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Originally Posted by 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
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I hear ya... my Garmin 800 (~10+ yrs old) touchscreen suddenly stopped working. Was thinking I'd buy a $30 AliExpress replacement... (still might). In the mean time I obtained a used 520 and expected some mapping function. It doesn't do live maps or I haven't figured it out yet. Does decently if I pre-make a route and upload and then follow it. But the beauty of the 8x0 and 10x0 series Garmins is their live mapping. Now I gotta pull out my phone and check the Map App.