GarminEdge 530 Bundle GPS Computer(Return to Product Page)

Upgraded from an old 500 series. Love this unit and got a fantastic price at BTD. Setup was fairly easy. Bluetooth is great to directly upload to my Garmin connect phone app.

I debated whether or not to go with the 830 touch screen. Very glad I did. Much easier to set up and navigate through the menu and set up. Well worth the extra cost.

Bought the plus to replace my 520 in order to get longer battery life. The plus would not pair to my iPhone nor would it upload rides. Really wanted this computer to work but am tired of the multiple solutions Garmin offer to try to get their products to work properly.

As in every new product there are always kinks to work out. There were several bugs in the software which were fixed in a beta release that tech support provided. A newer release was issued which I am sure corrected other problems and did not reintroduce my previous issues.

There are so many features and menu pages that requires a fairly steep learning curve. My primary interest is in downloading routes that I create in RideWithGPS which works very smoothly. Only missing feature is the ability to set the Odometer to a specific value but can be done with a ConnectIQ app that allows you to add a new field and supply a starting value.

After having used my 510 for the past 5 years and the etrex touch for the past 3, Garmin has finally figured out how to combine the best of both worlds!

This computer does everything I need it to and a lot I'll probably never use. Hopefully it will have a good long term reliability like my Garmins have been.

I would give it 5 stars if I understood or had all the gadgets needed to get all the info this computer can display ... Cadence, HR, Distance, Time of day, is all need.

This is my 3rd Garmin and definitely the best.

Ive wanted to move from a basic computer to something more advance for a while. Really glad this was my choice (well researched). Does everything I want. Works perfectly. Good size. No problems. BTD is awesome.

Coming from a 4 year old Edge, this is easy to read. It finds the satellites quickly, and you can program on the display what you want to see. Trailforks is not as easy to read as on a phone, but if you don't want to ride with your phone on your bars off road, this will save you from pulling it out at every stop.

Has worked great recording rides and downloading maps works perfectly. The turn by turn directions is so much fun!

This device opened up a while new world for me, the information generated together with my Garmin Vector 3 has made me more aware of my baseline and identified areas where I can improve thus making my cycling experience more enjoyable

This is the computer with the most MTB features out there, it comes in a small form factor and the button only interface makes it the better suited for MTB riding .

I got this unit as a replacement for an Edge 820. The 820 had an almost unusable touch screen and I always wondered why they didnt have a 520 with mapping. Overall , the usability of the unit is great. The buttons positively move from one screen to the next in a deterministic way unlike fumbling with the touch screen. The mapping function is pretty good , I am able to upload routes from my iPhone or computer and it works pretty well. The only thing I wish it had was to navigate to a map point without actually physically being at the point and saving it. There is a work around which involves creating a route on a smartphone and uploading it to the unit. But you need a smartphone to do this.

My wife isn't the data geek that I am, but she really likes her Edge 830. Now that she is getting the additional data she is being won over and sees the benefits.

This model does it all for me and my cycling.

Works great, I will be adding a heart rate monitor soon. That will be followed by a power meter soon after. Hopefully it all works out but as of now, its great.

I used both Wahoo and Garmin. Garmin has incident detection! yep, safety first people!

On the road 100% from Rails to Trails or to large group rides.

My new 520 computer is great except that the unlit contrast is not adjustable.

I stepped up from a Garmin 500. The display was smaller, but I could see it. Riding in the sunlight with sunglasses and I cannot see the display. It's back in a shadow. I could look across to the rider's 520 next to me and it was easily visible. I could read his, but because of Sun angle, couldn't read my own.

The old 500 didn't have such problems. I dont' know what the difference is. But the 520 is not as good for me in this respect. The computer is great . . . .just don't expect it to be easy to see the display in bright sunlight.