GPS Device

terryhughes
terryhughes Posts: 62
edited June 2014 in Road beginners
I am looking at a GPS device, not bothered about it having sat nav but I want the bread crumbs so I can upload a route and follow it. Only want to spend a couple of hundred quid. Is the Edge 200 good or much benefit in getting something more expensive. Cadence and heart rate aren't really a must for me either.

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  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Sounds like a 200 will do everything you want and is a nice bit of kit... Currently on sale for about £80 i understand
  • kajjal
    kajjal Posts: 3,380
    Read the manuals for the 200 and the 500. You may find the higher accuracy and configurability of the 500 worth it to you.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Higher accuracy? Hows that then?
  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 1,001
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Higher accuracy? Hows that then?
    You can set the 500 and higher models to log every second, not just the variable log interval that is the only option with the 200.
  • ElliesDad
    ElliesDad Posts: 245
    I've just pocked an Edge 510 up from Amazon, £203 for just the GPS or £219 for the performance edition which includes heart and cadence/speed sensors.

    The 510 is a great piece of kit and although you are not interested in the navigation side, it gives breadcrumbs that you mention but also turn by turn warnings but without the maps, works pretty well too.

    It also connects via Bluetooth to your phone so when your done it automatically uploads all the data to the cloud without the need to connect it to a computer.
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  • wandsworth
    wandsworth Posts: 354
    If you don't need cadence and heart rate, then the 200 ought to be fine, unless the accuracy point is a big enough issue for you to justify the extra cost.
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