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I previously had an 800, now have an 810. I'm actually pretty good at dealing with Garmin's quirks - I've got workarounds for all those issues (such as splitting up routes like you say). I have just come to the conclusion that it'd be nice to deal with a product where you don't have to find workarounds all the time. From what I've gathered online, Wahoo are a lot more interested in listening to their users than Garmin are.
When I got the 810 I thought it'd be nice to be able to quickly upload an audax GPX route from my phone to the Garmin via bluetooth. Which seemed like it should be pretty straightforward. After a bit of searching on the Garmin forums, this appears to be the ridiculously convoluted process. https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?368038-How-to-import-gpx-or-tcx-files-as-courses-in-Garmin-Connect&p=938451#post938451
Which just means I won't bother. Which isn't hugely important as it's not at all essential, but is why i'm thinking I might prefer to switch to a different company altogether.It seems you can use all the standard Garmin ANT sensors with the Wahoo as well, so I wouldn't need to buy those again. But I presume you've got power meter type stuff to deal with, which I suspect is more complex.
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My 800 is way better than the 810 I sent back. But the 1000 is better than both.
But yes, Wahoo have an actual living, breathing, listening software development group which is what appeals to me. I just don't want the hassle of learning another device's quirks just now.
Bluetooth? umadbro?! I never enable that shit. No BT, no wifi, no automatically syncing shit with shit. Because apart from battery drain, if there's one thing I know, it's that the more features that more chance Garmin devs have fucked it up or will fuck it up.
Powermeters ANT+ mostly so shouldn't be an issue with Wahoo. I've just not spent any time investigating and at £250 I'm not prepared to 'test' one.
hippy
Which Garmin do you have?
No matter which device I'm using I would tend to chop my routes into 200-400k chunks.
I'm kind of in the same boat. I'd like to try one out but I'm not going to commit to buying one yet. I have too much £££ in Garmin shit.