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How bad is the battery life? Even my 800 on original battery lasts for hours still
My new 1030 Plus is rad. 24hr and still heaps of battery life left in it.
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I sold my old 800 which lasted circa 11 hours with full screen display and have always regretted it.
I have all the stuff turned off on the 820 and even have the battery saver on which means the screen is blank for 90% of any ride and only displays any data when I either stop or press the screen so its pretty freakin useless.
It was fully charged at start of Flanders and before I even made it to the first feed station it was showing low battery (20%). that was probably caused by the cold but I find i now have to carry a powerbank with me and charge it up at coffee stops etc.
It's shite and i'm planning on getting a 1030+ as soon as the opportunity arises.
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My new 1030 Plus is rad. 24hr and still heaps of battery life left in it.
This got me curious but then I found out that these are >£500.
I'll stick with my Bolt for the time being..
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ChasnotRobert
Fair comment. Full update on Girona thread but when I booked and paid for this trip in 2019 I didn't own a gravel bike.
I thought long and hard about whether I should take my 3rd hand gravel bike or my lush new road bike and ended up on the road.
Yup, Garmin/Strava corrected now. It was far easier to adjust it on my desktop once I was back home and yes I expect it thought i had popped back to London mid-ride. Straight line after Els is where i forgot to turn Garmin back on after coffee stop.
This whole issue started cos my Garmin 820 has a really shitty battery life so I tend to only turn it on just as we start rolling. Probably due to the excitement I forgot to turn it on and looked down after a few km to see a blank screen. So I turned it on whilst on the hoof. That is never a good way to go as it struggles to find the satellite.
Again cos of poor battery life I turned it off over coffee stop at Els and you guessed it, I forgot to turn it on until we were rolling again and at Paella. So a double whammy with the satellite somehow caused the issue.