Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Edge 540 2.6" GPS Bike Computer - Black
Average customer rating
4.2
(212 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 212 reviews
5 Stars
126
4 Stars
42
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
14
1 Star
13
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Edge 540 2.6" GPS Bike Computer - Black
Customer Rating
5
Great!
on January 9, 2025
Posted by: Mrb51
Great device. Easy to use and reliable. Cycling is being recorded
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
The Gold standard
on January 21, 2025
Posted by: Booch
Am I a Garmin Fanboy? yup, and for good reason. These things just work. I wasn't looking for anything super fancy, just a solid head unit to connect my varia, heart rate strap, and cadence sensor...to track my rides. I replaced an older Edge 820 with this 540. I like the buttons over the touch screen (which was less than functional on the 820).
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
540
on January 21, 2025
Posted by: Chris57
It’s not super user friendly at first but it’s getting better I should have waited and bought a touchscreen
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
A lot to like, could be better
on January 21, 2025
Posted by: 8string
Have had my 530 for a month now, and a few things. Overall it works great. As others have said, the buttons and menu bars can be a bit clumsy to deal with, but honestly, they aren't that bad. I don't try to mess with my unit while underway, so pushing buttons on the fly is not needed. Unit is very small = good. connects with heart monitor easily. I do think that for the price, given competition with touchscreens at about the same price, I rate it 4 stars. I would expect such a device to be cheaper.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great Choice
on January 22, 2025
Posted by: AJ Tiger
I purchased the 540 to replace my old Garmin 510, which I had used for 10 years. I love the new features and the bigger screen. I think it is a great investment and look forward to using it for many years to come! I have been very happy with my Garmin products over the years. Now I just need my wife to let me upgrade my Garmin radar which is also about 10 years old :)
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great features!
on January 24, 2025
Posted by: Anonymous
Easy to see and easy to use! Love it and would recommend to all.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
Bad connectivity
on January 27, 2025
Posted by: Marlee
I spend 20 mins before every ride trying to get device to sync to my iPhone. Device randomly turns off or freezes during rides. The climb coach constantly tells me I am climbing when I am actually descending. Real junk.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Good with Some Caveats
on February 17, 2025
Posted by: Reacher
In general, I'm very happy with the device. It interfaces well with my sensors (heart rate, power, Di2, Varia Radar), and provides reliable navigation and recording of rides.
A few points of frustration:
1. The auto brightness setting is way too low for everyday use. This has been reported by several people in the forum, but remains unaddressed.
2. Climbs - I get "Climb Finished" notifications too soon.
3. End of Life for the ConnectIQ RideWithGPS widget - makes it tougher to get routes with cues into the device. The auto-upload of RWGPS pinned routes through Garmin Connect strips cues out. Manually uploading them through the widget retains the cues, but the widget is becoming unreliable, which brings me to item #4.
4. File system - a recent upgrade moved to the MTP file system which means I can no longer drag and drop routes from my MacBook via cable connection without use of a third party app/utility (OpenMTP).
1. The auto brightness setting is way too low for everyday use. This has been reported by several people in the forum, but remains unaddressed.
2. Climbs - I get "Climb Finished" notifications too soon.
3. End of Life for the ConnectIQ RideWithGPS widget - makes it tougher to get routes with cues into the device. The auto-upload of RWGPS pinned routes through Garmin Connect strips cues out. Manually uploading them through the widget retains the cues, but the widget is becoming unreliable, which brings me to item #4.
4. File system - a recent upgrade moved to the MTP file system which means I can no longer drag and drop routes from my MacBook via cable connection without use of a third party app/utility (OpenMTP).
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin