This thread has already helped me, but:
Apart from battery type and case shape, is there a big difference in function / usability between an edge 530 and an etrex 32x? Once a bike mount is added they’re pretty close in price.
Background:
I used to have a satmap 10. A downpour fried it. I struggle to justify that price now.
I tried my phone (previous and current), but the strava tracks are full of jumping about.
I currently use a Lezyne that doesn’t do mapping, as a computer / recorder. For maps I have paper on a bar bag. I actually really like the wider view, especially for making it up as I go / touring.
However, for rides involving the night the bar bag and light fight; and for audax I’m mostly following a plan and could loose the big bag of cameras (and so the map on top).
My idea of navigation is mostly following a line on a map, but a map that does off road as well as on. Attaching route sheet instructions to places could be useful. I can plan routes on Linux (1st choice), iPad, or Mac using some mix of rwgps and Komoot.
I’d want distance, ride time, heart rate, speed, clock time etc as computer functions. But I’m not doing laps or following pace targets. And getting the ride record out to strava, but I don’t need notified about segments on the go.
Battery life needs to be over 12 hours in reality, ideally 20 - corresponding to 200 / 300 without mucking about with chargers. For multi day / longer the USB charge I’d already support for my phone, and AAs are reassuringly widely available.