Edge 705 owners

redvee

Who has taken the plunge and upped their firmware to 3.3? Saw the new firmware notice tonight when upoloading todays struggle.

fossyant

Holding off after the 3.2 disaster. Will give it a few weeks.

redvee

Likewise, somebody else can play guinea pig.

Gazzaputt

Yep have upgraded and so far so good.

Pufftmw

Anyone got a Edge 605? What's it like? How expensive are the maps?

I was given one for Xmas but traded it for a SatMap but it never got returned, so sitting in a cupboard but the SatMap is a bit heavy for a road bike LOL

gaz545

hmmm.. to take the plunge or not.
I think i'll browse the garmin forums on the weekend and see if anyone is having issues.

Butterd2

Pufftmw wrote:

Anyone got a Edge 605? What's it like? How expensive are the maps?

The maps can be free. Wifey is getting me a 705 for Xmas but I thought I'd try the opensource maps before shelling out £50 of her hard earned money for City Maps.

I have already downloaded the full 3.2G Europe map from Velo Maps so I'll pop this on the SD card on Xmas day and give it a whirl.

I'd be interested in any more feedback on software updates as that will obviously be my first decision when I open the box. I believe I will need at least v. 2.9 to give SDHC card compatibility for the 4g card I have also coming.

fossyant

Go 3.1 first. 3.2 was a nightmare and was withdrawn. 3.3 should be fine !

I don't think I'll ever bother with the 800, check the Garmin Forum, a number of cracked screens and they don't recon it's that easy to read.

stuaff

fossyant wrote:

Go 3.1 first. 3.2 was a nightmare and was withdrawn. 3.3 should be fine !

I don't think I'll ever bother with the 800, check the Garmin Forum, a number of cracked screens and they don't recon it's that easy to read.

+1. 3.1 is very stable, I've had no bother. 3.2 was fine for a while on mine, but then it decided to muck up the recording of the fourth day of Pedal to Paris (it got the mileage & overall time right, but the track stops well outside the city & apparently riding time was 15 minutes...a Veyron couldn't have gone that quick!), and a couple of rides after that had no track at all, though timings & distance were correct. 3.3...I'll wait and see.

800 didn't seem worth an upgrade to me, but if there are problems even more so!