Timeline for Should I wait for clear views of the sky before turning on my Garmin Edge GPS?
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| Sep 12, 2013 at 0:59 | comment | added | imel96 | @Kibbee that could be the case too. You probably have a newer GPS than my edge 305. Newer chips are much faster. Cellular can be slow when it covers large area. Wifi is the fastest, you turn it on and it know exactly than your within 20 m from the hotspot. Another factor is cellular & wifi rely on data communication to know the locations. | |
| Sep 11, 2013 at 19:12 | comment | added | Kibbee | Personally, I've the exact opposite experience. My phone, which has the ability to use the cellular network takes 3-5 minutes to acquire a signal. I've talked with other people, and they think that's a normal timeframe for acquiring your position. My GPS on the other hand, gets the signal within 30 seconds, almost every time. Often within a few seconds of booting. | |
| Sep 10, 2013 at 6:48 | comment | added | imel96 | Sorry, I thought yours is 205. I have 305 which is basically 205 with HRM. 200 is a completely different model. Battery life is an issue, i though it's ok for commuting. Still, you shouldn't need to touch it if you only want to log rides because the apps have auto-start/stop. | |
| Sep 10, 2013 at 3:21 | comment | added | Mac | I was using an iPhone but the big downsides are: limited battery life, I broke one when it fell off my handlebars into a river (in a biologic case), and the inconvenience of having to start it, put it in my backpack, ride, stop, open my backpack to stop etc | |
| Sep 10, 2013 at 3:19 | comment | added | Mac | My unit doesn't show how many satellites it can see... there's pretty much no progress indicator which is part of the reason it's frustrating me. | |
| Sep 10, 2013 at 2:55 | history | answered | imel96 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |