Questions - Garmin routable maps

Hi i dont know the answers to all questions, but this is what i know (i have a forrunner 254M)

1. Not sure what could go wrong. In my opinion coursers should always be routeable (even without a map). My FR245 doestnt hava a map, but still i get turn-by-turn when planning a course in garmin connect

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3. I think you should go with a track instead of a route to be sure. You could use routing sofware but you then should export it as a track (in fact i think most software will do this by default). A track is not routable and route is (in combination with a map). Therfor a track contains much more trackpoints then a route (with could have only a couple of waypoints in it (eg WP1 as start and WP2 as destination). When importing your gpx into garmin connect, its best to have as many as trackpoints so garmin doesnt re-route your created route. Becouse garmin should convert it to a course, it should become routed even if you created it as a track. So for planning imo it does not matter if it is a route or a track, but best is to always export it as a track.

4. I tend to like komoot better then garmin connect. Planning in garmin is ok, but when making a mistake or you want to change your course a bit it is rather difficult in garmin connect without messing up the course. In komoot this is much easier. Another pro for komoot it knows what kind of path it is (grave, sand, concrete etc..). Another con for me for garmin is that it users google maps (you can use OpenStreetMap, but your runs must be public then) and googe maps isnt that great for planning runs becouse of the low detail or pathtypes. You cannot see the diffrence beween a cycleway, path and normal way. The only upside for using garmin connect imo is it shows the roads which are frequently used by other people. The only downside of komoot for me is when planning it run, it always stick to walking paths while i like running on cycleways better. So i tend to plan cycleroutes for my runs. And i think komoot is sometimes a bit slow on rendering the map.

Another very simple tool for creating a track is afstandmeten.nl. Very simple to use, and i for me the fasted way to plan a route. Loading the map is very very fast! It isn't that sophisticated as komoot though. It cannot connect to garmin so you do have to export your gps en import it manualy in garmin connect.

8. As far is i know this is normal. In garmin connect you have to push a button to send te course to a device. It isn't a sync though, just a copy action. So when you delete the course on either the watch or garmin connect, it is not deleted on the other. you have to delete it everywhere (same goes when using komooit, deleting a route on garmin connect or komooit doesnt delete it on the other either)