[Northendzone]

had a bit of a frustrating expereince recently with my garmin tour edge computer.

so i had this unit for about 6 or so years, and the battery life was getting low, so i did some searching on the internet and found that the battery could be replaced and watched a video that made the procedure look relatively easy - so i ordered the battery for $40. Opened up my garmin and as i was gently prying out the internals, my tool lightly clipped some internal part that came off the circuit board - so i wound up making a mess of my unit and wound up chucking it out.

looked around at options and order a IG Sport model for $180 from Amazon. The unit itself was ok for the price and fit my garmin mount, but the app was crappy - so i sent that back to amazon.

then wound up buying a 520 from facebook marketplace for $220. Nice unit, fits the garmin mounts i have on all three bikes, but the map interface really sucks. i had just assumed the map part would work like my tour edge worked. The unit itself works nicely as it BT's to my phone (which now makes my $500 garmin fenix 3 somewhat redundant for biking purposes).

of course i can use trailforks on my phone in terms of directions, but it was nice having a map in my garmin - and given i could not really return the garmin, i am going to have to live with this and do a little more research on what i can load into it.

i guess my lesson is ultimately, not all garmins are created equally, and do more research into the model i am buying