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Posted 5 May 2021
Garmin Edge 530 GPS Cycle Computer - £194.99 with student discount) delivered @ Garmin Shop
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Garmin Edge 530 at £195, 1030 Plus at £390, 830 at £262.49..
Only a £35 or so saving over other stores such as Halfords/Argos but still may be of interest.
And yes, you can try and use a phone instead but it's crap (trust me, I tried for 6 months).
I access the Garmin site through Totum (student discount) to get these prices. There may be other ways of getting the discount through the usual means (BlueLight, etc.).
The following link may get you to the garmin site for the deals (no guarantees!) - the link at the top of the deal takes you to the standard Garmin site.
garmin.com/en-…8GB
Only a £35 or so saving over other stores such as Halfords/Argos but still may be of interest.
And yes, you can try and use a phone instead but it's crap (trust me, I tried for 6 months).
I access the Garmin site through Totum (student discount) to get these prices. There may be other ways of getting the discount through the usual means (BlueLight, etc.).
The following link may get you to the garmin site for the deals (no guarantees!) - the link at the top of the deal takes you to the standard Garmin site.
garmin.com/en-…8GB
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Edited by d8smt, 12 May 2021
45 Comments
sorted byNo point debating this. All done before. Just gets very boring. If you don't want one of these, why bother trying to hijack the thread?
I use my Edge for road and MTB, it works pretty well. To my mind, over using a phone the advantage is:
- Screen is readable and crisp clear in all light and weathers
- As mentioned, battery, mostly in that I can leave it on the bike and just charge it once a week
- Speed, can just switch it on, all sensors (speed, HRM, Varia radar) connect instantly and I can select a route and go
- Less bulk on the handlebars, it's nice and compact so no chance of knocking it off, and the bars aren't cluttered (more important on a road bike)
just purchased 530, Cheers1 (edited)
garmin.com/en-…8GB
Yes, and it's buggy as hell without any new features - it's just a smaller roam. Like I said, they haven't innovated for years...
Yes
I hoped they might. Reckon it will be next spring now. They've missed the boat for 2021, but are in danger of losing ground to karoo. Wahoo have lost the plot imo. (edited)
It's brilliant and better than the karoo 1 so I would go for it. The karoo 2 is a lot more expensive perhaps not worth the difference once you're over the excitement of the nice screen.
The 530
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Not sure I’d want to strap £1000+ worth of glass phone to the front of my MTB!
Your love for Garmin is apparent but literally some don’t know any better, if you bothered to check you’d see someone dismissed phones due to battery which isn’t the case. Phone vs Garmin for nav is night and day....
If anyone wants to buy my Fenix 6 solar pm me, I’m selling that now too 😃
I paid £194 at Garmin. I spoke to customer services,they expect more stock around 25th of June... I had to cancel and buy from Amazon for £240 😫
DCrainmaker’s review says it has a load of bugs. I’ve gone for the 530 - seems like the elemnt bolt is playing catch up with tech.
You don’t have to faff with gpx. This Garmin automatically syncs your rides and your routes with Strava when it finds your Wi-Fi, you don’t have to press a single button. The screen is always on for you entire ride. Not many phones will last for hours with the screen on permanently especially when they get older. Also you can wear any gloves you like as no touchscreen and you can switch screens etc without letting go of the handlebars if you have the remote - great for MTB. Does the phone tell you how long your jumps were and where you did them on a map?
No - 530 MTB Bundle is £239. I've corrected the image.
Totally agree. This is the old one, much slower and not as power efficient and doesn’t have the MTB features, however it’s still a lot better than using your phone.
Same price here gelisimgunlugu.com/pro…BwE
Whoch Karoo would you recommend in comparison to the 530.
I'm looking at purchasing the 530 but still not 100% convinced it's the best one.
Do you get 20 hours battery on your phone? My phone battery would die after a few hours when using GPS
Which edge did you have?
Why on earth would I need 20hrs of battery, do you ride 20hrs in one go? You buy a decent battery phone obviously, mine uses Komoot, Trailforks and a device called ShredMate which records trail data also, all this all day hardly dents my battery. If it did I’d plug it into the bike battery in any case. Overall I get modern and more accurate tracking over an 8bit level interface.
The only issue is damaging my iPhone or losing it but I just need to find a better way of securing it onto the frame instead of the bars....still working on that (edited)
Ahh thats a shame ... Surely they must know when to expect stock?
How much did you pay for it? If it's full price better of cancelling and ordering from Halfords or the likes.
Seems most of them are on 3-5 week delivery now unfortunately - start of the cycle season probably.
Next best option for a quick delivery would be Amazon+£5 back on the Amex card (£235) or Halfords with the 10% discount from student Totem or British Cycling (free membership at the moment) -(£234).
I understand, but I specifically chose this model because it was in stock. Never mind, I'm just disappointed as I was expecting more from Garmin and their customer service
Not sure what your class as innovation but they released a new Bolt yesterday.