Coros is disrupting the bike laptop market with a succesful, pretty reasonably priced, easy-to-use photo voltaic GPS biking laptop. Oh and did we point out it has a claimed 120+ hours of battery life? Coros did their homework on this one, and the early adopters are already bought.
Is there room for one more biking head unit within the peloton? What does Coros provide that others don’t?
What’s the Coros Dura?
You would possibly acknowledge Coros from health watches and the Coros Omni helmet. I’ve owned one in all their watches for slightly over a 12 months. It’s simple to make use of, is tremendous gentle, and has an extra-long battery life. Coros needs to convey that system to the biking laptop market with its new Dura head unit.
Why Dura? Once I first heard the identify of the brand new Coros head unit, I believed, “That sounds quick.” Like many different Shimano riders, I’m positive we’re associating it with ‘Dura-Ace,’ however ‘Dura’ for Coros means one thing barely totally different – although it’s not unhealthy being related to Shimano’s top-tier highway group.
Dura for Coros means endurance, going the lengthy haul, and taking up a difficult job. That’s exactly who the goal market is for his or her new head unit. Coros needs the Dura to be the go-to biking laptop and coaching companion for journey, gravel, and long-distance riders.
Why? It has 120 hours of battery life, is “all the time prepared,” and has strong navigation. There’s much more to this new biking laptop, so let’s begin with the important thing options.
Coros Dura Key Options
- Battery Life: The Dura boasts 120 consecutive hours of journey time with full GPS on a single cost. The extra prime photo voltaic panels add as much as two hours of journey time for each hour of direct solar publicity.
- Show: The display on the Coros Dura makes use of a totally customizable 2.7-inch MIP shade contact display. Meaning viewing your information and navigation on the Dura is obvious when driving outside, particularly below direct daylight. It additionally employs an adaptive backlight that auto-adjusts display brightness to make sure clear imaginative and prescient at evening or indoors. The gorilla glass ought to take all of the knocks you can provide it.
- Simply Toggle: The distinctive dial permits the rider to scroll between screens rapidly and with out swiping. Sure – there’s a contact display, however the knob is straightforward to make use of, barely novel, and quick.
- Navigation: The Coros app means that you can navigate simply utilizing Google Maps or obtain them out of your favourite apps, reminiscent of Strava, Experience with GPS, and Komoot.
- Coaching: Dura features a entire coaching platform within the Coros app and a desktop-friendly Coros Coaching Hub at no further value or month-to-month payment. Utilizing the Coros App and Coaching Hub with a Coros watch, you’ll be able to observe efficiency, restoration, sleep, stress, and HRV metrics.
“Our aim is to create merchandise that resolve issues for athletes–whether or not to assist them practice, discover the world, or just convey them nearer to the game they already love. COROS DURA is a transparent extension of this ethos and is the last word journey and coaching companion. We’re proud and humbled to introduce DURA to the biking market.”
Lewis Wu, COROS Co-Founder
COROS Dura Unit Particulars
- GPS Battery Life: 120 hours
- Weight: Physique: 97g, Mount: 44g
- Show Dimension: 2.7 inch
- Photo voltaic: Sure
- Dimensions: 3.92″ x 2.39″ x 0.62″
- Show Sort: Reminiscence-in-Pixel LCD, 480×240 pixels
- Backlight: Auto-Regulate
- Touchscreen: Sure
- Connectivity: Bluetooth/ANT+/WiFi
- GPS: Twin-Frequency
- Water Resistance: IP67
- Navigation Assist: Offline Maps, Flip-by-turn, Checkpoints, Sensible Rerouting (when related to the app)
- Media Controls: Coming
- Crash Detection: Sure
- Notifications: Sure
- Free Desktop Coaching Platform: Included (cell app included)
Pricing and Availability
The all-new Coros Dura is obtainable for $249, on sale worldwide, and begins transport July 1st.
First Impressions: Coros Dura GPS Biking Laptop
In the event you’re like me, you discover one thing and keep on with it. For a few years (and presently), that has been a Garmin head unit. When the Coros Dura got here up in dialog, the design spoke to me. I preferred that it solely had two buttons: one for laps and a dial for scrolling by screens and navigating the unit. However there’s additionally a touchscreen in the event you’d favor to not use the buttons in any respect.
When the Coros Dura unit arrived, I used to be impressed with the presentation. It’s much like the Coros watch and has a high-end really feel. Although the Coros Dura is correct within the center for the value, it’s reasonably priced for these searching for a touchscreen laptop with tons of battery life.
If you unbox the Coros Dura, you first get to the unit after which all the additional goodies you’ll want to keep up and cost it. It comes with an out-front handlebar mount however is appropriate with most quarter-turn (Garmin model) mounts.
Coros Dura Setup
The unit got here totally charged and was very simple to arrange. You scan the QR code, and your cellphone ought to take you on to the Coros App to obtain and arrange your unit. The app’s present model had almost all the pieces I wanted to get the unit up and rolling. It’s lacking some options; nonetheless, the Coros PR workforce tells us there are a LOT of updates coming both instantly, or within the close to future.
You may simply arrange your information screens on the pinnacle unit whereas within the app. It’s easy to arrange screens, add sensors, and so on.
The model of the app I’m operating didn’t enable for reference to my Radar (or couldn’t discover it). That could be a bummer. Nonetheless, all the pieces else labored simply wonderful, and the knob toggle/button is fairly rattling clutch.
The pinnacle unit responds in fast time to any motion on the knob and shuffles by the screens or any number of information you’re testing. I benefit from the two-button model of the Dura and picture that with a couple of extra rides, all the pieces can be automated (generally I overlook what the lap button was).
Impressed So Far – Extra to Come
I’ve had minimal time on the Coros Dura, and I look ahead to exploring it extra on the Enve Grodeo this weekend. From what I can inform, the Dura is a critical competitor to the Wahoo, Garmin, and Bryton items. The consumer interface could be very intuitive and acquainted. The worth can be engaging—$250 is nice for such a head unit.
How’s the battery life up to now? I’ve about 13 hours on the pinnacle unit and have but to cost it. It’s been studying “75%” for the reason that second journey and floating up/down 10% or so from there. It might be good to see the photo voltaic charging information on a devoted web page like Garmin gives, however I’m positive that’s coming quickly. One factor is for positive: Coros updates their items often. I’ve observed it with my watch, and I count on the identical factor with the Dura. Hopefully, customers will see these updates sooner reasonably than later.
Zach’s Ideas
I additionally acquired a Dura to check out, and like Jordan, I’ve been very impressed. Not too long ago my rides have been across the 2h mark, and the battery life could have solely dropped by 3%, with a 1-2% photo voltaic acquire. At that charge, I should not have any downside getting no less than to the 100h mark for battery life. It’s slightly odd that the button to fully flip the pc off is buried up to now down the menu, however it appears that evidently Coros envisions this laptop as ‘all the time on’ so there’s actually no have to energy it down fully.
My preliminary use left me lacking issues like air temperature and Wahoo’s climb view, however we’re instructed that air temp ought to be added this weekend, and the Coros climb view whereas navigating routes can be up to date round August. There are a variety of issues the Dura doesn’t have but when it comes to software program options, however all of them appear to be within the works.
For me, the one place the pc misses the mark is the inventory mount. To be truthful, most inventory laptop mounts are greatest used as a placeholder till you may get one thing higher, however the Coros mount is particularly annoying as mine rattles like a diving board over tough terrain. This appears to be because of the laptop being barely unfastened within the mount when totally put in.
To check it, I swapped it out for a Ok-Edge Max XL Garmin mount. With the brand new mount, the rattle is usually gone – although the pc remains to be a bit unfastened inside the mount. Experimenting additional, I put in a Wahoo insert package within the Ok-Edge mount, however rotated within the Garmin orientation. This was the one setup I’ve discovered that didn’t have any play between the pc and mount and was fully silent. Hopefully, this can be a preproduction concern that can be improved on manufacturing runs, but when not, the Ok-Edge mounts are the best way to go (Jordan had good luck with a Cannondale mount as nicely).
Additionally, it’s not talked about within the quickstart information, however the inventory mount features a locking bolt to stop the pc from coming unfastened. As soon as you put in it, you’ll be able to fasten the tiny Allen screw on the again of the mount, and it’ll stop it from with the ability to rotate, and due to this fact, fall out. Even with the locking bolt in place although, the pc nonetheless rattles on the mount.
Study extra about Coroa Dura at coros.com/dura
