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Buying a new cycling computer
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I was going to replace my old bike computer (which got stolen) with a new Garmin, but ultimately decided against it.
I instead got a waterproof bike mount for my phone and use Osmand to track my rides (there's tons of other more user-friendly apps to use). Battery life is nowhere near as good as my old bike computer which used to last several days on a single charge - my phone goes down by around 10% for each hour of riding with the screen on, and in hot weather it shows an overheating warning (refuses to charge for a while after).
I don't think I'd go out of my way to get another bike computer though, perfectly fine with using my phone. I planned to use an old rugged phone instead of my current one... but ended up bricking it 😳😅
The only issue with a phone is that it might damage the camera. The camera has a stabilizing motor mechanism in it and this could potentially be damaged through all the vibration. The camera will be constantly trying to adjust the mechanism and that might burn it out or something.