[gallery columns="2" ids="98583,98585"] Wahoo - backlight vs no backlight on EVERY ELEMNT ever More: Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt 3 Detailed review More: Wahoo ELEMNT ACE Detailed review 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 many viewing eventualities. 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 [caption id="attachment_98583" align="aligncenter" width="262"] clicks to youTube[/caption] Max backlight [caption id="attachment_98585" align="aligncenter" width="289"] clicks to youTube[/caption] Note: This performance of Wahoo is 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, and generally when in shade. 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; similarly, as said below, when your body casts a shadow over the display on a bright day readability will be tricky.
