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I took the Stages Dash L50 out for its first trial today, 100 km / 4.5 hours in the Chilterns.
I was pleased with it and think it will work for me.
Good bits
It's got a bright colour screen, as bright and clear as a phone, with easy to see lines for the course and where I've been, in different bright colours.
Battery life, after my ride it said 66% left, so 12+ hours seems realistic.
Less good
The mounts are shit but they do an adapter that works with garmin mounts. Even that isn't great so I'll just get a stick on garmin adapter for a couple of pounds and chuck all their mounts away so this isn't actually a problem.
The software doesnt work as well as garmin connect in pushing stuff to strava, training peaks, etc. But it can be done and they reckon there is a new version in the way.
The buttons are pretty hard to press, especially the power button, but I think I'll get used to them.
Overall, it's not perfect. The hardware isn't as refined as garmin, but it does what I want it to do much better.