Garmin 705 Edge

[OakLeaf]

well.... I definitely agree that the thing was released with way too many bugs. I don't know what all the development holdups were, but obviously they were major, since as you recall the release itself was delayed for months.

But... any time you buy a new desktop or laptop computer, the first thing you do is download a couple of hundred megs of system updates. Considering the 705 has more processing power than the entire Apollo Space Program (true!), I definitely expect it to behave more like a computer - with all the pros and cons that entails - and less like the little mechanical speedos we had when we were kids.

Look on the bright side, at least you're getting the benefit of a year of everyone else's involuntary beta testing.

I don't know why some people's experience with Garmin customer service is so different from others'. Myself and my DH has always been no questions asked, they fix more than we even ask them to fix, immediately. His experience with them goes back almost 10 years, and we've both had service done in the last couple of months, too. It used to be their service was like that for everyone, but I know I've heard different from enough people recently.

Hope that you don't need to call them (it really does sound like you're describing bugs that have been addressed), but if you do, that they treat you as well as they've always treated me and my DH.


PS - if you import your ride data into SportTracks, it will fix the total distance for you.