Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Edge 2.6" GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Average customer rating
4.1
(790 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 790 reviews
5 Stars
449
4 Stars
157
3 Stars
67
2 Stars
58
1 Star
59
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Edge 2.6" GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Customer Rating
5
Great Bike Computer
on April 29, 2023
Posted by: Karri I
New to mountain biking and getting back into road cycling, so this is a great entry bike computer. Does all the basics & easy to use. Great battery life. Very happy with it. Like that I can respond to text messages from here, too.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Recommanded GPS unit
on April 25, 2023
Posted by: Philippe C
from quebec, QC, CA
Very good and reliable product, love garmin product in general.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great option GPS
on April 18, 2023
Posted by: Lukas W
I chose the 530 because it doesn't have touch screen. I have had trouble with touchscreens in the rain. It does what I need in small package. I just wish there was a bundle with a mtb mount and sensors.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
Garmin 530’…, poor radar sound
on April 15, 2023
Posted by: D. Sparks
Just sent my new Garmin 530 back ,.. the sound for the radar when a car approached was not audible. Perhaps the 540 will be better.
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, April 20, 2023
We are sorry to hear that you returned the device, for future reference and for other customers too we would encourage you to reach out to our team so that we can get the detail's from you and work on a solution. It may be that this particular device had an issue. Thank you for posting a review.
Please reach out to our team at: product.support@garmin.com
Edge 530 Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=621224&tab=topics
Please reach out to our team at: product.support@garmin.com
Edge 530 Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=621224&tab=topics
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
on April 14, 2023
Posted by: Rebecca B
Takes a bit to figure out with all the buttons, but it's accurate and does the trick for me! I might recommend the touch-screen version because using several buttons to navigate can be a bit obnoxious.
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Customer Rating
4
on April 10, 2023
Posted by: Charles T
Great unit; I would give it 5 stars if the battery lasted a bit longer.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Works really well
on April 10, 2023
Posted by: Rob R
from San Jose, CA, US
I use my 530 for mountain biking, commuting, and on my trainer. It works really well for all 3 of these applications.
MTB: Lots of nice features. I got it primarily for riding unfamiliar trails. The maps work well and can get you where you want to go. It is fun to have the different mtb metrics, especially the jumps.
Commuting: When I select commute I have it auto start so I just turn it on and ride to work. You can have different data set up for each profile and that is really nice.
Trainer: I was able to load my workouts onto it and they work just as expected.
There are a lot of features that this device offers. I wanted it for the maps and GPS and have not been disappointed. It starts up quickly and the GPS has worked really well even in the trees, big improvement over my Edge 500. The size is not too big and the screen is big enough to show all of the info that I want to see while riding. I also have the speed and cadence sensors but use a Wahoo HRM and all three are easy to pair.
MTB: Lots of nice features. I got it primarily for riding unfamiliar trails. The maps work well and can get you where you want to go. It is fun to have the different mtb metrics, especially the jumps.
Commuting: When I select commute I have it auto start so I just turn it on and ride to work. You can have different data set up for each profile and that is really nice.
Trainer: I was able to load my workouts onto it and they work just as expected.
There are a lot of features that this device offers. I wanted it for the maps and GPS and have not been disappointed. It starts up quickly and the GPS has worked really well even in the trees, big improvement over my Edge 500. The size is not too big and the screen is big enough to show all of the info that I want to see while riding. I also have the speed and cadence sensors but use a Wahoo HRM and all three are easy to pair.
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Customer Rating
1
Rubbish - total waste of money- do not buy
on April 8, 2023
Posted by: Old Minty
I got this at Christmas - device froze a couple of times when learning to use it but managed to set it up, signed up to Komoot but never attached it to my bike. 4 months later and warm weather so i got it out and the device was flat so I changed it but would not turn on, just got the garmin logo and grey screen. Managed to do a factory reset, re paired with the connect app and did a firmware update.
Froze again.
Managed to get it to restart and “a ride” was started - 15 mins later had done nearly 1km Which is pretty impressive for an armchair. Not able to stoop or pause the ride and distance still increasing an managed to turn it off.
Frozen again, device restarts if i hold the power long enough but just get the garmin logo and a grey screen. Can’t actually turn it off- just restarts and back to the grey screen.
Froze again.
Managed to get it to restart and “a ride” was started - 15 mins later had done nearly 1km Which is pretty impressive for an armchair. Not able to stoop or pause the ride and distance still increasing an managed to turn it off.
Frozen again, device restarts if i hold the power long enough but just get the garmin logo and a grey screen. Can’t actually turn it off- just restarts and back to the grey screen.
Can’t return as not got the packaging and its been too long. Will now try garmin warranty service so anticipating that to be equally joyous.
I had reservations as the reviews were not great - devices freezing etc and regret it. Total wast of money and my time. Save yourself the heartache and avoid.
Would give a no star review if it let me
I had reservations as the reviews were not great - devices freezing etc and regret it. Total wast of money and my time. Save yourself the heartache and avoid.
Would give a no star review if it let me
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, April 12, 2023
We are very sorry to hear about your experience with the device and would ask that you reach out to our team for assistance with the device so that we can get more details from you and work on a solution. Thank you for posting a review we appreciate the feedback.
Edge 530 Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=621224&tab=topics
Edge 530 Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=621224&tab=topics
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