@consularrider 88453 wrote:
Just a short update on my situation. I decided to just get a new Edge 500 as the cheapest option (got a good deal), since I don’t use a smartphone, several features on the 510 weren’t worth an extra $150. I also noted that the 500 claims an 18 hour battery life compared with 15 hours for the 510, 800, or 810.
On Saturday’s Total 200, I did not use the course routing function and the gps was on for just over 15 hours. When I plugged it in to recharge it still showed at least 25% battery life left.
For perspective, after 12 hours of course routing on Saturday on the Garmin 800 (which is coming up on it’s third year of hard use) and about 30 minutes of duracell usb pack recharge time, I was down to 15% battery life.
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