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Whilst maybe not particularly helpful to your situation, I can plug my garmin into my phone via a USB OTG cable. The phone sees the garmin as a removable device. If using online mapping sites the gpx file can be transferred directly to the garmin. The phone needs to have enough oomph to power up the garmin. My old galaxy s4 can so I suspect most newer phones will be capable.
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The wahoos only need WiFi to download routes from Strava/komoot/etc or upload rides to Strava. Mine has never been plugged into a laptop.
Garmins may well work in the same way - I haven't used one.
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The other new thing I've been doing this time is using Komoot for route planning, which is an absolute game changer. Lets you see once you've plotted what you think is the best route exactly which bits of the route are what surface (asphalt, gravel, path, "alpine". If you're like me, ie. the sort of person who leaves plotting routes to the last minute, it will make you much less prone to accidental off road sections. Again, syncs with the Bolt absolutely seamlessly through the smartphone app.
Another area where I'd spent the last 18 months thinking Garmin Connect was good enough for my purposes, and why do I need another mapping app in my life. Wrong.
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I have been just using the strava app on my phone, I want to get a gps head unit with mapping so I can plot and download routes to get further off the beaten track. I don’t have a laptop to connect anything to, just an iPad. Are there any units that make this possible?