🚴 Garmin Edge Touring Essential Navigator Review

My Garmin 705 has stopped working. I'm a 55 year old woman who drove quite fast. Now I just want to enjoy cycling and stay fit. The Touring Plus gives you everything the more expensive models have, minus the connection to cadence and power meters. You also can't instantly share rides with friends or automatically upload them to social networks. I doubt anyone really cares that I ride my bike and I'm pretty sure they don't have to follow me in real time! I can see sharing rides with ride buddies

I've been waiting a long time to buy a GPS bike computer, but the Garmin Edge 810 was a bit expensive for me. I wanted a device that would record trips, show speed and distance, and have mapping and navigation capabilities. While the 810 had all of that, it also had a ton of stuff I didn't need. When Garmin announced its Touring model, I was excited. Here's what I think so far: Mapping - Maps that came preloaded on the device are pretty good. The device shows which roads I am on and also…

I have had three different Garmin car units and have loved each one. So I had high hopes for this device. It continues to disappoint. I suspect that's partly because the device is a lot smaller than car devices, so there's a lot less room for storage and processing power I think. The battery life is far from what is advertised. I haven't drained it completely yet, but my longest ride of about eight hours has left it in the single digits, that's less than 8%. This means that it has to be…