Wahoo Elemnt

The Elemnt is very good, but it doesn't use its screen real estate as well as it might. If you're not racing, I'd got for the original. Less money, more screen. WNTL.

The original is less money? Where? My understanding is that the original is £250 and bolt will be £200?

Yeah I'm thinking original elemnt too, but is it worth paying the extra £50 to get it from wiggle as opposed to a new, boxed ebay one? I suppose I'm asking whether the hardware is reliable, or am I likely to need the warranty?

Wahoo Elemnt is £220 on Wiggle.

With a Platinum discount? That's what I paid for mine, but that was with the No. 1 Buyer's Money Off Offer. I'd still rather have the extra screen area of the original given the choice. Except on a TT bike.

Hmm, have you got platinum discount or something? £250 for me...

Edit: should've refreshed.

"Buy Ebay. Buy twice."

I bought a Bolt to replace a Garmin Edge 520. It arrived at the weekend and I'm pretty chuffed with it. Turn by turn directions are great when you use a route directly synced from RWGPS (getting TBT on the 520 was always a total fucking ballache and even then it was always touch and go as to whether prompts would actually appear) and I prefer the monocrome screen - imo it's way easier to read compared with the 520, and I don't find the screen too small at all.

How loud is the beep on the Bolt in turn-by-turn mode? I missed some turns on the Elemnt, but never on Garmin 500.

Loud enough I think, but I never had the beeps turned on on my Garmin cos I hated them.

Why bother with the beeps when you can spend the whole ride staring at the map and miss all the countryside you're riding through, like I tend to do.

About 50% of the time, i don't hear the beeps. Dependant on how fast you are going, level of background noise etc.

I find the flashing red LEDs more useful in alerting me that I've made a wrong turn.

the LEDs really are great. for navigating they direct you left and right too. spicy

Seems to me like there's almost no difference between the 2 units. Apart from half an inch difference in screen size, do they both have exactly the same features?

It doesn't make any sense why they would release the Bolt. Unless they are planning on replacing Elemnt with an even larger (colour?) screen and more advanced features within the next 12 months or so.

"Top features include: simple to use etc... SIMPLE TO SUFFER"

Simple to cringe. Raphwahoo Elemnt Pro Team II.

Seriously though which one? They can't even answer the question. Because they are the same.

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Just make the old one aero and fit the aero mount and that's it.

elemnt is £207 for platinum chums this weekend on wiggle .. my 800 won't die so I have no reason to buy one :(

It's 17% off until 20th of April, I'm sure you can break it in that time!

Does the original Elemnt need a lot of firmware updates or does it come up to date like the Bolt? And can I do these updates wirelessly via a phone or tablet? I don't have a laptop at home apart from my work computer which doesn't let me update my Garmin.

if you have a smartphone it updates through that :-)

@amey £207 is chump change for a buyer like you. am a huge fan of my elemnt. would highly recommend

Would anyone happen to have a wiggle code? I'm on the cusp of buying this but am generally not a #buyer so don't have the platinum discount.

im only on gold (10%) but would happily order for you if you want if you can't find anyone

I am platinum .. I can buy for you .. quidco will take out another £6.20 ..

You are not wrong @swedeee .. but shock horror I am actually happy with my Garmin !

Thanks for the offer @amey and @swedeee, this truly is the friendliest forum!

However, I could see that being a ballache if any warranty type issues arise and I've managed to find a code (10new) which'll get me a few quid off. Oh and I forgot about quidco so I'll do it via that too.

Will order this weekend, cheers chaps!

It won't be a warranty issue as you will register with wahoo as a new user I think or at least what I expect.