Wahoo – backlight vs no backlight on EVERY ELEMNT ever

On a bright sunny April afternoon, I gathered together every ELEMNT bike computer ever. I shot a few videos to compare the screen readability with the backlight off and the backlight set to maximum. I angled my iPhone camera in multiple directions to cover every viewing eventuality.

TL;DR – even with no backlight, these are all perfectly readable. OK, it wasn’t the middle of June, but I had zero issues.

The only ‘remarkable’ finding was that the Karoo 3 was especially bright when cranked up to the max.

There are two playlists, one for no backlight and one for max backlight – each playlist containing a video confirming the settings and one recording a workout.

• top, 1st row – Wahoo ELEMNT
• 2nd row – Bolt 1, Roam 1
• 3rd row – Bolt 2, Roam 2
• 4th row – Bolt 3, Roam 3, Karoo 3, Edge 540

No Backlight

Max backlight

Note: This proves that the new display tech used by Wahoo is perfectly acceptable in the conditions I typically cycle in. However, I would caution that the display is hard to read in a dimly lit house without a backlight. The ‘transflective’ screen technology takes sunlight and reflects some of it, explaining why it works so much better in real-world conditions outdoors. Of course, as the evening closes in or if you are cycling at night you will need some backlight.