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<blockquote data-quote="nemorino" data-source="post: 2022612" data-attributes="member: 14308"><p>qui una bella e completissima prova/recensione, non so se già l'avevate vista:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com/2009/11/garmin-edge-500-in-depth-review.html" target="_blank">http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com/2009/11/garmin-edge-500-in-depth-review.html</a></p><p></p><p>ad ogni modo qui sono riportate anche le funzioni mancanti rispetto al 705:</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Functionality that&#8217;s missing:</strong></em></p><p>Frequent users of any of the either Edge or Forerunner series will notice a few things that are missing from the Edge 500:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #545454">- No Virtual Partner: This feature normally helps you pace against a little virtual partner to try and keep a more consistent pace in training or racing. I can see how given the device is primarily targeted at cycling crowd and how you&#8217;d probably uses the virtual partner less there than in running.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #545454">- Ability to configure power zones on the unit itself (must be done via software): This feature allows you to set alerts if you fall below or exceed certain pre-specified zones or ranges for heart rate and power. However unlike the other units, you cannot set power or HR zones on the unit itself. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #545454">- Cannot utilize &#8220;Workouts&#8221;: This fairly common feature allows you to <a href="http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-download-workoutsrace-plans-into.html" target="_blank">download workouts</a> to your device and then combined with alerts it will basically walk you through a workout or race. I use this during races to help pace my by HR&#8217;s. For example, in the bike segment of a half-Ironman I usually have certain HR range for different sections. Not having this in the watch is a pretty significant loss for many folks. What&#8217;s even stranger here is that Garmin spent the time to update Garmin Training Center (GTC) to allow you to specify power alerts in workouts just two weeks ago on December 2nd. Given they almost never bother updating GTC (it&#8217;s old and crunchy) it&#8217;s strange to include this by not have workouts.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="color: #545454">I asked Garmin to comment on a few of these as to why they were left out, and here&#8217;s what they had to say:</span></p><p><em>Virtual Partner Functionality (VP):</em> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Garmin: "The VP works well with a course. Most riding does not use a steady state like the VP was designed [for] (except maybe TT&#8217;s). So that is the main reason why the VP is not in the device. It was designed to be a simpler device so this also reduces the page count."</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Rainmaker: And in this case, I generally agree with them here. While I&#8217;m all about features and functionality, I&#8217;d much rather them focus their development efforts on other areas that need attention than this. I&#8217;ve never used the VP feature in normal day to day or race situations for the bike (I have used it on the run however in the watches where it&#8217;s very useful. Just the simple reality that for most bike races except TT&#8217;s (like a triathlon) you&#8217;re racing against other people at the same time, instead of against the clock &#8211; so pacing via the VP isn&#8217;t really useful.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><em>Workouts (missing feature):</em> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Garmin: &#8220;This feature is planned for Q1 next year [2010] as a firmware update.&#8221;</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Rainmaker: Simple enough answer I think. :)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>diciamo che specie in fase allenamento il 705 è inarrivabile</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nemorino, post: 2022612, member: 14308"] qui una bella e completissima prova/recensione, non so se già l'avevate vista: [url]http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com/2009/11/garmin-edge-500-in-depth-review.html[/url] ad ogni modo qui sono riportate anche le funzioni mancanti rispetto al 705: [I][B]Functionality that’s missing:[/B][/I] Frequent users of any of the either Edge or Forerunner series will notice a few things that are missing from the Edge 500: [INDENT][COLOR=#545454]- No Virtual Partner: This feature normally helps you pace against a little virtual partner to try and keep a more consistent pace in training or racing. I can see how given the device is primarily targeted at cycling crowd and how you’d probably uses the virtual partner less there than in running.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#545454]- Ability to configure power zones on the unit itself (must be done via software): This feature allows you to set alerts if you fall below or exceed certain pre-specified zones or ranges for heart rate and power. However unlike the other units, you cannot set power or HR zones on the unit itself. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#545454]- Cannot utilize “Workouts”: This fairly common feature allows you to [URL="http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-download-workoutsrace-plans-into.html"]download workouts[/URL] to your device and then combined with alerts it will basically walk you through a workout or race. I use this during races to help pace my by HR’s. For example, in the bike segment of a half-Ironman I usually have certain HR range for different sections. Not having this in the watch is a pretty significant loss for many folks. What’s even stranger here is that Garmin spent the time to update Garmin Training Center (GTC) to allow you to specify power alerts in workouts just two weeks ago on December 2nd. Given they almost never bother updating GTC (it’s old and crunchy) it’s strange to include this by not have workouts.[/COLOR] [/INDENT][COLOR=#545454]I asked Garmin to comment on a few of these as to why they were left out, and here’s what they had to say:[/COLOR] [I]Virtual Partner Functionality (VP):[/I] [INDENT]Garmin: "The VP works well with a course. Most riding does not use a steady state like the VP was designed [for] (except maybe TT’s). So that is the main reason why the VP is not in the device. It was designed to be a simpler device so this also reduces the page count." [/INDENT][INDENT]Rainmaker: And in this case, I generally agree with them here. While I’m all about features and functionality, I’d much rather them focus their development efforts on other areas that need attention than this. I’ve never used the VP feature in normal day to day or race situations for the bike (I have used it on the run however in the watches where it’s very useful. Just the simple reality that for most bike races except TT’s (like a triathlon) you’re racing against other people at the same time, instead of against the clock – so pacing via the VP isn’t really useful. [/INDENT][I]Workouts (missing feature):[/I] [INDENT]Garmin: “This feature is planned for Q1 next year [2010] as a firmware update.” [/INDENT][INDENT]Rainmaker: Simple enough answer I think. :) [/INDENT]diciamo che specie in fase allenamento il 705 è inarrivabile [/QUOTE]
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