Hard of hearing - cannot hear Garmin alerts

mankybianchi

I'm wondering how anyone else has managed to work around the issue of being unable to hear the chirrup alerts on a Garmin head unit.

I need 2 hearing aids but don't like cycling with them due to potential damage from rain. I use an Edge 520 and have alerts set to remind me to eat/ drink at regular intervals as I'm now tending to do rides minimum 5 hours but I just can't hear them.

The screen will display an alert but I hardly ever notice them as they are only there for a few seconds.

The 520 can't relay audio alerts through Garmin connect like newer versions do. Do these audio alerts work with say a BT ear bud paired to the phone?

Also thought of a wristband vibration alert but not sure how noticeable this would be in actual ride situations.

Can anyone offer any advice please?

PMark

I use a smart phone, so don’t know if your garmin can connect to bt headphones, but if it can, I would recommend some bone conducting headphones, like these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DMDD776/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_1YXFBMW4MY75GH8VGPT4
If the garmin can’t connect, then maybe just connect them to your smart phone while riding. Then setup navigation software on some alarms on there.

emanresu

Can't you just remember to say eat every 45 minutes and then glance at the clock on the garmin every now and again?

It's not that difficult, I do it.

ugo.santalucia

Why do you need reminders to eat and drink? Is this what mankind has come to?

veronese68

I must confess I find Garmins bleeping really annoying and turn all the bleeps off. When you pull up around other cyclists and hear a load of Garmins making noises it's just irritating.

elbowloh

veronese68 said:

I must confess I find Garmins bleeping really annoying and turn all the bleeps off. When you pull up around other cyclists and hear a load of Garmins making noises it's just irritating.

When i had an 800 the noise was useful for knowing when it was turning itself off unexpectedly. It was a shoite unit. My 810 has been faultless.

womack

ugo.santalucia said:

Why do you need reminders to eat and drink? Is this what mankind has come to?

Agree 100%

homers_double

I do comment that when a few of us set off all you get is click click click click beep beep beep beep

mankybianchi

ugo.santalucia said:

Why do you need reminders to eat and drink? Is this what mankind has come to?

Yep I guess so. Each to their own and all that but I find that I'm a bit unaware of the time passing and can be haphazard in taking frequent feeds/drinks, which is not ideal. So I prefer to use a prompt as an aid.

Thanks PMark, I'll have a look at the link.

webboo

At the end of the day unless you are riding stages in a grand tour it doesn’t need to be rocket science. Have drink, eat something and repeat.