Garmin Edge 200

garynevstasche

Thinking of buying a Garmin Edge 200 and wondering if anyone here has any experience with the unit.

Don't really want (and can't really afford) a fully blown sat-nav unit, but this seems to pack in the most important functions in a reasonably small unit for a good price (plus the Garmin web-based functions look good). Also like the fact that unlike my Cateye Velo Wireless it can be switched between my Road and MTB far more easily.

Another plus is that I can currently get it for under £70. Here's how:

Halfords price: £129.99
Reserve online and save 20%. Takes price down to £103.99.
Quidco offer 4.5% in-store cashback at Halfords if you pay with a registered card. Takes price down to £99.31.
Garmin cashback of £30 takes the price down to £69.31.

Now, if I can get a few quid for my Cateye (in white, immaculate, just needs cable-ties), then it will work out even cheaper.

Good idea?

ALaPlage

Good idea? Undoubtedly. A great piece of kit. If you can stretch to the 500 though as it is more use friendly and displays more data on the screen without having to scroll screens. You won't be disappointed with the 200 though. I have the 800 and never use the satnav so in hindsight should have got the 500. Friend has the 200 and loves it. He also came off a Cateye... The V2c I believe.

milesbehind

My Garmin Edge 200 was delivered this week. It's a great little unit for the money and delivers all that most recreational riders would need. It was simple to set up and fit to the bike....mine's on the stem. The GPS signal was picked up almost immediately and movement prompted the unit to ask if I wanted to start recording. I've done 2 rides to work this week to try it out, saved the route as a Course, uploaded the data to Garmin Connect.....simples. Mine came from Wiggle using their extra 10% discount offer last weekend + Father's Day Wiggle Vouchers + Garmin £30 cashback.....bargain!

gixer5

I've been using mine for the past six months without any problems. I have uploaded about 150 rides onto the Garmin website, which have been a combination of road and off road routes and alll of them appear to have recorded accurately. You can create courses on the Garmin website and then send them to the Edge 200 so that they appear as a bread crumb trail for you to follow, which works great on the road, but can be a little difficult to follow when off road. You also have the ability to compete against a virtual rider / a previous ride which can be a good way of challenging yourself on a solo ride. All in all a good entry level gps unit especially for £70.

PKRAZOR

Mate of mine has just bought the Mio Cyclo 300 and he reckons its the dogs bollocks, so much easier than the Garmin to operate and set up. Its been built from the ground up as a proper bike computer. The basic version is about £240 but you get full UK maps with that. There are some deals about where you can get the next model up the 305HC with heart rate and cadence for £250 (down from £310).

I had a go of his, got to say im impressed, so easy to use, and tons of data.

apreading

PKRAZOR wrote:

Mate of mine has just bought the Mio Cyclo 300 [...]. Its been built from the ground up as a proper bike computer.

As opposed to the Garmin, which was presumably never intended to be a proper bike computer...?

The Mio may or may not be better but its not because of the reason you state here. No bike computers have been designed or tested for biking as extensively as the Garmin ones. Granted, they take a bit of scratching around to work out how to use them but they are fantastic once you get over that.

jonomc4

just had a look at the mio cyclo 305hc - it looks like a great unit to be honest!
and it comes with UK maps pre installed and
Comes with:

Bike Mount
USB CAble
AC Adapter
Wheel sensor
HR monitor
Cadence

The only think I can figure out is whether you can upload / download gpx files to / from it, anyone know? I am guessing it would but I can see for sure.

gabriel959

But it costs as much as a Edge 800?

jonomc4

gabriel959 wrote:

But it costs as much as a Edge 800?

Well I see it for £269 and that includes all the sensors and UK maps - cheapest I can see for Garmin is £330 for all that.