1/2/2024 0 Comments Karoo 2 ride with gpsWhere I used to have frequent sensor drop-outs and mystery freezes, I haven’t had any squirrelly behavior this entire year. The Karoo of 2020 is far and away a more reliable, stable, feature-rich device than the Karoo of 2018/19. This is because Hammerhead has slowly and steadily improved the software, improving stability and then adding features. The experience over this past year has been better than my experience in year one. I bought mine “new” 2nd hand from an early adopter and have had it now for almost 2 full seasons of riding. I have an original Karoo and my experience has been excellent. I would just love a bike computer from Wahoo with a much larger screen too it more data, easier to read maps, a few more colors, and a SIM-card! And then use the phone app for everything else, like setup, settings, creating custom pages, entering addresses for it to guide to etc. I really love Wahoo’s approach to this - use the bike computer for what its for, start, stop, pick a route, and view data. It felt like it was more of a gimmick than something I would like to use and fiddle with on the bike. Usability where it counts, intuitive and built for context (ride bikes fast and be able to quickly see data)Ī colleague of mine had the first Karoo, and sure, while it looked good off the bike. I rather see the screen data than be lost with the fancy graphics.įrom a UX perspective, it makes total sense to go the route that Wahoo has. I do agree that it does look good with better graphics, but the second the sun is out and there is glare etc. Information - what do we use the bike computer for? Browsing the web or looking at cycling data? Hopefully the latter, therefore the use of crazy graphics isn’t needed. A regular “phone screen” or the likes also needs backlight for things to actually be visible, huge drainer. Especially for a device where the screen is always on. There are actually some reasoning to why they do look “old” and don’t have the screens of modern mobile phones.īattery life - faster processors, higher resolution screens requiring GPU power, etc.
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