Like mentioned, the device itself isn't getting any firmware updates or fixes, so that is what it is. Should still work like it works now. The real hangup will be when Wahoo finally sunsets the ELEMNT Companion app. For now, they haven't completed porting support for older head units to the "new"/cu

Wahoo elemnt Bolt + elemnt rival here. Already had the bike computer and as they seem to be discontinued I both the rival used for cheap. The thing is that wahoo has a built in triathlon mode which automatically registers split and transition times

I had two VivoActive watches (3 and 4?), and switched to Wahoo Elemnt Rival for this exact reason. Many times, I would be a half hour into a ride before the Garmin kicked in. I've had the Rival for almost 2 years, and it hasn't given me any problems. The wait to connect to GPS is at most 3 minutes,