Much better than my last device ...

Positive characteristics:
- Presents itself to the PC as a flash drive, you can get your "Activities", which are stored on the device as .fit files upload manually in the browser - also works fine under Linux!
- Finding a sufficient number of satellites in ~ 15 seconds (10 to 40 seconds)
- The web portal "Garmin Connect" is the distance covered in Google or Bing maps to include speed graph Avg.. Speed, Avg. Moving Speed ​​(breaks eliminated), elevation profile, positive and negative difference in height, calories, etc. to - supposedly there is also an offline program to evaluate if you have fear of the Department of Homeland Security, but I have not tried. Apart from the Privacy Policy are OK (no disclosure to third parties, TRUSTe, Safe Harbor).
- The "Activities" may means "Garmin Connect" as .gpx, .kml .tcx or exported.
- The battery lasts 7 hours with activated backlight (weakest level, more than enough at night) - Note: extrapolation of 45% displayed residual level after 3:49:06 h: m: s
- One can at "Garmin Connect" almost any personal goals deposit (for example, 120 km cycling in 7 days from x; or 150 calories motor boating in one year).
- Relatively low GPS blur (when "nachfährt" the routes in Google Maps with the odometer, you have set on 20km just 20 m deviation). The curves are therefore also good "about expected".
- Good reception: works well in your pocket or even in the S-Bahn)
- Ability to configure the display brightness - you will not be blinded by his speedometer night.
- Freely configurable audio alarm eg every 15 minutes or every 11.22 km or every 987 calories
- Using "Auto Lap", the device can, depending on the position or as X meters / min Save all a split, which is then included duration / Avg speed at "Garmin Connect" appears (max 1000 per "Activity".)..
- Good menu that has only 4 buttons
- Two wheel brackets are included. The brackets are not absolutely rigid, which prevents break when, for example, the wheel falls down times.
- You can view summaries at "Garmin Connect". This can be done his "Activities" classify and then filter this classification.
- We see in "Garmin Connect" what others do so. You can set whether other default can see the own "Activities" or not. Regardless of the setting can say each "Activity" if others can see it or not.
- Calculation of calories consumed
- Selection of units (metric / US)
- The battery charge is very fast, while the level in percent is displayed

Negative characteristics:
- The inability to "Garmin Connect" several "Activities" download / export.
- The backlight of the display must be manually turned on / - ie switched on during the day is not starting.
- Uu discharges the unit when you move the PC down and forget it by the computer to separate (usually beeps it but ...)
- The warranty terms of Garmin (but are invalid under German law)
- Teething problems with "Garmin Connect": In line player you have to first click a combo box before you see the map
- The annoying passage in the privacy policy of "Garmin Connect" that this can be changed any time without notice from Garmin
- When selected for German language texts sometimes do not fit on the screen of your device and be abbreviated - so it is with me in English.

What still stands out as:
- The steering wheel mount and the cap of the USB ports does not just make the unit the impression to have been built to last, even though everything keeps perfectly.
- In "Garmin Connect" There is a calendar in the "Activities" to be displayed, in addition can enter daily based its weight and then provides a graph.
- You can go to "Garmin Connect" pro "Activity" an altitude correction by spatial data on or off. The corrected data you see the absolute heights better, but they are also "blurred".

All in all I am very satisfied and among the negative points in my view is not a real showstopper, so even 5 stars.