Garmin Edge 520
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I did my first proper outside ride today. It worked fine except when trying to sync to Garmin connect on my iPhone. It just didn't want to do anything it seems. Until I rebooted both the Garmin and my phone then it worked straight away.
Looks like I'm still going to be tracking on my phone as a backup for a while.
I just synced it using the USB cable and Garmin Express. Worked fine."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
Bit of an embarrassing post this but......I don't have a smart phone.
I don't actually carry a phone with me at all when riding which saves 100g and the possibility of phone calls telling me to get home.
I love my 500 but on the odd occasion I use it for navigating it drives me mad. It claims to be off course far too often and when you do get lost you're screwed as you can't see the roads. The idea of base maps and GLONASS as well as GPS sounds brilliant.
Is everything else completely wasted on me, live tracking, Strava segments (are they live via the phone?), text/call updates, uploading of journeys via the phone?
Apart from the mapping, what other advantages are there over the 500 for us Luddites? Come on, help me justify the extra £160...0 -
I did my first proper outside ride today. It worked fine except when trying to sync to Garmin connect on my iPhone. It just didn't want to do anything it seems. Until I rebooted both the Garmin and my phone then it worked straight away.
Looks like I'm still going to be tracking on my phone as a backup for a while.
I just synced it using the USB cable and Garmin Express. Worked fine.
Don't have a PC so hooking up a USB cable isn't an option.0 -
I don't actually carry a phone with me at all when riding which saves 100g and the possibility of phone calls telling me to get home.
I don't know if you are serious or not?
Each to their own and I have no right to tell others what to do. But I will always cycle with a phone in case I have the nightmare scenario of a mechanical or a puncture I can't fix. But then I do a lot of rural solo rides.
100g. The weight of one and a half energy bars or 100ml of water in your bidon. You could lose 100g of bodyweight without trying."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
Apart from the mapping, what other advantages are there over the 500 for us Luddites? Come on, help me justify the extra £160...
There is a comparison chart of features here... http://www.dcrainmaker.com/product-comparison-calculator?type=watch&ids=3071%2C46993#results"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
I don't actually carry a phone with me at all when riding which saves 100g and the possibility of phone calls telling me to get home.
I don't know if you are serious or not?
Each to their own and I have no right to tell others what to do. But I will always cycle with a phone in case I have the nightmare scenario of a mechanical or a puncture I can't fix. But then I do a lot of rural solo rides.
100g. The weight of one and a half energy bars or 100ml of water in your bidon. You could lose 100g of bodyweight without trying.
I don't really take a phone as we don't have a car which is what I guess most people actually take them for, to call for a rescue. Tool kit, tyre patches etc etc will have to do. Maybe slightly selfish that I can't call to say I'm going to be really late but it hasn't happened so far. Might think differently if I rode in the highlands or the middle of Dartmoor....
Ropey Gumtree buyer for my 500 seems to have vanished so the 520 might not be an issue now.0 -
I have a quick question for anyone who has a 520...
Currently I have an Edge 200 which mostly does everything I want. I sometimes use Ridewithgps to create routes to follow, however, when naming them, the edge 200 can only display a cropped version of the name given to the route. This makes it a bit difficult to give routes a meaningful name other than "SundayRide1" etc. So, my question is does the 520 allow better naming routes imported from sites like Ridewithgps ?
Thanks,
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I have a quick question for anyone who has a 520...
Currently I have an Edge 200 which mostly does everything I want. I sometimes use Ridewithgps to create routes to follow, however, when naming them, the edge 200 can only display a cropped version of the name given to the route. This makes it a bit difficult to give routes a meaningful name other than "SundayRide1" etc. So, my question is does the 520 allow better naming routes imported from sites like Ridewithgps ?
Thanks,
Lee
Have you tried creating a course with the Garmin Connect website, saving then uploading it to the Edge? This allowed me to save long names with multiple words."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
Have you tried creating a course with the Garmin Connect website, saving then uploading it to the Edge? This allowed me to save long names with multiple words.
I must admit I'd not tried this. I find the Garmin software a bit pants, especially the route creation bit but I'll give it a go, thanks!0 -
[quoteIt's like putting an iPad on your bike [/quote]
My son wanted to use Strava live / mapping on his Galaxy S5; we bought him a case / mount for it. That is not much smaller than my iPad mini and looks ridiculous on the bars.
Interestingly I lent him my Garmin last week and he's now researching them
He's got to be 2mph faster without the tea-tray.0 -
I did my first proper outside ride today. It worked fine except when trying to sync to Garmin connect on my iPhone. It just didn't want to do anything it seems. Until I rebooted both the Garmin and my phone then it worked straight away.
Looks like I'm still going to be tracking on my phone as a backup for a while.
I just synced it using the USB cable and Garmin Express. Worked fine.
Don't have a PC so hooking up a USB cable isn't an option.
If you don't have a PC then you are lacking the only 100% reliable way to upload rides it would seem.
My 520 fails to upload rides to the Garmin Connect app on my iPhone 6, and from looking on the Garmin forums it seems like a lot of other people are having similar problems.
Some claim to have had success by uninstalling/reinstalling the app and combinations of rebooting devices, but I guess there is a an underlying software problem that we will just have to hope Garmin fix in a firmware update0 -
Some claim to have had success by uninstalling/reinstalling the app and combinations of rebooting devices, but I guess there is a an underlying software problem that we will just have to hope Garmin fix in a firmware update
Hmm bit of a bugger then. So it does look like I'm still going to have to use my phone to do my Strava tracking, even if the Garmin is still acting as a cycle computer.
I do have the possibility of taking my Garmin to work and plugging it in there for firmware updates and the likes, but a day or two later isn't much good for uploading rides.0 -
I have to say, as often happens with these things. The device itself is really nice, seems work well, the display is good quality. But the software / firmware and everything else that supports it, is really terrible. Garmin have been doing this for a long time now, and it's still pretty crap.0
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The most reliable my Garmin has ever been was 4 years ago when i had my edge 800. seems to have become more temperamental as the years and 'updates' have rolled onI have to say, as often happens with these things. The device itself is really nice, seems work well, the display is good quality. But the software / firmware and everything else that supports it, is really terrible. Garmin have been doing this for a long time now, and it's still pretty crap.Scott Foil - viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=129827790 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19697437#p19697437]dirtymonkey1985[/url] wrote:
The most reliable my Garmin has ever been was 4 years ago when i had my edge 800. seems to have become more temperamental as the years and 'updates' have rolled onI have to say, as often happens with these things. The device itself is really nice, seems work well, the display is good quality. But the software / firmware and everything else that supports it, is really terrible. Garmin have been doing this for a long time now, and it's still pretty crap.
I havent updated mine - I am on V2.4 and it is now telling me 2.7 is available but if it aint broke, why fix it?0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19697437#p19697437]dirtymonkey1985[/url] wrote:
The most reliable my Garmin has ever been was 4 years ago when i had my edge 800. seems to have become more temperamental as the years and 'updates' have rolled onI have to say, as often happens with these things. The device itself is really nice, seems work well, the display is good quality. But the software / firmware and everything else that supports it, is really terrible. Garmin have been doing this for a long time now, and it's still pretty crap.
I havent updated mine - I am on V2.4 and it is now telling me 2.7 is available but if it aint broke, why fix it?
If it's all working ok then yes; leave well alone!0 -
Its two different betters.Plenty of people on here with very limited budgets so 'better' isn't really better if the price is too high.
One is whether it is actually better, and the other is if its better for the individual.
It would be nice if people separated the two, but what generally happens is that people don't want to spend the money, and then slag off/dismiss the benefits to make themselves feel better about it.
I am not sure that 'very limited budgets' and Garmin bike sat nav even go together.
You make it sound like people are in the Salvation Army soup Que. before buying an 810.
If you can afford an 810, you can afford a 1000. You just have to cut back somewhere else!
Just buy the one you want and go cycle FFS.0 -
Its two different betters.Plenty of people on here with very limited budgets so 'better' isn't really better if the price is too high.
One is whether it is actually better, and the other is if its better for the individual.
It would be nice if people separated the two, but what generally happens is that people don't want to spend the money, and then slag off/dismiss the benefits to make themselves feel better about it.
I am not sure that 'very limited budgets' and Garmin bike sat nav even go together.
You make it sound like people are in the Salvation Army soup Que. before buying an 810.
If you can afford an 810, you can afford a 1000. You just have to cut back somewhere else!
Just buy the one you want and go cycle FFS.
I pretty much agree with all of the above but should say that you missed one 'thing that generally happens' - that being that some people want to spend the extra and then slag of the 'lesser' products in order to justify their purchase as being the more rational choice! It does work both ways.
And yes, there are plenty of folk on here who seem to struggle to afford an 810 over a 510 or a 1000 over an 810 (or any other item of bike related unnecessariness). Maybe their other halves read their bank statements.........Faster than a tent.......0 -
^^^^ When you actually compare the features of the 520 against the 1000. The 1000 doesn't do much extra, just touchscreen and some obscure routing feature, it certainly isn't worth the extra £132. Is the 1000 better? Not in my opinion."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0
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I just dont get why people complain about a bike gps having a low resolution :?
Its not really that difficult to understand is it?
If something has a screen that you need to look at, then its better to have one thats easier to see.
But the 810 screen is perfectly visible.
Any screen, when viewed in certain lighting conditions, can be difficult to see, even the top end phones.
I have had no complaints what so ever about the screen of the 810 and i am extremely surprised that people have actually returned the device due to the screen. Granted, the resolution might be lower than the 1000 but in no way does that make the screen harder to see. Plus, a lower res screen can have additional benefits - longer battery life for one.0 -
I just dont get why people complain about a bike gps having a low resolution :?
Its not really that difficult to understand is it?
If something has a screen that you need to look at, then its better to have one thats easier to see.
But the 810 screen is perfectly visible.
Any screen, when viewed in certain lighting conditions, can be difficult to see, even the top end phones.
I have had no complaints what so ever about the screen of the 810 and i am extremely surprised that people have actually returned the device due to the screen. Granted, the resolution might be lower than the 1000 but in no way does that make the screen harder to see. Plus, a lower res screen can have additional benefits - longer battery life for one.
Stop talking sense.0 -
I just dont get why people complain about a bike gps having a low resolution :?
Its not really that difficult to understand is it?
If something has a screen that you need to look at, then its better to have one thats easier to see.
But the 810 screen is perfectly visible.
Any screen, when viewed in certain lighting conditions, can be difficult to see, even the top end phones.
I have had no complaints what so ever about the screen of the 810 and i am extremely surprised that people have actually returned the device due to the screen. Granted, the resolution might be lower than the 1000 but in no way does that make the screen harder to see. Plus, a lower res screen can have additional benefits - longer battery life for one.
Stop talking sense.
:oops: apologies...its too early in the morning! 0 -
^^^^ When you actually compare the features of the 520 against the 1000. The 1000 doesn't do much extra, just touchscreen and some obscure routing feature, it certainly isn't worth the extra £132. Is the 1000 better? Not in my opinion.
Bigger screen, wifi uploading, memory card addition, proper mapping. That said I do agree it's not worth the extra.0 -
Its two different betters.Plenty of people on here with very limited budgets so 'better' isn't really better if the price is too high.
One is whether it is actually better, and the other is if its better for the individual.
It would be nice if people separated the two, but what generally happens is that people don't want to spend the money, and then slag off/dismiss the benefits to make themselves feel better about it.
I am not sure that 'very limited budgets' and Garmin bike sat nav even go together.
You make it sound like people are in the Salvation Army soup Que. before buying an 810.
If you can afford an 810, you can afford a 1000. You just have to cut back somewhere else!
Just buy the one you want and go cycle FFS.
I pretty much agree with all of the above but should say that you missed one 'thing that generally happens' - that being that some people want to spend the extra and then slag of the 'lesser' products in order to justify their purchase as being the more rational choice! It does work both ways.
And yes, there are plenty of folk on here who seem to struggle to afford an 810 over a 510 or a 1000 over an 810 (or any other item of bike related unnecessariness). Maybe their other halves read their bank statements.........
Thanks Rolf.
I hope I never give the impression of wanting to slag anyone off with lesser products.
I want to drag people up, not beat them down ;-)
Not that sure it actually happens that much TBH, but take your point.
Also, for the record, I have never advocated getting say a 1000, when you already have an 810.
I would not bother doing something like that, and just because I may say get the 1000 once both are available, I am not in any way slagging off anyone who already has an 810, or even just chooses to buy one.
Personally, if I buy something that is cr@p, I will say its Cr@p. Does not matter how much it costs.
Absolutely loving my Edge 25 at the moment. Its all I really need most of the time.
The connected features are the way forward re Garmins IMO.0 -
Its two different betters.Plenty of people on here with very limited budgets so 'better' isn't really better if the price is too high.
One is whether it is actually better, and the other is if its better for the individual.
It would be nice if people separated the two, but what generally happens is that people don't want to spend the money, and then slag off/dismiss the benefits to make themselves feel better about it.
I am not sure that 'very limited budgets' and Garmin bike sat nav even go together.
You make it sound like people are in the Salvation Army soup Que. before buying an 810.
If you can afford an 810, you can afford a 1000. You just have to cut back somewhere else!
Just buy the one you want and go cycle FFS.
I pretty much agree with all of the above but should say that you missed one 'thing that generally happens' - that being that some people want to spend the extra and then slag of the 'lesser' products in order to justify their purchase as being the more rational choice! It does work both ways.
And yes, there are plenty of folk on here who seem to struggle to afford an 810 over a 510 or a 1000 over an 810 (or any other item of bike related unnecessariness). Maybe their other halves read their bank statements.........
Thanks Rolf.
I hope I never give the impression of wanting to slag anyone off with lesser products.
I want to drag people up, not beat them down ;-)
Not that sure it actually happens that much TBH, but take your point.
Also, for the record, I have never advocated getting say a 1000, when you already have an 810.
I would not bother doing something like that, and just because I may say get the 1000 once both are available, I am not in any way slagging off anyone who already has an 810, or even just chooses to buy one.
Personally, if I buy something that is cr@p, I will say its Cr@p. Does not matter how much it costs.
Absolutely loving my Edge 25 at the moment. Its all I really need most of the time.
The connected features are the way forward re Garmins IMO.
Am tempted by the 25 as I don't feel I need the 520. Could you possibly do a small real world review please?
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Am tempted by the 25 as I don't feel I need the 520. Could you possibly do a small real world review please?
Thanks
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/06/garmin-edge-20-25.html"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
2 downsides I felt before getting it are its small screen and battery life.
Since having it the screen size and basic info have formed part of its charm.
Battery life (I assume its not the actual 8 hours claimed, but maybe it is) is not really an issue for its designed target market.
It works flawlessly. Again, its simplicity helps a lot here too.
There is nothing to get confused about.
I love it for commutes and CX/MTB rides.
I would be happy to take it on most road rides TBH.
It does most of what I mostly use.0 -
I want to drag people up, not beat them down ;-)
But beating people down is what the internet is for!Faster than a tent.......0 -
I want to drag people up, not beat them down ;-)
But beating people down is what the internet is for!
"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
Am tempted by the 25 as I don't feel I need the 520. Could you possibly do a small real world review please?
Thanks
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/06/garmin-edge-20-25.html
Many thanks0
