Garmin Edge 500 or Powertap CPU??

[VeloRacer]

Do you guys think its worth it to change over to the Garmin 500? Or should I stick with the usual Powertap CPU headunit?

[azikara]

I liked the LYC (little yellow computer) because it was simple. But, since switching to the 500 I really like it. At first it sucked. I didn't like that if you didn't reset it everytime then it merges all you rides. But I really like that you can cusomize the data on three separate screens which really helps my training. So I can see overall time, lap time and average lap power as well as instantaneous power. So if I want to do 3 min vo2 intervals I can target a specific power. Sure You can do this on the LYC too but on the 500 you can hit one button an switch screens to see other data like your climbing rate, altitude, speed and anything you can imagine.

 

The 500 is also more reliable from a download perspective I find.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Tristan.