COROS Dura Cycling Computer
The Dura is a brand new offering from the esteemed adventure watch maker COROS. The Dura is an incredibly capable cycling computer that offers unbelievable battery life, excellent features, and a simple and intuitive user experience. It also boasts the best solar charging capability of any cycling computer out there with a promise of two hours of extra battery life per one hour in the sun (at 75,000 lux). I've been riding with this computer for a couple of weeks now and I have yet to plug it in.
COROS has priced this cycling computer well below the competition at just $249 dollars. This puts it in line with some of the most affordable bike computers out there. The features, however, are up there with some of the most expensive cycling computers out there. You can create and send routes from your phone to the Dura and the Dura will analyze the route and display climbing information for you.
The COROS Dura is a cycling computer you can leave on your bike. Forever.
COROS is so sure of the above statement that they even provided a screw on their out-front mount that allows you to screw the bike computer down to permanently a fix the bike to the mount, and bike. The claimed battery life of this cycling computer is 140 hours. Yes, that's correct, 120 hours. While this is incredibly impressive on its own COROS also claims that you will get two hours of battery life per one hour in the sun. Essentially, if you just keep this computer on your bike, it will never have to be plugged in to charge. When you finish your rides the data automatically syncs to your phone and can upload to Strava or other similar services.
Climbing Alerts.
Something I've come to appreciate from my COROS Vertix 2S is the ability to see upcoming climbs on my route and where I am on those climbs. This feature transfers over to the Dura in a really cool way. When you are navigating on a route with the Dura you will get alerted when a climb is coming up and then the climb will be displayed for you to see. The information includes where you are on the climb and the steepness of each section of the climb. This is particularly useful on really long climbs so that you can monitor your effort and get to the top with enough energy to continue riding.
Route With Ease.
Creating and sending routes to the COROS Dura is incredibly easy and you get a few options to do this seamlessly. You can create a route right in the COROS app on your phone utilizing the "Explore" tab. You simply create a route by setting way points and the COROS app will do the rest. Once finished, you can easily send it right over to the Dura. An alternative method is to create, or download, a GPX file from other services and send it the device. This makes building a route really simple.
Who is COROS?
COROS has been upsetting the sport watch industry for several years at this point and has drawn some of the biggest athletes to their pro roster. They're most known for game changing battery life and thoughtful features on their watches and the COROS Dura aims to do the same for the cycling industry. The Dura is their first foray into the cycling world and is a welcome addition.
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