Wahoo Elemnt Bolt Review Dc Rainmaker

Anyone looking to upgrade from an older unit and is deciding between garmin and wahoo is faced with an interesting decision.

Wahoo elemnt bolt review dc rainmaker.

Garmin edge 130 garmin edge 520 520plus 820 identical case size polar m460 wahoo bolt garmin 530 830 identical case size wahoo elemnt wahoo elemnt roam hammerhead karoo garmin edge 1030 sigma rox 12. For the purposes of this review i ve zoned in on how the elemnt works as a tool for bikepacking i e. No worries they say the best things come to those who wait. The unit was announced last year at interbike in september and while they had planned to have it in your hands by christmas it didn t quite work out.

From left to right. It s been exactly 30 days since wahoo started shipping their first gps bike computer the wahoo elemnt. There are so many badly done reviews of the wahoo elemnt bolt out there except for dc rainmaker s that i thought i d tell you what i think is the best and worst part about it. Now like their competitors this unit isn t designed as a successor but rather simply another option with a different size for those who want a smaller unit.

My first cycling gps unit but it works as advertised with lots of functionality at a fraction of the cost for a garmin and for just a few dollars more than the new wahoo unit. From left to right. For multi day rides following a route. Garmin edge 130 garmin edge 520 520plus 820 identical case size polar m460 wahoo bolt garmin 530 830 identical case size wahoo elemnt wahoo elemnt roam hammerhead karoo garmin edge 1030 sigma rox 12.

Of course being ant bluetooth smart compatible you don t have to limit things to just wahoo for example the varia radar. Wahoo elemnt bolt eu uk au nz wiggle wahoo elemnt bolt bundle eu uk au nz wiggle and finally here s a handy list of some of my favorite wahoo specific accessories for the wahoo units. Just about one year after wahoo started shipping the wahoo elemnt they re back at it again with a new and smaller variant the wahoo elemnt bolt. The same order is below as well.

Now you can check out the dc rainmaker review. If you re not too deep into the garmin ecosystem then you should buy the wahoo. If you have a functional edge 520 or 820 there s not much point in buying a elemnt bolt.