Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Edge 2.6" GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Average customer rating
4.1
(786 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 786 reviews
5 Stars
447
4 Stars
157
3 Stars
67
2 Stars
57
1 Star
58
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Edge 2.6" GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Customer Rating
2
Nice features but very painful to upload rides
on October 11, 2019
Posted by: MSLR
I like the Edge 530 in terms of features etc. while riding but have found its connectivity with iphone to be very frustrating and difficult to use to upload rides to iphone. Will probably choose a different device next time.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Elevation grade is not accurate.
on October 11, 2019
Posted by: Fast Eddie
Grade % is not accurate at all. It started out ok but recently became very inaccurate. This is my second unit with the same issue. I believe it’s software related and the techs are working on it. I hope they fix it... Also the strava beacon doesn’t always work.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Great battery life, meh performance
on October 11, 2019
Posted by: Smalls
While the battery life of the unit is great, the buttons are finicky and the software is SOP for recent garmin units. The unit appears unable to accurately record elevation changes even after multiple firmware “upgrades” that often break more than they fix. If you have an old garmin and only want better battery life, or or getting rid of an even worse touchscreen (820), and expect the same lackluster performance as your current unit, then buy yourself a 530!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Decent hardware, Questionable software
on October 11, 2019
Posted by: reu2
The 530 is a good piece of hardware, the biggest complaints are that the buttons are hard to press while riding and feel like they're made of questionable quality. This results in the unit pivoting in the mount or getting an unexpected result from an attempted click. The Software is confusing. Understand this is my first Garmin unit, I switched from a Wahoo Bolt, which is by far easier to setup and find your way around the unit. I also appreciate the ability to zoom in and out of a page where I have to build extra pages on the Garmin. Wahoo execution of their app to help setup and get navigation is awesome. Garmin makes you work feel like a work around in order to do the same thing along with a slow sync process. Finding maps on the unit doesn't match their website for creating and managing routs and the 530 can hold a surprisingly small number of routes. Not to mention Garmin still hasn't gotten the 530 firmware very stable. I still get get dropped sensors, freezes, and/or inconstant gps totals in about 1 out of 5 rides.
All that said, the screen is gorgeous, the battery life is excellent, and its the best Garmin has to offer in a sans touchscreen device (which I don't want). Hopefully Garmin gets their act together as the competitors are gaining at an accelerated pace. I find it unlikely I'll purchase another Garmin.
All that said, the screen is gorgeous, the battery life is excellent, and its the best Garmin has to offer in a sans touchscreen device (which I don't want). Hopefully Garmin gets their act together as the competitors are gaining at an accelerated pace. I find it unlikely I'll purchase another Garmin.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Everything I wanted and some more.
on October 11, 2019
Posted by: Mr Crince
I purchased this about a month ago and have used it on all my rides. Quite a few rides since I was training for the BDB 100. I had one hiccup on the first ride when the unit locked up for no apparent reason. Since then, the unit has operated flawlessly. I purchased the 530 over the 830 because I have not had much success with touch screen devices especially when you are sweating profusely. I'm a data guy and love being able to view multiple fields on my rides. Time, speed, cadence, HR, %grade, and distance all on one easy to read screen. I love how the screen automatically adjusts for different light conditions. This is especially useful when one starts to ride before daylight. For the BDB 100, I was able to load the course and use the navigation tools. I continue to explore more and more with it and now that the weather is turning cooler, I look forward to using it while MTB.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Edge 530
on October 11, 2019
Posted by: MELIQA
Full range of performance. Great navigation. 2.6in 246×322 pixel colour screen.
MTB mode is best!!!
MTB mode is best!!!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Still getting used to it
on October 11, 2019
Posted by: Cindie
I am still staying to understand the climb page as we do a lot of climbing. We like to know how much further to go, etc. also not sure what the colors mean ie. yellow, burgundy etc within the climbs and %grade as well. Sometimes we know it will be like 10% grade and device will say something crazy like only %4, and vs versa. Also regarding turns, it waits way to late to show Screen with “next turn”, especially when your in traffic and would need to switch lanes across traffic in order to make it.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Edge 530 Review
on October 11, 2019
Posted by: Waverider627
All in all I absolutely love the edge 530. I love the bigger screen, I love the larger buttons, and I love the Maps. Navigation through all the menus is still easy . Switching screens while riding is easy. Viewing of all the statistics while you're riding is easy. It's a great product, except for one thing: the reaction time of the change in grade (percent grade) is still slow compared to the edge 500. I had an edge 520 for about a year and the reaction time was so poor on this device it was unusable. I use it extensively for training. It has greatly improved from the 520 but oddly still not as fast as the 500.
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