I've had the Karoo 2 for a long while - and use it mostly for commuting and on my occasional mtb/grav riding. It's a really great device (especially when paired with a rear Garmin Varia radar light) and the approach they did (smartphone that happens to be in the form of a cycling computer) is an approach I'm a fan of. HH is a case study of how being bought out by SRAM has helped improve the product, given it was an early adopter-type device with bugs all over prior to the buyout. I wish there was more MTB-centric functions in the actual device, maybe a trailforks integration? Maybe not navigating me up a DH trail? The UI has been excellent, except for the UI changes that essentially disabled the dark mode in the last update. The software is quite good, but has many glaring flaws and issues.
The offline navigation is only isolated to dropping pins but I can't see why they couldn't have you search for a place and navigate to it offline.
There are grievances that drive me up the wall. The lack of a light sensor to determine screen brightness is bizarre, especially given this harbors a not-so energy efficient processor and power-hungry backlight. Going into a menu to change the brightness is annoying, and it has taken a while for that toggle slider for the brightness to work well software side. The inability to use my phone's bluetooth for Strava syncing via BT tethering, but Wifi-only. The lack of any Dashboard features on the device itself is confusing, and the meh features within it on the desktop. The battery life sucks.
The mount situation is annoying. Why TF does HH not sell first party K-Edge inserts for their computers, instead of Raceware. If you create a new mount, there should be some sort of small first party made mounts to support that device (not just the groad out front mount, but how about MTB?); and it's inexcusable at this point given SRAM owns it. It took ages for K-Edge to catch on....and the HH quarter turn adapte in the box is just plain meh.
On the flip side, I will get the HH Karoo 3 when it comes out as the 2 is a mediocre piece of hardware (with great software potential). Hopefully they will have addressed these issues by then.
June 27, 2023, 11:48 p.m. - cornedbeef
I've had the Karoo 2 for a long while - and use it mostly for commuting and on my occasional mtb/grav riding. It's a really great device (especially when paired with a rear Garmin Varia radar light) and the approach they did (smartphone that happens to be in the form of a cycling computer) is an approach I'm a fan of. HH is a case study of how being bought out by SRAM has helped improve the product, given it was an early adopter-type device with bugs all over prior to the buyout. I wish there was more MTB-centric functions in the actual device, maybe a trailforks integration? Maybe not navigating me up a DH trail? The UI has been excellent, except for the UI changes that essentially disabled the dark mode in the last update. The software is quite good, but has many glaring flaws and issues. The offline navigation is only isolated to dropping pins but I can't see why they couldn't have you search for a place and navigate to it offline. There are grievances that drive me up the wall. The lack of a light sensor to determine screen brightness is bizarre, especially given this harbors a not-so energy efficient processor and power-hungry backlight. Going into a menu to change the brightness is annoying, and it has taken a while for that toggle slider for the brightness to work well software side. The inability to use my phone's bluetooth for Strava syncing via BT tethering, but Wifi-only. The lack of any Dashboard features on the device itself is confusing, and the meh features within it on the desktop. The battery life sucks. The mount situation is annoying. Why TF does HH not sell first party K-Edge inserts for their computers, instead of Raceware. If you create a new mount, there should be some sort of small first party made mounts to support that device (not just the groad out front mount, but how about MTB?); and it's inexcusable at this point given SRAM owns it. It took ages for K-Edge to catch on....and the HH quarter turn adapte in the box is just plain meh. On the flip side, I will get the HH Karoo 3 when it comes out as the 2 is a mediocre piece of hardware (with great software potential). Hopefully they will have addressed these issues by then.