Garmin Edge with GPS question

[Helene2013]

Thank you. I will look it up.

He only needs the basics like speed, cadence, and kms ridden. For powerwatts, etc we use it only on the trainer and we use another software for this. HRate we have the watch (MIO) which is sufficient.

We got "lost" a few times riding and it would have been fun to get the GPS to take you back to the start. It would be nice for me to follow him on-line when he goes for a solo ride but it is not important, nor mandatory. If he is going for a 100km ride with his club, he text me when they stop so I always know he's ok.

I thought the Edge 1000 was the one to get but I don't want to spend, just to spend.

I'll go read the comments and go from there.

[Crankin]

I have DH's old 800 and he has the 1,000. They both have the features you are asking about.
Sometimes mine acts wacky and starts saying things like "turn on tertiary road," but it's more a function of the person who made the route not setting the way points right, so then the guidance doesn't work correctly. I don't know how to generate route/maps, but I do download them from my clubs and others. It's a useful function. DH has a premium membership with Ride With GPS, and he uses it a lot. I don't care about downloading my data. I record miles in a training log on paper (gasp!). But, it is nice to see my ascent/descent, etc., as well as miles and average.