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I have made this point in the past myself to Bryton and I honestly feel this is what lets it down compared to Garmin.

The fact that all movement of the device when recording is stored as travel time and distance is a major flaw.  A number of fellow cyclists who have asked me about my Bryton see this as an issue which makes them go for the more expensive Garmin and If I am honest had I know of this issue before I purchased my Rider 5 I would have held off buying it.

For example part of one of my popular routes includes a 15 minute ferry journey and I do not want that time included in my ride as I do not ride my bike round the ferry ;-).  Also if I cycle to the shops then go in for a walk around then cycle  home I don't want my slow plodding through the store to effect my MPH avg or distance.  But the only alternative is to leave the device on the bike.  Not a good idea.  So instead I have to record my journey in chunks.  Get home put all the stats in a Spreadsheet to get my overall distance, time and average.

Please look at a fix for this as it is the only thing I feel it is lacking.  Other than that a great device.

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I am very happy with how it is.

I certainly would not call into shops while out training , why worry about the ferry time if you do it frequently , if you need log your ride after getting off the ferry maybe its best your record it from that point.

My Rider 50 is used to log my ride and track my fitness

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So is it a purely training device then?  

No calling at cycle cafes or boarding ferries.  The whole point of a PAUSE function is that it pause's an activity then lets you start again.  The pause function on the Bryton stops all together if you confirm you wish to pause. Does that happen when recording a movie or sound on an iPod? I perfectly understand the autopause but that only works if the unit is static.  Yesterdays ride for me consisted as follows:

- Ride to tunnel entrance under the river, stop recording as no GPS under the river bed.
- Start recording on the other side of the river to cafe where I met friends, Stop recording as autopause will not work whilst I walk round the cafe.
- Cycle to the ferry landing, stop recording as ferry motion is recorded on the device
- Alight from the ferry and start recording again.

Get home and enter the details of four rides, times, distances into a spreadsheet to get my figures and average for the day to enter into my cycling web-site.

My previous £5 bike computer could pause so why can't my £200+ one.  Garmin does..

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Bryton devices needs a manual pause function.

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If cyclists do not want to use a mannual pause function then thats fine.  I didn't on the 108 mile Cyclone challenge in July.  But I do think it should be there.  The fact that the current PAUSE option actually STOP's the recording if confirmed is not really a pause option is it?

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Originally Posted by Stephen John Brook:
I am very happy with how it is.

I certainly would not call into shops while out training , why worry about the ferry time if you do it frequently , if you need log your ride after getting off the ferry maybe its best your record it from that point.

My Rider 50 is used to log my ride and track my fitness

Good to know that you are happy - others aren't.
I think a pause function is a necessity - if you don't need it just don't use.
But s.o. who wants it is annoyed if it's not there.

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People are too fussy.. if not like it and compare it with a Garmin why didn't you get Garmin :-)

I dont want manual can you imagine having to press the pause when stopping at traffic lights , all time etc.. lol

Yes maybe the option to auto pause or manual will solve it for the Fussy ones :-)

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Thanks for categorizing all of us.

There's a german saying:

There is only two opinions - mine and the wrong one.
Sounding familiar?

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Am I missing something here?  When I stop at traffic lights the Auto pause will stop recording.  As an IT Development Manager I understand that quite clearly.  I have never suggested it should be otherwise.  But in addition there will be times when I simply want to pause the recording as the movement it is picking up is not down to my cycling, i.e. I wander round a café, on a ferry, in a bike shop etc.  As for not picking Garmin, isn’t it pretty obvious that price is the main factor here.  Same reason why I have a Samsung Galaxy SII and not a iPhone.

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@MrStrong  I'm with you all the way... there is no reason why it shouldn't be introduced and can only make the device more appealing, I feel.  

The auto pause function wouldn't be affected in any way.

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Many thanks Mark for making a good point in a very simple way, I do tend to go on ;-)

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Thanks everyone for the thoughts. We definitely hear you and will prioritize the needs on the list to better fit users' demands.  thanks again for the feedback!   

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Many thanks for the reply.  Its a great little unit by the way.

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Any progress

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I am looking for this function too! Besides for cycling, I took my Bryton on skiing vacation to track the total distance travelled. Works very well, especially when taking "distance uphill" as distance travelled in the lifts, while taking "distance downhill" as real skiing distance. The issue what I encountered is the time in the que of the skilifts, when you have a very slow pace, which is not filtered out by the autopause, but significantly affects the average speed (of lift and skiing combined).

As an alternative to the manual pause, would it be possible to set a minimum speed below which the Bryton automatically stops recording? So when you are cycling, you are all the time above 15km/h, but when shopping in the mall (as example), your speed will be lower, as when stopping at an trafficlight.