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oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,455
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Got a garmin edge touring that's about as reliable as an ice cube in the desert. So I'm after suggestions.
Smash it to be bits and post on YouTube.
Set fire and similar.
Just lob it in the bin.
Sell on fleabay to some unsuspecting punter and plead ignorance or disappear.
Should say this was a warranty replacement for another that was useless. Don't have access to a shotgun or a trebuchet so they can't be considered.
Too many bikes according to Mrs O.

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  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,338
    Sell it on eBay with a message of I don’t get on with it
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,455
    I hate to pass shite forward knowingly. Plus gone off fleebay for selling since they altered paying out. Really tempted to blow it up.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • photonic69photonic69 Posts: 1,911

    via GIFER


  • lesfirthlesfirth Posts: 1,370
    You are lucky that you can get rid of yours.
    I have a Garmin Vivoactive3 that was a generous present from my son. I use it to record stuff on strava. I hate the f in thing.I will never buy anything from Garmin again but I dont want to tell him that his present is sh*t. He uses strava and can see what I use to record rides on so I am stuck with it!
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,965
    Best to tell him. That goes to everyone about every unwanted present.
    You stand the chance of getting more Garmin products if you don't.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,455
    Overall I've had 3 Edge touring. The 1st the charging / comm port socket broke internally, replaced under warranty as bad moulding apparently. Next one kept freezing mid ride even though not using it to plot a route just record and finally the one I have but don't want to use anymore kept freezing or switched off or just didn't record. Lost so many rides because of them I vowed to never have another.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,965
    edited May 2022
    oxoman said:

    Overall I've had 3 Edge touring.....

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    I'm surprised you haven't learned by now. Should have got a Wahoo in 2019 going by this post 3 years ago.
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    oxoman said:

    Its not up for debate over whether garmin are rubbish as that is fact they are.

    Did the C2C last wk as a group of 6, 5 using garmins of which 4 are the edge touring model. On the last day they all failed bar 1 in differing ways. 1 froze then restarted after a power down and carried on from that point, another stopped giving prompts at junctions etc and mine just froze no speed etc just stuck on same position. Couldn't stop to reset mine straightaway but when i did a power down whatever it was trying to do had taken the battery life down to 4%. All 3 garmins purchased at different times and places and all played up in the space of 1 1/2 hrs. Any thoughts other than the bin.

    Luckily i backed up using Strava on mobile.

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    Seems you woes started in January 2016. Think I'd have learned over the past 6 years.
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    oxoman said:

    My Garmin Edge touring has packed up, contacted garmin done what they suggested but still no good. The unit is out of warranty so cannot exchange under guarantee, have heard about service exchange with Garmin but still waiting to hear from them. Has anyone use this before and roughly how much of a saving is it. If I don't do service exchange will probably bite the bullet and get a cheaper non mapping unit. For the techies out there the USB port stopped communicating with the pc. Swapped leads, PC,s, put in airing cupboards even though not got wet, reset to factory, full cold reboot etc etc. Still no good, will power up and charge but fails to communicate with anything arghh.

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,965
    Just for the record, I have no problem with someone sharing issues with products but yours seems like a petty vendetta. Are you really still using the Touring 6 years later?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,455
    Attempted use as I hate replacing things that I've paid money for that don't do what they should. Mates that had similar issues have all had newer ones that integrate with garmin watches and whilst problematic nobody lost rides or froze up. The original idea was to attempt reuse of mine for following directions for coast and castles that we just did. Used to rate garmin as I had a gps60 walking one and car satnav with no issues. Not now.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • molteni_manmolteni_man Posts: 433
    I’ve got the Edge 530 and it’s brilliant. Great battery life and 100% reliable. Really pleased with it. Think Garmin have really upped their game. Recently bought the Garmin Solar Instinct and this is robust and faultless.
    Think they were under pressure from other competitors, incl Wahoo, and this has been a good thing.
  • Dorset_BoyDorset_Boy Posts: 6,133
    I don't understand why people purchased the Touring when the Edge series are so much better. The 530 and 830 are both excellent and better than their Wahoo counterparts.
  • bobonesbobones Posts: 1,201
    I've been using the 830 for almost 3 years and it is pretty much flawless. I recently did an 8 hour ride with backlight and navigation on, Varia radar, PM, HR, and shift sensors, and still had 41% battery left at the end of the ride. Garmin's ConnectIQ API allows for some really great 3rd party apps (particularly Xert for me), which is sorely lacking in Wahoo's offerings.

    Before that I had an 820 which suffered from a woefully underpowered CPU, a 510 that worked great for the most part but suffered from occasional freezes, and a couple of 500s that were fine but basic.

    I think the latest crop of Edges are great bike computers and the Karoo 2 still has some way to go in terms of battery life, screen readability and features to catch up. Wahoo computers are just not in the same league for power users who need advanced features provided by 3rd party apps.
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