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Who cares that the Edge 830 touchscreen cycling computer offers dynamic performance monitoring and insights to help you improve? You do. So, whether you’re a podium finisher, Kona qualifier, gravel grinder, straight-shaven, urban pedaled, dirt ball or somewhere in between, Edge 830 is ready to roll as your new riding partner.

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After weeks of careful evaluation and plenty of trail time, the Garmin Edge 830 rose to the top of the pack. This computer has a vibrant touchscreen and a few basic tactile buttons for controls. Scrolling around and selecting options is wonderfully straightforward. The menus and interface are well-organized, making them relatively intuitive and user-friendly. This computer seems less affected by water interference than other touchscreen devices, making it a little more practical to use during inclement weather. It also has a laundry list of useful features. A good portion of them are native to the device, but one of the biggest strengths is in the Connect IQ store, where you can find all types of third-party apps to download and improve its functional range. This device is a cool development that opens up a lot of possibilities. While it's a great GPS bike computer for roadies, it also has a lot of support for trail riding, mountain biking, and other off-roading. It's a robust device that most of us would be happy with for years of riding. 
There are a few things to consider before purchasing this computer, however. The level of features and performance comes at a premium price, making it one of the most expensive models we tested. We found that it had some infrequent but annoying issues while in navigation mode, which can be a pain if you're in unfamiliar, dodgy territory &#40;which you probably are if you're in navigation mode&#41;. Lastly, it occasionally had difficulty pairing with our smartphone. Regardless, we still feel it's a top-notch device that earns every bit of its award. 

After weeks of careful evaluation and plenty of trail and road time, the Garmin Edge 830 rose to the top of the pack. This computer has a vibrant touchscreen and a few simple tactile buttons for controls. Scrolling around and selecting options is impressively straightforward. The menus and interface are well-organized, making them quite intuitive and user-friendly. This computer seems less affected by water interference than other touchscreen devices, making it a little more practical for use during inclement weather. It also has a laundry list of useful features. A good portion of them are native to the device, but one of the biggest strengths of the Edge 830 is in the Connect IQ store, where you can find all types of third-party apps to download and improve its functionality. While it's a great GPS bike computer for roadies, it also has a lot of support for gravel riding and mountain biking. It's a robust device that should meet the needs of most riders. 
There are a few things to consider before purchasing this computer. The level of features and performance comes at a premium price, and it is one of the more expensive models we tested. We also found that it had some infrequent but annoying issues while in navigation mode, which can be a pain if you're in unfamiliar, dodgy territory &#40;which you probably are if you're in navigation mode&#41;. Lastly, it occasionally had difficulty pairing with our smartphone. Regardless, we still feel it's a top-notch device that earns every bit of its award. 
Read more: Garmin Edge 830 review

The Garmin Edge 830 is an easy-to-use bike computer that pairs well (Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®) with accessories like power meters, heart rate straps, cadence sensors, lights, and radar, etc. This computer is loaded with features that cater to the performance cyclist, but since it is easy to use, this computer will serve any cyclist from beginner to intermediate to advanced. The Edge 830 is wireless, so it is easy to move from road bike to mountain bike to gravel bike to an indoor trainer.
Key Features:
- Color Display – A color, glove-friendly touch-screen makes it easy to move from screen to screen.
- Long Battery Life – Up to 20 hours (rechargeable lithium-ion) of battery life for long rides or multiple rides.
- Greater Accuracy – This computer includes GPS with GLONASS and GALILEO and a barometric altimeter for accurate tracking of elevation.
- Electronic Shifting Compatible – The Shimano Di2 Electronic Shifting screen will show the computer's battery life, gear, etc.
- E-Bike Compatible – Shimano Steps e-Bike System screen will show battery life, gear, etc. for e-Bike use.
- Easy Navigation – This includes turn-by-turn navigation with Maps and simple back-to-start for exploring new areas.
- ClimbPro – Shows remaining ascent and grade on major climbs to take the guesswork out of distance to the summit.

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 Like in many other devices, the manufacturer's quoted battery life doesn't match what you get when you're out on the road. Of course, there is the age of the device and battery to think about how much you use the touchscreen and how bright the screen light is verdict. So is the garmin edge 830 worth the investment? It'S worth the investment, especially if you opt for the sensor, bundle, which then gives you access to a wide variety of performance, metrics who's it best suited for it's best suited for professional and serious cyclists, who need reports on more than the basic performance metrics. Are there any alternatives to the garmin edge 830 garmin edge, 1030 plus or brighton rider? 420? That'S all for today! If you enjoyed this video, don't forget to give it a thumbs up also subscribe to the channel

 So is the garmin edge 830 worth the investment? It'S worth the investment, especially if you opt for the sensor, bundle, which then gives you access to a wide variety of performance, metrics who's it best suited for it's best suited for professional and serious cyclists, who need reports on more than the basic performance metrics. Are there any alternatives to the garmin edge 830 garmin edge, 1030 plus or brighton rider? 420? That'S all for today! If you enjoyed this video, don't forget to give it a thumbs up also subscribe to the channel. So you get many more of these reviews. If there's another cycling computer, whose features you're curious about leave the name in the comments section and we can feature it in our next video 

Garmin Edge 830 Review

5 inches wide and 2 inches tall. That makes it difficult to use as a navigation tool. Second, the user interface is poorly designed. There is, so far as I can tell (and I have searched online extensively just to make sure I'm not missing something) no way to manually sync the device

UI Stinks

 In fact, I say that the processing and processor how you want to describe it is a faster than that. So, for example, if I look at routing calculation times it's generally taking like 20 to 30 seconds in the case of about a 50k Brout here in Amsterdam, but then some routes I did were a lot faster than that, so, for example, in California and in Spain Much much faster from running standpoint, then I've had here in Amsterdam, primarily because of the route density here in Amsterdam, also Holly coming through Bing Bing. Welcome to my life. Don'T worry, there's helicopters and planes too, until one of the second differences between the 8:30 and the 5:30 is the full map set on this and now, in the case of the 5:30, you cannot put in here like 123 Maple Street as a destination, whereas in the Case of the edge 8:30, you can has a full address database in addition to the full map set database

 It'S mortgaged Garmin getting onboard with having Bluetooth smart sensor. Support like most of our products had for the last couple years coming out of the last two items here is power performance curves. So this is something you've probably seen on training plan sites for like years, the least a decade or more in a simply plot, sir, or over given power durations. Can we call the power duration curve any maximal curve, different company different ways to to call it things, and it's slightly nuanced, depending on the different platforms, but at the end of a just plotting your time and power together? Okay, last but not least, is the new battery life claims in the case of the edge 820

 I personally actually prefer the edge 530 somewhat, because the buttons I can do things quicker somewhat, because I think it's just a better value for the money at 299 versus this is a 399. But overall, like it's been working well. For me, I've had two bugs on this. I did not have in the edge 530 by Tom

 It reminds you that, just like the dinging reminds me of yet another trolley, okay, there, you go a complete look at the Garmin Edge 830 in terms of my final thoughts on the unit after using it for more than a month. Now it's a really strong unit. I personally actually prefer the edge 530 somewhat, because the buttons I can do things quicker somewhat, because I think it's just a better value for the money at 299 versus this is a 399. But overall, like it's been working well

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Good accuracy and integration, touchscreen is finicky

 And now that's really important, because I find that I usually need to spend sort of half an hour to an hour with a new computer to get it set up to work. How I want it to feel and to like work and how it makes it easier to use on the bike - and this is a really nice neat touch, because it just means I can go out for a spin and if I feel like something's out of place Or wrong, I can just press it and then change it straight away and that's a nice and easy solution to that problem and significantly for the first time on the Garmin Edge 830. I prefer using the touchscreen than the buttons on say the Garmin Edge 530 to set up the device, and that is a testament to how much improved the screeners on this device. One of the first things I noticed was their 8:30

 It has been before and it is honestly what makes the device so good. So when I'm riding along on the previous computers, it would be very difficult to change screens and it would become quite frustrating, especially when you're in traffic, and you need to focus on what's going on around you with this there's. No such problem swipes across really easily, and it's very quick to do so even in gloves. I have gloves with little fingertips, so you can use mobile phones a lot more easily and it works really well on this screen

 If you didn't have to sort of struggle to get your fingering to kind of press it to start it or to stop it or if you want to do laps, it can be quite tough to do that, and one is a big thing that you'll notice, if You use your Garmin computer to create your route. If you use it for navigation, is it can find the route a lot quicker because the users, a larger processor - and I have found that to be quite noticeable on this? When I upload a course and press to start the course on my old edge 8:20, it took quite a long time for it to calculate the whole route and then to route me to the start of the course. If I wasn't exactly where I was meant to be, whereas the edge 8:30 does it a whole lot quicker, which is just a really nice seeing the speeds at the start, you ride an equals less faff. So, what's the Garmin Edge 830 like to set up well, it's kind of typical of a lot of Garmin devices, and it's not the easiest to get right and it's certainly not particularly quick process

 So you would just press and hold it like that and then press it again and you've popped through to all the data field, selection area - and you just pick them and it will update them. Nice and quick. And now that's really important, because I find that I usually need to spend sort of half an hour to an hour with a new computer to get it set up to work. How I want it to feel and to like work and how it makes it easier to use on the bike - and this is a really nice neat touch, because it just means I can go out for a spin and if I feel like something's out of place Or wrong, I can just press it and then change it straight away and that's a nice and easy solution to that problem and significantly for the first time on the Garmin Edge 830

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Bike is a Canyon Endurace CF SL 8.0 Disc Di2, so far I only added a Garmin Edge 830 and connected it with my Garmin Venu sq. As well as fizik overcurve r4 matching the gray tone of the bike.

In the end I finished my ride with 100.5km at my doorstep, but continued for another km in order to have a buffer.

NBD!! Went from cycling 15km in March, then had a broken clavicle, to riding my first metric century with the new Canyon I received three weeks ago!

I just got this today and have really been looking forward to using it. Unfortunately, I don’t know if that’s gonna happen anytime soon. I tried and tried to get it set up and paired to my connect app to no avail. Terrible experience so far

Great piece of kit once connected

I came from Fitbit. Compared to them, Garmin is a dream. I'll deal with their lackluster software to not have to put up with unreliable hardware.

<div class="md">I came from Fitbit. Compared to them, Garmin is a dream. I&#39;ll deal with their lackluster software to not have to put up with unreliable hardware.
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I disagree with your point about hardware not having to compute stuff. 

Coming from an Apple Watch, I like that my watch can tell me things without having to sync with my phone or only being able to access this on my phone. 

Some people don’t want to carry their phone for some sports and having data on the watch helps.

I 100% agree that more should be happening on servers though and the connect app having some sort of merged values. I think they might be doing this more now but they are just starting to.

Question is, is there a company out there that does everything you want it to do? I feel like this isn’t an issue that’s unique to Garmin.

<div class="md">I disagree with your point about hardware not having to compute stuff. 

Coming from an Apple Watch, I like that my watch can tell me things without having to sync with my phone or only being able to access this on my phone. 

Some people don’t want to carry their phone for some sports and having data on the watch helps.

I 100% agree that more should be happening on servers though and the connect app having some sort of merged values. I think they might be doing this more now but they are just starting to.

Question is, is there a company out there that does everything you want it to do? I feel like this isn’t an issue that’s unique to Garmin.
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I’ve been in deep for 10+ years. UI sux. Customer support though is the best of any consumer product company I’ve ever known. if you call Garmin with an issue, they stick with it until resolved. Twice in the last decade they have completely replaced out-of-warranty items. I absolutely LOVE Garmin.

<div class="md">I’ve been in deep for 10+ years. UI sux. Customer support though is the best of any consumer product company I’ve ever known. if you call Garmin with an issue, they stick with it until resolved. Twice in the last decade they have completely replaced out-of-warranty items. I absolutely LOVE Garmin.
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Apple Watch S0 + S5, swapped the latter for a Fēnix 6:

The Watch is not a watch, it is a health tracker. Sounds stupid, I know, but there definitely is demand for health stats in the form of a watch. 

And yeah, I know the Watch is a timepiece — but it’s refreshed every year, impossible to repair, and locks you into having an iPhone. 

When I bought the S5, I was super excited to see 6 years of evolution since my 2015 S0 …and it felt lacklustre. 

Faster, sure. Lovely U/I as it always has had. But it’s heavily reliant on first party apps — and this reliance on you being dependent on first party apps (iMessage, Mail, Maps). I use signal/WhatsApp, ProtonMail, and Here WeGo instead of those first party apps, and so the Watch felt really wasted on me.

And despite the lack of first party apps I actually use, the amount of watch notifications *is absurd*. I hate that it simultaneously requires you to have your phone with you, all while trying to be a mini phone itself. 

Had to sell it after a couple of months. Also completely separately: I get a really unusual amount of headaches when I wear the Watch for too long-a-time (couple of months) which I know sounds mad but it’s too consistent with its usage that I blame it. I really think it’s something to do with the amount of ‘screen time’ I get while wearing one.

In comes the Garmin: the first benefit is that it is one of the few watches with a decent OS that *isn’t* Wear OS. 

Secondly is buttons!!!

I must admit, when I first saw the S0 with watch face touch controls, I thought — game changer.

But in reality the Watch is horrible to use unless you’re stationsary (which your arm is not a lot). The Fēnix is concise, and yet it has just 5 buttons. 

Thirdly battery. Daily charges are for mobile phones; maybe a laptop too. I am not a fan of charging a timepiece frequently, and my Fenix lasts 2 weeks (all while gathering a considerable amount of data with it). 

Lastly, Garmin have a good privacy policy for a service that relies on the cloud. [Even Mozilla reccomend it](https://www.instagram.com/p/CP8U5dJDfgj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link). I like a company that protects my data, which is rare for watches and so I’m just grateful that there’s more than just the Watch offering this. 

Yeah the Garmin U/I is a little rough and ready — but I’ve found it to be very reliable, if a little hard to condense. The Watch is very good in this sense — Apple + U/I is just magic (babies can use iPads for Pete’s sake). But get around the rare bit of lag or GPS blip and it’s alright. 

I don’t think I’ll ever go back from Garmin, in truth. I think they’re a real gem in a really competitive space.

But, this is just my take.

<div class="md">Apple Watch S0 + S5, swapped the latter for a Fēnix 6:

The Watch is not a watch, it is a health tracker. Sounds stupid, I know, but there definitely is demand for health stats in the form of a watch. 

And yeah, I know the Watch is a timepiece — but it’s refreshed every year, impossible to repair, and locks you into having an iPhone. 

When I bought the S5, I was super excited to see 6 years of evolution since my 2015 S0 …and it felt lacklustre. 

Faster, sure. Lovely U/I as it always has had. But it’s heavily reliant on first party apps — and this reliance on you being dependent on first party apps (iMessage, Mail, Maps). I use signal/WhatsApp, ProtonMail, and Here WeGo instead of those first party apps, and so the Watch felt really wasted on me.

And despite the lack of first party apps I actually use, the amount of watch notifications is absurd. I hate that it simultaneously requires you to have your phone with you, all while trying to be a mini phone itself. 

Had to sell it after a couple of months. Also completely separately: I get a really unusual amount of headaches when I wear the Watch for too long-a-time (couple of months) which I know sounds mad but it’s too consistent with its usage that I blame it. I really think it’s something to do with the amount of ‘screen time’ I get while wearing one.

In comes the Garmin: the first benefit is that it is one of the few watches with a decent OS that isn’t Wear OS. 

Secondly is buttons!!!

I must admit, when I first saw the S0 with watch face touch controls, I thought — game changer.

But in reality the Watch is horrible to use unless you’re stationsary (which your arm is not a lot). The Fēnix is concise, and yet it has just 5 buttons. 

Thirdly battery. Daily charges are for mobile phones; maybe a laptop too. I am not a fan of charging a timepiece frequently, and my Fenix lasts 2 weeks (all while gathering a considerable amount of data with it). 

Lastly, Garmin have a good privacy policy for a service that relies on the cloud. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CP8U5dJDfgj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">Even Mozilla reccomend it</a>. I like a company that protects my data, which is rare for watches and so I’m just grateful that there’s more than just the Watch offering this. 

Yeah the Garmin U/I is a little rough and ready — but I’ve found it to be very reliable, if a little hard to condense. The Watch is very good in this sense — Apple + U/I is just magic (babies can use iPads for Pete’s sake). But get around the rare bit of lag or GPS blip and it’s alright. 

I don’t think I’ll ever go back from Garmin, in truth. I think they’re a real gem in a really competitive space.

But, this is just my take.
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Currently pregnant, and I told the Garmin app I was pregnant. I get pregnancy updates on the app. Yet my wearable regularly asks me to enter my last menstrual cycle.  At least once a month for the last nine months. 🙄

They also don’t account for the elevated resting heart rate caused by pregnancy, nor the extra calories burned by being pregnant. It’s super annoying, and I really just have a overpriced watch until I can start working out again. None of the data matches what is happening in my body. Once you tell it you’re pregnant, it really should adjust everything that adjusts in your body, not just telling you fetal size updates 🙄🙄🙄

<div class="md">Currently pregnant, and I told the Garmin app I was pregnant. I get pregnancy updates on the app. Yet my wearable regularly asks me to enter my last menstrual cycle. At least once a month for the last nine months. 🙄

They also don’t account for the elevated resting heart rate caused by pregnancy, nor the extra calories burned by being pregnant. It’s super annoying, and I really just have a overpriced watch until I can start working out again. None of the data matches what is happening in my body. Once you tell it you’re pregnant, it really should adjust everything that adjusts in your body, not just telling you fetal size updates 🙄🙄🙄
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I am good with Garmin. Go to suunto and it is terrible with features and apple watch battery sucks. 

To each there own but will keep buying garmin. Support for me has always been awesome.

<div class="md">I am good with Garmin. Go to suunto and it is terrible with features and apple watch battery sucks. 

To each there own but will keep buying garmin. Support for me has always been awesome.
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[TL;DR] Garmin hardware is great overall but ruined by software. Software is a nightmare pushing me to use other services to get interesting information based on the data provided by the hardware. 

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I've used Garmin products (hardware/software) for the past 5 years. Used a FR630, two FR935, an Edge 830, many HRM (run, swim, dual, and pro), speed and cadence sensors, and, of course, the Garmin Connect app.  
I'm now pretty sure that when I have to change a product, I will switch to another brand. 
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###  Hardware "not compatible" with other products is BS 
So I use a FR935. It has the "Training load" feature, which is great. I bought the Edge 830 which also have the "training load" feature. But guess what, you can't merge both. I'm training for an Ironman at the moment, on Sundays I go for a 150k bike ride, and a slow 5 km run. My watch training load will be going down. This feature is now useless...  
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Here is how it should work imo (please do let me know if I completely miss something) : 

You have a sensor, whatever it is, watch, bike computers, speed sensors, etc. It registers raw data. Once your activity is done, this data is sent to the Garmin servers, and computed to give you an estimated "Training Load", "VO2max", "Load Focus" whatever.  
- You only wave a watch with wrist HR and pace? You can compute a "low confidence estimation" based on age, weight, pace, HR, weather.  
- You add an HRM? Measurements are more precise, estimation is a bit better.  
- You add sensors, power meter, and so on? The estimation is only getting better.  
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There is absolutely no reason to try to compute this information on the devices during the activity. There is absolutely no reason not to merge these data. Doing so is only to push you to buy a newer watch, bike computer, etc. 

Hardware should be focusing on registering data. Not process them. You get higher-end hardware, you get more data, you get a more precise training follow-up on your app.  
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###  Software  
I can't remember the last time Garmin Connect was updated with major changes (other than changing the color of a graph). 

UI/UX wise, it's bad. You want to join a challenge, you'll need to go through 3 screens. You want to join the 15 challenges of the month? Well, that will be 45 clicks/screen to do so.  

Sometimes my wrist HR goes crazy (it happens, hardware is not perfect, no problem). My registered HR is 270 bpm for 5 minutes. You want to edit that? Nope, you can't, it will just mess your daily averages. 

I'm not going into the social part or the stats/training data as I completely stopped using them. At this point, I use Strava for the social part, and segments/challenges. And I use Runalyze to get an overall estimate of my fitness, no matter the hardware used.  
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###  Garmin support  
As a bonus... I had an issue with an HRM-TRI last year. Tried to email the support to get an exchange. Never got a reply.  

Three weeks ago I bought an HRM-PRO for my upcoming race. Works great during the bike and run workout. Went to the pool, "no hr data recorded". Twice. I contacted the US support (with the chat). It took 30 minutes for the guy to tell me "Looks like something is wrong, contact your local support". I contacted my local support, and they said "it must be faulty, go change it with the vendor".   

A 10 sec. google search showed that it's actually a known issue due to the software (https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/248162/hrm-pro-saying-no-hr-data-when-downloading-off-an-activity#pifragment-464=2).  

It's crazy to me that a product with one specific purpose fails to do so properly out-of-the box...

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What's your view on this? Is it the same/worse for other brands? Do you feel that Garmin products are getting better or worse?

<div class="md">[TL;DR] Garmin hardware is great overall but ruined by software. Software is a nightmare pushing me to use other services to get interesting information based on the data provided by the hardware. 

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I&#39;ve used Garmin products (hardware/software) for the past 5 years. Used a FR630, two FR935, an Edge 830, many HRM (run, swim, dual, and pro), speed and cadence sensors, and, of course, the Garmin Connect app. 
I&#39;m now pretty sure that when I have to change a product, I will switch to another brand. 
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<h3>Hardware &quot;not compatible&quot; with other products is BS</h3>

So I use a FR935. It has the &quot;Training load&quot; feature, which is great. I bought the Edge 830 which also have the &quot;training load&quot; feature. But guess what, you can&#39;t merge both. I&#39;m training for an Ironman at the moment, on Sundays I go for a 150k bike ride, and a slow 5 km run. My watch training load will be going down. This feature is now useless... 
&nbsp; 

Here is how it should work imo (please do let me know if I completely miss something) : 

You have a sensor, whatever it is, watch, bike computers, speed sensors, etc. It registers raw data. Once your activity is done, this data is sent to the Garmin servers, and computed to give you an estimated &quot;Training Load&quot;, &quot;VO2max&quot;, &quot;Load Focus&quot; whatever. 
- You only wave a watch with wrist HR and pace? You can compute a &quot;low confidence estimation&quot; based on age, weight, pace, HR, weather. 
- You add an HRM? Measurements are more precise, estimation is a bit better. 
- You add sensors, power meter, and so on? The estimation is only getting better. 
&nbsp; 

There is absolutely no reason to try to compute this information on the devices during the activity. There is absolutely no reason not to merge these data. Doing so is only to push you to buy a newer watch, bike computer, etc. 

Hardware should be focusing on registering data. Not process them. You get higher-end hardware, you get more data, you get a more precise training follow-up on your app. 
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<h3>Software</h3>

I can&#39;t remember the last time Garmin Connect was updated with major changes (other than changing the color of a graph). 

UI/UX wise, it&#39;s bad. You want to join a challenge, you&#39;ll need to go through 3 screens. You want to join the 15 challenges of the month? Well, that will be 45 clicks/screen to do so. 

Sometimes my wrist HR goes crazy (it happens, hardware is not perfect, no problem). My registered HR is 270 bpm for 5 minutes. You want to edit that? Nope, you can&#39;t, it will just mess your daily averages. 

I&#39;m not going into the social part or the stats/training data as I completely stopped using them. At this point, I use Strava for the social part, and segments/challenges. And I use Runalyze to get an overall estimate of my fitness, no matter the hardware used. 
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<h3>Garmin support</h3>

As a bonus... I had an issue with an HRM-TRI last year. Tried to email the support to get an exchange. Never got a reply. 

Three weeks ago I bought an HRM-PRO for my upcoming race. Works great during the bike and run workout. Went to the pool, &quot;no hr data recorded&quot;. Twice. I contacted the US support (with the chat). It took 30 minutes for the guy to tell me &quot;Looks like something is wrong, contact your local support&quot;. I contacted my local support, and they said &quot;it must be faulty, go change it with the vendor&quot;. 

A 10 sec. google search showed that it&#39;s actually a known issue due to the software (<a href="https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/248162/hrm-pro-saying-no-hr-data-when-downloading-off-an-activity#pifragment-464=2">https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/248162/hrm-pro-saying-no-hr-data-when-downloading-off-an-activity#pifragment-464=2</a>). 

It&#39;s crazy to me that a product with one specific purpose fails to do so properly out-of-the box...

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What&#39;s your view on this? Is it the same/worse for other brands? Do you feel that Garmin products are getting better or worse?
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