weekend.

JasonW mine is pretty accurate comparing it to my Cateye, which was accurate to my Polar i used before.

[JasonW]

Thanks Scotty. Do you experience much signal loss or is that reliable?

[scotty]

Nope no signal loss yet, only have occasional high HR reading. I ride with mine fitted to my bars but i know some riders put their's in their camelpack mesh pockets.