September 4, 2024 The Coros Dura and I have gotten to know each other over the last 6 weeks. Coros did the opposite of Wahoo, which started with a GPS head unit and went to the watch. Coros is already a fixture in GPS watches. Users include Eliud Kipchoge, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Eilish McColgan, Alex Yee, Emma Coburn and Kilian Jornet (look at his just-completed Alpine Connections ). It has now gone the other way and released a bicycle GPS head unit.
The Dura is worth your knowing about for 2 reasons beyond any others: first, the Dura costs $249; second, battery life. That $249 is really inexpensive when you consider the 2.7” screen size is the same as Wahoo ROAM’s screen. Wahoo’s BOLT has a 2.2” screen and at $279 is in the same price region as the Dura. As to battery life it’s claimed at 120 hours to a charge and I don’t really know if that’s accurate because I have not been very successful at running this battery down. Over the past weeks I’ve been riding with the Dura it’s been very sunny and not shaded and the darned thing keeps recharging because of the solar panel built into the unit. Note the image above. An almost-90 minute ride chewing up zero battery. Further below you’ll see a 2 hour ride, same thing. So, I don’t know that “battery life” is an applicable metric any longer. Maybe a new metric is needed like “recharge cycle” or “power scheme.” […]
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