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
4
Over good
on May 6, 2021
Posted by: Sunny ride 56
I struggled with the instruction package . Could use better pictures and clearer instructions. Videos on line were very rushed by instructors.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
User friendly and amazing data recorded
on May 6, 2021
Posted by: Jortiz
If you’re looking into purchasing this, go all in and choose the bundle. heart rate and cadence are very important when training and the bundle giver you this.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Good Bike Computer Overall, but....
on May 5, 2021
Posted by: Mike Run
The Edge 530 is good bike computer overall, but I wish I would have purchased the Edge 830. If you can afford the extra cost, the 830 has a touch screen display.
I'm only giving an average rating because of the one Con mentioned below:
Cons- Navigating the menu options using the buttons on 530 is painful to say the least. Unfortunately, many options can only be changed using the Edge 530 buttons. It would be nice if all the 530 settings could be changed via Garmin Connect app or website. This seems technically feasible given todays day and age. With that being said, why even offer a "non touch screen" option?
Pros-The Edge 530 is packed with lots of great features. I really like that I can plan a course on the app or website and sync this to the device for turn by turn directions. The screen is well lit and the charge will last plenty long enough for the average weekend biker like myself. There are lots of sensors that can be connected. I have the cadence sensor and speed sensor, and both were super easy to set up and install. I am getting the heart rate monitor and radar very soon.
I am really looking forward to getting the radar! I have only seen from videos how it depicts the real time traffic on the display, but I can tell you that this is really cool! This is a "must have" accessory when biking in rural areas.
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, July 26, 2021
Hi Mike, thank you for posting a review, we appreciate the feedback. We would encourage you to reach out to our team so that we can get more details from you on the the functioning of the device. We are happy to see that you are enjoying the product as well.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
on April 26, 2021
Posted by: Alex W
Love the Garmin 530. It does everything I want plus more. Easy to use.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Sensor setting
on April 21, 2021
Posted by: Livy21
Having difficulty trying to set Garmin sensors (first time user) with Galaxy 10 phone. Still haven't mastered.
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, April 30, 2021
We are sorry to hear about the issues that you have had setting up the device, we would encourage you to start at our support page for assistance and this also gives you a way to reach our support team as well for further assistance. Thank you for posting a review.
Please reach out to our team at support.garmin.com
Edge 530 support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=621224&tab=topics
Please reach out to our team at 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
Good Ideas but Room for Growth
on April 17, 2021
Posted by: ColoBiker94
The first 300 miles with the Edge 530 were great! The navigation was pretty easy to set up with Strava routes and I checked off some rides with tricky navigation that I have been meaning to do. My main purpose for getting this was for racing/ training though. Training has gone pretty smoothly with uploading workouts but literally 10 minutes into my first race with this device, the screen blacked out! Garmin was great in replacing it but that didn't help the fact that I depended on this device and ended up having to do a race with no metrics. I really hope they can figure out the spastic blackouts since I am apparently not the first one with this problem. As in my situation, they can really screw you over. So buy it! but maybe keep a backup around?
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Great Product - UI could be more intuitive
on April 17, 2021
Posted by: Alan R
Prior to getting this product I also have a Vivoactive 3 that I used to use for Strava/Trailforks ride recording. Using the Edge is easy and nice to use for that and since acquiring I haven't used my Vivoactive anymore. The main reason I purchased the Edge is to use it for turn-by-turn directions on places that I haven't been before with the Komoot app. This works really well! My only little complaint is that it doesn't come with a manual. I had to go online and what I found so far wasn't that well written and easy to understand how all the functions work. I briefly watched a couple of Youtube videos, but I know there are probably a lot of cool features that I don't know how to use with this. So at some point, I'll have to dive in and try to figure more about it. I'm a techy person and can usually figure out most electronic things by just navigating and playing around with them. This was not the case with this device so far, because I think the UI isn't as intuitive as it should be. That's my 2 cents!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Great! iOS integration is buggy
on April 15, 2021
Posted by: Drew R
The Connect app would NOT work with my iPhone 12 Pro on iOS 14.4 for the longest time. Really significant feature that should work seamless for everyone all the time. Could not pair with the Edge. Finally works now though.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin