Garmin Edge 510 In-Depth Review 7 de janeiro de 2013 bull By DC Rainmaker O Garmin Edge 510 é o mais recente computador GPS de ciclismo Garmins para acompanhar e gerenciar seus exercícios e corridas de ciclismo. Ele pretende construir com o Edge 500 que foi lançado há cerca de três anos. Eu tenho usado a unidade há algum tempo e tenho uma ótima idéia de como ele se contrapõe não apenas ao Edge 500 mais antigo, mas também às outras unidades no mercado. Esta unidade de 329 vale uma atualização em unidades passadas, especialmente em um prémio de 75 e como os novos recursos de conectividade e compartilhamento social funcionam. Vamos mergulhar para descobrir. Porque eu quero ser transparente sobre minhas avaliações, Garmin me enviou uma produção final da Edge 510 para testar, porém, ele está executando a versão beta e liberar firmware candidato. Nas novas semanas, mande-os de volta para o Garmin e depois saio e peguei o meu próprio (para poder apoiar todos na seção de comentários na estrada). Simples assim. Sorta como caminhadas em trilhas selvagens deixa apenas pegadas. Se você achar meu comentário útil, você pode usar qualquer um dos links Amazon ou Clever Training desta página para ajudar a suportar futuras críticas. Por fim, no final do dia, lembre-se, eu gosto de qualquer outro atleta regular lá fora. Eu escrevo essas avaliações porque eu sou inerentemente uma pessoa curiosa com um fundo de tecnologia e, portanto, eu tento ser o mais completo possível. Mas, se eu perdi alguma coisa ou se você perceber algo que não é bom, deixe-me saber e eu ficaria feliz em obter tudo resolvido. Além disso, porque o mundo da tecnologia muda constantemente, tento e volto e atualizo essas avaliações à medida que novos recursos e funcionalidades são adicionados ou se os erros são corrigidos. Então, com essa introdução, vamos entrar em coisas. UnboxingComponents: Eu recebi uma unidade de produção final, porém, sem a embalagem de varejo. Como tal, neste momento eu não tenho um unboxing completo para mostrar você, mas irá atualizar esta seção com um unboxing adequado uma vez que eu recebo uma caixa para unbox. Dito isto, vamos dar uma olhada no que você encontrará na caixa. Primeiro, a unidade em si: o Edge 510 é um pouco mais chunk do que o Edge 500. O que eu compararei na próxima seção. Você pode ver que, em muitos aspectos, parece um Edge 800 ou 810, mais do que o Edge 500. A unidade touchscreen possui três botões físicos. O primeiro botão do botão liga / desliga está localizado no lado esquerdo. Este botão também serve como acesso fácil às opções de exibição de luz, tela de bloqueio e acesso para verificar a conectividade do sensor e smartphone. O segundo e terceiro botões estão localizados no topo. O botão inferior esquerdo é para criar um lapinterval. Enquanto o botão inferior direito é para iniciar e parar (além de pausar). A tela em si é uma tela de toque resistiva, o que significa que, ao contrário da tela do seu telefone, você pode usar luvas nele. É uma tela colorida de 176 x 220 pixels. Lançando isso, como todos os computadores de ciclismo Garmin Edge mais recentes, ele compartilha a montagem de quartas voltas: Este suporte de quart de turno é compatível com a pilha de montagens incluída. Dentro de cada caixa Edge 510 serão duas montagens e uma pilha de bandas de borracha. Abaixo, é uma montagem e apenas uma pequena pilha de bandas: essas bandas de borracha de força industrial têm mais do que comprovado a sua durabilidade, e praticamente se tornaram o padrão em conectividade de barramento para conectividade nos últimos anos. Além disso, a unidade é compatível com os acessórios de montagem de terceiros que Ill detalham no final da revisão (algumas opções realmente legais lá). O Edge 510 é carregado usando um cabo mini-USB, que está incluído na caixa. Isso pode ser conectado a uma porta USB do computador ou na tomada de parede incluída: Observe que este é um mini-USB e não um micro-USB (o que é mais comum com os celulares nos dias de hoje). Por fim, como parte do kit Edge 510, você também obterá este pequeno cordão. Ele se conecta ao Edge 510 como uma etiqueta de bagagem, que você pode conectar a qualquer outra coisa (bicicleta, pessoa para caminhadas, etc.) Com isso, comparemos os tamanhos dessas unidades. Comparações de tamanho: muitas pessoas esperariam que um sucessor Edge 500 ficasse no mesmo tamanho e fator de forma do Edge 500. Mas, surpreendentemente, isso não foi o caso. O Edge 510 é um pouco maior do que o Edge 500 e apenas um bit de cabelo menor que o Edge 800Edge 810. Primeiro, vamos começar com uma linha de todas as principais unidades de ciclagem habilitadas para GPS no mercado hoje: é o mesmo Vista desde o topo para ver a profundidade: se nos limitarmos às unidades mais populares do mercado hoje neste segmento, podemos ver claramente os tamanhos: como você pode ver, o Edge 510 é definitivamente maior que o Edge 500. Olhando para o perfil lateral, o 510 é um pouco mais profundo (mais alto) do que os 500 também: Claro, com o tamanho extra, vem uma tela maior que o Edge 500: No geral, o tamanho do Edge 510 coloca em um Ponto um pouco estranho como um sucessor de 500. A queixa principal do Edge 800 era que era um pouco tímido. Enquanto os 500 eram amplamente vistos como um bom ajuste. Então, para que o 510 vire mais para o 800810 do que o 500, é praticamente fora do campo esquerdo. O sistema Quarter Mount Quick Mount: o sistema de montagem rápida foi introduzido com o Edge 500 original há cerca de três anos. O sistema permite uma rápida fixação de um suporte ao guidão com duas bandas de borracha. Então, a unidade Edge simplesmente encaixa com um quarto de volta da unidade na montagem. As unidades de borda vêm com um saco de duas montagens e uma tonelada de bandas de borracha (de tamanhos variados). Além disso, você pode comprar outra caixa de montagens e faixas para 9. Um bom negócio. Conforme observado, primeiro você simplesmente encaixe as duas bandas de borracha no guidão com o suporte de borracha pequeno sendo preso em: Após o qual, basta inserir a unidade de borda na montagem em um ângulo de 90 e, em seguida, gire-a para a direita (ou para a esquerda) para que Trava no lugar: é isso. Bem simples. Heres um vídeo rápido que eu juntei mostrando como funciona: Não tenha medo, essas bandas de borracha são de força industrial e bastante robusto. Entreguei essas coisas a muitas bicicletas e lugares nos últimos anos, e ainda não conseguimos quebrar uma (ou ouvir de alguém quebrar uma). Tela sensível ao toque: Ao contrário do Edge 500 antes, o Edge 510 é habilitado para tela de toque. O uso principal para a tela sensível ao toque é navegar através de menus e páginas ou definir configurações e opções de exibição. A unidade ainda possui botões físicos para Lap, StartStop e Power. Ao contrário de uma típica tela de toque do telefone, o Edge 510 é uma tela de toque resistiva, o que significa que, mesmo com dedos ou luvas molhadas, ainda responde bem. Como visto anteriormente, a tela no Edge 510 é substancialmente maior que o Edge 500. Na verdade, ele tem mais em comum com a tela Edge 810 do que o Edge 500. É apenas um bit de toque menor do que a tela Edge 810. Ele mantém a mesma resolução de cor que o Edge 810. Agora, ao contrário do seu smartphone, você achará que a resposta não é tão rápida nas unidades Edge. Mas descobri que, pelo que eu o uso, ele faz o truque. Afinal, você não está tentando jogar Angry Birds durante o ciclismo. Para a maioria das ações relacionadas ao swap do menu, acho mais fácil usar as setas atualizadas exibidas na tela na parte inferior: Talvez o truque mais legal que tenha sido transferido do Edge 800 para os 510 e 810 é a capacidade de simplesmente manter um dado Campo (enquanto estiver no modo de ciclismo regular) para mudar esse campo de dados sobre a marcha: Embora existam centenas de fotos nesta revisão da tela sensível ao toque, é um pouco mais fácil simplesmente demonstrar isso para você, em vez disso, via vídeo. Então eu coloquei um vídeo rápido mostrando alguma navegação básica através dos menus e das funções básicas: Claro, dado o inverno agora, eu ando com luvas. Muitos se perguntam o quão bem essas telas de toque funcionam com luvas. Então tirei um saco deles da luva de inverno e atirei uma peça curta mostrando o uso de luvas diferentes com o Edge 510. Estes cobrem a gama de luvas de ciclismo de coisa para luvas grandes: finalmente, olhe como funciona na chuva. Vivendo em um clima onde parece chupar quase todos os dias, ele simplesmente tem que funcionar na chuva (funções de exibição e toque). Então, felizmente, isso foi fácil de testar. Como esperado, funciona de forma normal. Estou com o objetivo de fazer o upload de um bom vídeo de chuva aqui em breve. É razoável que às vezes você não queira que a tela de toque responda ao toque. Por exemplo, diga que você jogue no bolso da sua camisa traseira (às vezes eu faço isso quando eu quero apenas montar, mas ainda gravá-lo para mais tarde). Nesse caso, você pode bloquear a tela (tela de toque) tocando no botão de energia localizado no lado esquerdo. A partir daí, você pressionará o ícone de bloqueio. Para desbloquear a tela, você simplesmente pressionará o botão liga / desliga novamente e, em seguida, o ícone de bloqueio. Observe que isso não bloqueia os botões físicos (LapStart-Stop) apenas a tela de toque. Eu entendo o pensamento de ir em direção a uma tela de toque para o Edge 510. Mas acho que estou apenas surpreso com o tamanho da tela de toque. Eu preferiria manter o mesmo tamanho do Edge 500 e apresentar algo parecido com a tela de toque encontrada no Motorola Motoactv. Ou mesmo uma variante em preto e branco, conforme encontrado no FR610 (relógio de corrida). Dito isto, enquanto eu não sou fã de telas sensíveis ao toque em dispositivos atléticos, isso funciona bem e não me causa nenhum problema. A chave é que eles mantiveram o botão de arranque físico e os botões de lapso, que são os botões mais comuns para a maioria das pessoas, especialmente quando se respira com fôlego e precisam bater rapidamente em um intervalo. Integração do telefone celular: talvez a maior mudança no Edge seja a inclusão da integração do telefone celular. Isso marca a primeira vez que a Garmin inclui integração entre suas unidades de ciclismo autônomo e o telefone celular. Inicialmente, vimos a integração entre as unidades independentes de exercícios físicos e o Garmin Fenix. O Edge 510 leva isso a um novo nível. O Fenix concentrou-se principalmente no download de atividades de cursos para o telefone. Considerando que o Edge 510 leva um passo adiante e adiciona em localização ao vivo e rastreamento de sensores de fitness, bem como informações meteorológicas. Vamos mergulhar na seção principal. Note-se que isto é a partir de 7 de janeiro de 2013. É plausível que eles adicionem novos recursos e funcionalidades ao longo do tempo (na verdade, ficarei surpreso se eles não tivessem). À medida que essas características são adicionadas, eu as incluo na revisão como de costume. O aplicativo Garmin Connect e o emparelhamento básico: a Garmin apresentou um novo iPhone e aplicativo Android para se conectar às unidades Edge. Dado que o nome é Garmin Connect, ao invés de Garmin Edge App, devo acreditar que este é apenas o começo de uma longa história de conectividade entre telefones e dispositivos para a empresa. O aplicativo é gratuito e pode ser baixado a partir da loja iTunes App (bem, será em breve). Theres também uma versão do Android que também estará disponível, porém, eu só tive acesso à versão do iPhone. Depois de instalá-lo, você precisará configurá-lo com sua conta Garmin Connect. Esta é a chave para poder extrair informações da Garmin Connect e enviar novas informações de workouts. Depois disso, você precisará emparelhar o Edge 510 no seu telefone. Você fará isso através do painel de controle Configurações e, em seguida, na área Bluetooth. Ao mesmo tempo, no Edge 510 você entrará na área Configurações gt Bluetooth e também habilitará o emparelhamento do dispositivo. Você pode emparelhar o dispositivo em apenas um telefone. Mas você pode emparelhar vários dispositivos em vários telefones. Todo o processo leva apenas um momento. Posteriormente, quando você liga seu Edge 510 itll liga-se automaticamente ao seu telefone. E uma fração de segundo depois você receberá uma notificação em seu telefone que a unidade Edge está pedindo para se conectar a ela: com isso, tudo está pronto para usar. O rastreamento ao vivo permite que um de seus povos o acompanhe. Ou talvez, muitos povos. Dentro do rastreamento, eles obterão seu ponto azul pequeno em um mapa, bem como sua faixa passada e seus dados atuais do sensor ANT (CadenceHeart RatePowerSpeed), além de informações como o tempo total de atividade e a velocidade média (e o ritmo médio para os corredores). Para habilitá-lo, você selecionará LiveTrack dentro do aplicativo, na barra lateral do aplicativo ou em Meu dispositivo. Isso o levará a esta página, que permite que você configure o nome da atividade, bem como as informações do destinatário. Para os destinatários, você pode inserir os endereços de e-mail ou simplesmente puxá-los dos contatos. Ele manterá os mesmos nomes salvos para que você não precise inseri-los novamente a cada momento. Para o Facebook e Twitter, isso alavanca sua conta padrão. Para o Twitter, você solicitará qual a conta a ser usada (se você tiver múltiplo). Caso contrário, ele só usará a conta integrada padrão: com isso, você está pronto para começar Agora, o que é legal é que você pode enviar os convites antes do tempo. Eu tenho feito isso cerca de 10-15 minutos antes do meu passeio principalmente para que eu possa validar eles saíram (eu sempre envio um para mim mesmo). O rastreamento de atividades realmente não pode começar até você pressionar o botão Iniciar no Edge 510 (para iniciar a gravação). Enquanto isso, pressione o botão Iniciar o LiveTrack para pelo menos obter o telefone pronto para receber. Com isso, você receberá uma notificação no Edge 510: Próximo, hora de rastrear. Vá em frente e comece seu passeio como normal. Uma vez que você tenha feito isso, os dados começarão a ser transmitidos para o site. Descobri que às vezes o primeiro minuto ou dois está atrasado e, em seguida, parece apanhar. O intervalo de atualização é a cada 30 segundos, mas os dados de preenchimento são de aproximadamente 30 segundos. É o que isso parece de um navegador web desktoplaptop normal: você pode ampliar o mapa, além de trocá-lo de uma visão de satélite para mapa simples (de uma sessão diferente): você verá que a faixa está marcada com 5- Marcadores de milhas, que podem ser destacados para obter mais informações sobre as últimas cinco milhas. Pessoalmente, eu gosto de ver isso personalizável. Por exemplo, mostre a cada milha, ou mostre as voltas conforme definido pela própria unidade (o atleta). Se você é a persuasão métrica, você pode mudar as unidades na parte inferior. Junto com o idioma: Falando no fundo, ao longo da metade inferior da tela é um gráfico que pode aparecer e mostrar os dados do seu sensor ANT. Registra todo o passeio em tempo real e mantém o conjunto exibido ao longo do passeio. Você pode clicar em qualquer ponto para obter mais informações sobre esse ponto de dados: uma característica legal que incluiu foi que você pode alternar entre a velocidade (uma métrica do ciclista) e o ritmo (uma métrica dos corredores): Finalmente, ao longo do topo você obteve o total Tempo de viagem e estatísticas médias. Um aspecto que eu gosto disso é que NÃO inclui o tempo de parada, tanto no tempo de viagem como nas estatísticas médias. Por exemplo, se eu parar em uma loja de sorvete no meio do caminho, isso não está contando contra mim para todos vocês. Realmente, você nunca sabe. Como eu gosto disso. Dos meus testes, a vida útil da bateria foi bastante boa aqui (no meu telefone). Descobri que recebi cerca de 7-9 pontos por hora de rastreamento (iPhone 4s). Lembre-se, não está usando o GPS do telefone, apenas do Edge. Carregamento automático de treino: este é um pouco mais rápido e mais simples de explicar do que o rastreamento ao vivo. Ao terminar seu passeio, seus exercícios podem ser carregados automaticamente para o Garmin Connect. Isto é configurado através do aplicativo do telefone celular primeiro e, em seguida, salvo para todos os futuros passeios: depois de fazer isso, assim que você pressionar o botão salvar após a conclusão de um passeio, ele será transmitido através da conexão de dados do seu celular para a Garmin Connect. Novamente, como o armazenamento na unidade, o tamanho dos arquivos é muito pequeno (geralmente cerca de 100KB sobre o tamanho do carregamento de uma página da web ou dois), então não colocará um dente em seus planos de dados. Depois que a unidade completar o upload, você receberá uma notificação exibida no seu Edge 510: Além disso, você verá isso dentro da aplicação Garmin Connect: Esta é, definitivamente, uma característica muito legal, porém, desejo que a Garmin tenha um conector para outros serviços ( Ou seja, StravaTraining Peaksetc) para fazer isso também nos bastidores. Isso seria rockin. A adição de informações sobre o tempo no próprio dispositivo é nova na linha do Edge. Como os outros recursos desta seção, isso depende da conectividade do telefone celular. Para habilitá-lo, você irá avançar e alternar o ícone Weather para On, dentro do aplicativo Garmin Connect. O aplicativo também inclui as informações meteorológicas também. Uma vez que você ativou o clima, você verá o pequeno ícone de clima exibido no Edge 510 (acessado pressionando o botão liga / desliga a qualquer momento): se você clicar nesse botão, leva você a esta página, que mostra seu clima atual: Você pode Em seguida, pressione a seta para baixo para chegar às próximas horas de tempo. Infelizmente, vale apenas três horas. Diz-lhe a temperatura, a direção do vento e a velocidade, e a mudança de precipitação. Se você clicar no ícone de informação (parece um I), você receberá alertas meteorológicos. No meu tempo com o dispositivo, ainda não encontrar um caso em que um alerta de clima seja gerado, o que pode ser um bug beta. Ao conversar com a equipe de engenharia, existem 84 casos diferentes em que um alerta climático poderia ser gerado no clima que afetaria um ciclista. A informação do tempo pode ser bastante útil para um ciclista. No entanto, a forma como está atualmente apresentada na unidade Edge realmente não faz isso por mim. Deixe-me explicar. O tempo é retirado de uma estação meteorológica próxima. Na maioria dos lugares, isso provavelmente está dentro de cerca de 30 milhas ou mais. Para a maioria dos ciclistas, isso significa que o tempo iminente provavelmente é contabilizado (ou seja, é quente, ou pode chover). Isso também significa que ele não pode me impactar. Para a maioria de nós fazendo passeios muito longos (ou seja, 50-120 milhas), o clima mudará e se deslocará ao longo do percurso. Por exemplo, quando de volta no ID de DC, eleva o tempo inteiro do Skyline, movimenta 110 milhas nos finais de semana. O clima poderia literalmente passar de tempestades ensolaradas a horríveis em uma certa quantidade de tempo. Mas, muitas vezes, só olho as trovoadas ao meu lado enquanto elas me paralelavam e nunca me tocavam. Neste cenário, o Edge teria desencadeado um alerta e me disse que estou prestes a chover. O que teria sido muito mais útil é se o Edge tomasse sua rota (o que potencialmente conhecia) e o superou com as imagens atuais do radar meteorológico. Você sabe, sorta como este (o verde é uma camada de nuvem de chuva de imagens de radar, a linha vermelha mostra meu courseroute): agora isso teria sido útil. Eu poderia ter feito uma determinação de que minha rota atual me levaria de forma prejudicial e fiz algo sobre isso. Caso contrário, eu sinto que a informação é apenas blah-so-so na melhor das hipóteses. Eu acho que tudo se resume ao fato de que esse recurso requer um telefone celular. Como tal, deveria fazer algo melhor do que o meu celular (uma vez que eu tenho que carregar meu celular para usá-lo). Deveria me dizer algo genuinamente útil. Caso contrário, é apenas fluff. Pesquise e baixe rotas de cursos: este é provavelmente o segundo melhor recurso aqui, por trás do LiveTrack. Isso permite que você pesquise um cursoeroute salvo da sua conta Garmin Connect e empurre-o para a unidade Edge. Agora, isso exige que você tenha pré-criado o curso on-line. Mas isso significa que você pode criar o curso rapidamente através do seu computador e então, com uma pressão, envie-o para o Edge sem fio (através do telefone). Os cursos são essencialmente rotas a serem seguidas. Eles podem seguir as estradas, ou ser mais gratuitos. Depois de criar um curso na sua conta Garmin Connect, abra o aplicativo e selecione os cursos. Ele irá preencher uma lista de todos os seus cursos que você já criou no Garmin Connect: Alternativamente, você pode visualizá-los em um mapa: uma vez que você escolhe um curso, você pode navegar pelo curso e empurrar-se para ele. Então, você pode escolher enviar para o dispositivo na parte inferior: depois de fazer isso, o enviará para sua unidade Edge. Geralmente, leva cerca de 5-10 segundos para completar, dependendo do período do curso. Com isso, o curso será encontrado juntamente com seus outros cursos na seção Cursos sob o ícone da pasta na tela principal: nesse ponto, você pode seguir o curso como normal. Observe que o curso não foi exibido durante o LiveTracking, apenas sua rota ativa. Pesquisar e baixar exercícios: este recurso funciona de forma idêntica ao recurso de cursos. Workouts são sessões de treinamento predeterminadas que você criou antecipadamente na Garmin Connect. Uma vez que eu criei um treino, eu posso ir ao aplicativo Garmin Connect e, em seguida, puxar meus exercícios para lá: Então, assim como nos cursos, eu posso enviá-lo para o meu dispositivo: Isso leva apenas alguns segundos e está completo, pronto no Dispositivo: Workouts (ambos baixados por telefone, bem como aqueles feitos via cabo USB) são acessados no ícone da pasta e, em seguida, sob workouts. Uma vez que você puxa para cima, aqui está como parece: eu queria que houvesse um aplicativo de criador de exercícios fácil como parte disso, para criação de exercícios on-board. Infelizmente, usar o site Garmin de um telefone e tentar criar um treino é como se esfaquear com correntes. Capacidade de pesquisar histórico de atividades: Finalmente, um último item que está disponível no aplicativo, a capacidade de visualizar seu histórico passado. Isso puxa da Garmin Connect, então, se você é quem carrega outras histórias desportivas para isso (como correr ou nadar), você verá isso também. A partir daqui, você pode observar os detalhes da atividade, incluindo mapas e gráficos, bem como informações de volta e resumo (há um passeio particular que teve muitas paralisações). Além disso, você pode obter todos os anúncios sociais e TweetFacebookTextE-mail para todos os seus peeps. Isso envolve a funcionalidade do celular. Novamente, acho um bom começo, mas estou ansioso para ver como eles podem expandir isso. Perfis de atividade e bicicleta: o Edge 510 apresenta um novo conceito Perfis de atividades que permitem criar grupos de configurações para uma determinada variante de ciclismo. A idéia aqui é que você tem diferentes campos de dados para corridas como você faz treinamento, e campos diferentes novamente para algo como um treinador indoor. Mas é mais do que apenas campos de dados, também são configurações de alertas, auto-volta e muito mais. Vamos mergulhar nele. Você pode criar até cinco perfis de atividades diferentes. Você dará a cada perfil um nome (ou seja, Race, Train, etc.), bem como uma cor. Essa cor é carregada em todo o Edge 510 quando você está usando, para realçar menus e bordas. Um bom toque na verdade. Dentro desse perfil, você criará páginas de treinamento. As páginas de treinamento são preenchidas com os campos de dados. São os campos de dados que você vê enquanto você anda de bicicleta: eu dou detalhes dolorosos sobre cada página de dados e campo que você pode escolher, mais tarde na revisão. Tão bem, continue explorando perfis de atividades por enquanto. Você pode configurar alertas aqui. Os alertas podem ser configurados para tempo, distância, calorias, freqüência cardíaca, cadência, energia e velocidade. Tomemos, por exemplo, um alerta de tempo, isso o alertará a cada 10 minutos. Isso é útil para um alerta de pseudo-nutrição. Alternativamente, os alertas de distância fazem o mesmo. Observe que isso é diferente de auto-colo, do qual Ill falo em um segundo. Isso é apenas um Hey, FYI, você acabou de fazer o ciclo de mais 5 milhas. Você também recebeu alertas de energia, que estão ligados a zonas de energia que você configurou em outro lugar. Além dos alertas, você pode configurar a Pausa automática. A pausa automática pausará o recurso de gravação das unidades quando você cair abaixo de um determinado limite de velocidade. Você pode aceitar os limiares de velocidade padrão ou personalizá-los. Isso é muito útil se você estiver fazendo um pouco de cidade montando com muitas paradas começa. Faz as mãos livres. Eu pessoalmente não uso essa configuração, porque se eu esquecer de desligar o meu GPS durante uma viagem a casa de um passeio, ele começará a gravar a viagem. E a Garmin Connect ainda não tem nenhuma maneira de editar dados de viagem (alguns sites de terceiros e aplicativos, no entanto). Em seguida, o Auto Scroll. Isso simplesmente percorre suas várias páginas de dados, uma após a outra, a uma velocidade predefinida: Lenta, Média, Rápida. Por fim, há aviso de início. Esta é uma notificação que permitirá que você saiba que, apesar de você se mudar, seu Edge não está gravando. Isso é feito para evitar um cenário onde você parar de preencher uma garrafa de água, mas esqueça de começar a gravar novamente. Você pode configurar esta configuração para notificá-lo uma vez (como eu tenho configurado), ou para continuar irritando você. Ok, perfis de atividades completas. Para mim, criei um para o treinador, um para treinamento e outro para raça. Por exemplo, no Treinador, eu não me importo com coisas como elevação para que aqueles sejam jogados fora. Em seguida, perfis de bicicleta. Os perfis de bicicleta permitem alocar sensores ANT, peso da bicicleta, comprimento da manivela e dados do tamanho da roda para uma determinada bicicleta. Os perfis de bicicletas sempre estiveram no Edge, mas isso os expande ainda mais. Até mesmo dez bicicletas. Quando você cria uma nova bicicleta, primeiro pede-lhe o nome: então você pode seguir em frente e escolher um ícone para isso. Há alguns para escolher: O próximo é o peso. Eu geralmente não me importo de preencher isso, mas se você quiser, você pode: Você também pode especificar o tamanho da roda, ou apenas deixe o Edge cuidar da próxima vez que estiver no exterior. Isso o faz automaticamente após apenas algumas centenas de metros, usando o GPS (assumindo que você também possui um sensor de velocidade). Você notará o comprimento da manivela lá. Esse é um campo de dados interessante, como é impulsionado pelas necessidades da equipe do Garmin Vector para conhecer esta informação. Quando terminar, você poderá conectar sensores ANT a cada bicicleta. Você pode adicionar sensores ANT SpeedCadence, bem como medidores de energia ANT. A unidade não suporta sensores Bluetooth. À medida que você os emparelha, você poderá procurar por sensores próximos ou pode substituí-lo manualmente e inserir o ID ANT em você: por exemplo, o novo medidor de energia SRAM Quarq Cinqo possui a ID ANT escrita no lado de fora, fazendo isso Fácil se você se encontrar em uma situação de passeio de grupo e esquecer de par antecipadamente. Com tudo criado para a moto e o perfil da atividade, volte para a página principal. É aqui que você pode tocar direito nos nomes das bicicletas no topo e os nomes dos perfis de atividades abaixo. Ao fazê-lo, ele mudará as cores da tela para que você note rapidamente qual perfil você está: Com tudo definido, vamos seguir em frente. Cursos e parceiros virtuais: o Edge 510 suporta a capacidade de seguir um curso predefinido. No entanto, os cursos no contexto do Edge 510 são realmente trilhas de navegação, e diferem do do 810, que permite a informação roteável. O que significa que o Edge 510 não sabe que há coisas chamadas ruas, trilhas ou até rios. Simplesmente segue uma série de pontos de conexão que formam uma rota. Você pode criar cursos on-line com a Garmin Connect, que é consciente de rua e rio. Então, você pode transmiti-lo ao seu Edge 510 através do aplicativo do telefone Garmin Connect, ou por meio de um PC com um cabo USB conforme descrito anteriormente. Uma vez carregado, a unidade irá dizer-lhe quando você sair do curso. Além disso, você pode puxar uma bússola a qualquer momento para ajudar na navegação: a janela do mapa também pode ser exibida, o que mostrará o curso. Embora esteja ciente de que não mostrará nada além de uma ardósia em branco por trás desse significado, você não verá ruas ou coisas do gênero. Apenas o Edge 810 tem isso. O 510 apenas mostrará onde você esteve, e a trilha de navegação de onde você deveria ir. Os cursos no Edge 510 podem ser um pouco tentando, mas uma vez que você descobre, eles não são muito ruins em uma pitada. Esta é uma área onde eu sinto que a conexão ao telefone é realmente uma decepção. Enquanto o 510 não precisava necessariamente ter mapeado nisso, poderia ter se encontrado a meio caminho com o mapeamento conectado ao telefone. Significando que teria exigido uma conexão de internet de dados (enquanto o 810 não). Além dos seguintes cursos, você também pode competir contra um Parceiro Virtual. O Parceiro Virtual é um homem de ciclismo virtual predefinido que passa por uma velocidade definida. O seu progresso em relação a esse objetivo é então medido e mostrado em tempo real, mostrando o quão longe ou por trás desse objetivo você é: Criar e montar exercícios: você pode criar exercícios para o Edge 510, que são parâmetros prescritos a serem seguidos durante a condução. Normalmente, estes são um pouco scripts, geralmente em pedaços, e contra valores definidos, como freqüência cardíaca, velocidade, potência, cadência e outros. Este sorta substitui ter um treinador dentro de sua cabeça para o passeio. Eu acho mais fácil criar exercícios online com a Garmin Connect. Ele permite que você simplesmente arraste e solte os pedaços do treino e especifique o objetivo que você gostaria para cada segmento. Você também pode criar intervalos de repetição facilmente. Para obtê-los no Edge 510, você irá continuar e sincronizar através do aplicativo do telefone (veja a seção anterior sobre como fazer isso), ou através do seu cabo USB conectado a um computador: uma vez no Edge 510, você iniciará um treino via O ícone da pasta. Enquanto você anda, ele irá alertá-lo se você está perdendo o objetivo para esse segmento específico do treino. Uso regularmente esta funcionalidade durante as corridas para servir de lembrete para manter dentro de uma determinada zona. Costumo levar meu plano de corrida e, em seguida, traduzi-lo em um treino para baixar. Isso ajuda a garantir que eu não esqueça os diferentes componentes do treino quando meu cérebro está operando de forma menos eficiente durante uma corrida. Treinamento Interior: A Edge 510 funciona tão bem dentro quanto fora. Considerando que é onde eu faço a maioria do meu treinamento, é também onde eu passei muito tempo ultimamente com o 510. Agora, para que o Edge seja usado em qualquer parte, você precisará de alguns sensores ANT conectados a ele. Caso contrário, é apenas um cronômetro muito caro. Claro, esses mesmos sensores também funcionam fora para melhorar os dados lá também. Normalmente, a maioria das pessoas usa um sensor de velocidade de velocidade ANT para reunir informações de velocidade e cadência. Estes são normalmente cerca de 30-40. Agora, a velocidade no interior de um treinador é uma métrica semi-inútil. Isso porque não prova nada. Em vez disso, eu posso fazer a velocidade no meu treinador ser 8MPH ou 30MPH, tudo sem mudar meu esforço (ou potência), em vez disso, simplesmente mudando as mudanças. Então tenha isso em mente quando você está tentando comparar passeios de treinador. O sensor de cadência lhe dará informações de cadência tanto dentro como fora, por isso é sorta dois pelo preço de um. Alternativamente, você poderia seguir a rota de um medidor de energia, o que lhe proporcionará informações de potência tanto dentro como fora e é um indicador muito melhor de progresso quando usado corretamente. O 510 suporta qualquer medidor de energia ANT. Mais sobre isso na seção de medidor de energia. Para mim, eu criei um perfil de atividade separado para o treinador, porque eu não me importo com coisas como dados de elevação ou mapa enquanto estiver no treinador. Isso me permite remover essas páginas de dados (bem, esconda-as). Você ainda deseja desligar o GPS manualmente quando estiver dentro de casa. Você não precisa per se, mas alguns aplicativos antigos não interpretam corretamente os dados do sensor de velocidade e, em vez disso, usam os dados do GPS (o que mostraria aproximadamente 0). Então, é a melhor prática para desativar isso: não se preocupe, ele irá ligar automaticamente na próxima vez que você ligar a sua unidade (isso é feito para que você não se esqueça). Você obterá dados de elevação em ambientes fechados, quer você goste ou não, o que é um pouco funk às vezes. Então, é algo que deve estar ciente. Além disso, todas as outras funções não-GPS continuarão a trabalhar em ambientes fechados, e seus dados serão gravados como no exterior. História no dispositivo e recurso de registros pessoais: o Edge 510 contém dois tipos de histórico dentro da unidade. First is general ride history, including details about every ride on the unit from where you went to your heart rate and power data. The Edge 510 has about 9.5 MB of free space on it for workouts. And with a 1hr workout (with GPS, ANT HR, Cadence, Speed, and Power) taking up about 100 KB, it means that youve got about 95 hours of rides on it before you need to upload. To access the history menu, youll need to dive into the training folder area. This is simply accessed by hitting the little folder icon on the main page. Note that for reasons unclear to me, you can no longer access any history information while mid-ride. This is a change from pretty much every Garmin device ever created. From there, youve got a few options. But the one youre looking for is Rides, which effectively translates to History. Then you can choose either the Last Ride, or All Rides. If you selected all rides youll be able to scroll through a list of rides by date and then select one. After selecting one, youll see a number of options, such as summary information, a map, elevation, and laps. You can also create a course based on a route, right from the phone. The course isnt uploaded to Garmin Connect however, so its just for this one device. Though, you could simply upload the workout to Garmin Connect (which happens anyway), and then push a course back down to the device. A bit counter-intuitive, but it works. A course allows you to re-race against yourself, or just to follow the same route. In addition to ride history, the second major area is Personal Records (PRs). These are PRs as recorded by the device, and not those stored in Garmin Connect unfortunately. PRs tend to be categorized such as Longest ride, Highest power, Most Ascent, etc and a PR notification is displayed immediately upon completing (Saving) a ride: That bottom right option you see above allows you to remove a PR from the list (i. e. a car ride). Again, these are fairly limited in that they dont pull from your Garmin Connect history which is really too bad, especially given the connectivity is there to do so. Uploading data to Garmin Connect via PC: While most people will probably now just upload via the phone (I covered that up above in the phone integration section), you can still upload data via PC and a USB drive. To start, youll take the mini-USB cable that came with the unit, and connect it to your PC (or Mac) and the Edge 510: With that complete, navigate to Garmin Connect. where you can sign in (or create an account if you havent). Once you do so, click the Upload button in the upper right corner: Once youve pressed that, it may ask you to install the Garmin Communicator plug-in. This isnt required, but it will make things quicker and cleaner. After that, youll go ahead and ensure that it says Edge 510 as the selected device. This usually happens automatically. Then, you can choose whether to upload all new activities, or select specific ones. Honestly, just choose all new activities it will automatically determine which ones are already uploaded for you. Itll then read the activities on your unit, and upload those that havent yet been uploaded: From there, youll be given a list of your uploaded activities. You can simply go ahead and click View Details to view details about that activity. Once thats done, youll be on the activity detail page: The map at the top can be toggled between map view and satellite view. As well as between Google and Bing Maps. This page shows you the full details of your activity. As you scroll down, youll find graphs for each one of the different data sensors you may have had connected, such as heart rate, cadence, or power. On the left, youll see summary information about the ride including the Training Peaks TSSNPIF metrics if you set your FTP ahead of time and had a power meter attached. On the graphs, you can click a given point to see more information about that selection. Additionally, you can expand the graph and then zoom into a specific section or chunk of the workout: Finally, you can click the Splits tab to go into detail about each one of your splits. These are the ones that are created when you press the Lap button, or, if you have auto-lap enabled. Theres quite a bit more to Garmin Connect than just the activity information. For example, you can pull up a listing of all past activities, both in list mode, as well as summary mode: And, if you track health (weight) information, you can pull that up as well. Probably the most useful aspect of Garmin Connect though to me is planning rides. Its sorta like MapMyRide in that respect you can search any of the millions of other activities that users have created, and then send that route back to your Edge 510. See the routes section up above for more info on that. Of course, if you use a 3rd party application instead, you can always export out the activities as either GPX or TCX formats both of which are widely supported on essentially every training log site on the internet. While Garmin Connect is a good simple platform, it can be a bit basic for anything more advanced than simple analytics (though it is rockin for creating workouts and courses). Personally for analyzing my ride I use Training Peaks (online), and then on the desktop I use Sport Tracks and Golden Cheetah . Power Meter Support and Details: Power meters enable a cyclist to measure their power output as theyre riding. Power output is typically measured in watts (wattage), and usually ranges between 100 and 300w for most riders during a normal ride. By using wattage instead of speed, the cyclist is able to remove environmental factors such as wind or terrain to determine a more valid representation of how hard they were working. For example, a cyclist could easily push 225w at 8MPH into a heavy wind, but then turning around, a cyclist could do 25mph on 130w with the wind. By using wattage you get a better idea of how hard someone was working (or wasnt). Most times cyclists use straight wattage when casually comparing themselves to others (i. e. I pushed 300w). But in reality, when more scientifically comparing cyclists you need to utilize wattskilogram which is your wattage divided by your weight (in kilograms) to create an even playing field. This helps to give a clear picture who is a more capable cyclist, regardless if one person is 250lbs and another person 108lbs. The Edge 510 supports ANT power meters, which is just about every power meter on the market except the Polar power meters. The Edge 510 does not support Bluetooth Smart power meters because the Bluetooth chip utilized in the Edge 510 is not Bluetooth 4.0 and thus not Bluetooth Smart capable. There are a number of power meters on the market today, with different measurement points. For example, at the rear wheel hub youve got the PowerTap, and then moving up to the crank spider youve got ones such as the Quarq, Power2Max, and SRM. Additionally, on the crank arm itself you have the StageOne power meter. And finally, at some point in the future youll have the Garmin Vector and Brim Brothers Zone measuring on the pedalscleats. To pair a power meter, youll go into your bike profile and then under the ANT Sensors section, youll click the little dumbbell icon, which is for power meters. Within that, youll utilize the slider to enable the power meter searching, and then click Search which will actively locate a nearby ANT power meter. Note that if youre pairing in the presence of others, youll probably have to wander a bit away from them, as itll find multiple devices. Once its paired youre good to be friends again, but during the initial pairing process, youd rather be home alone. Once the power meter is paired, youll be able to go into sensor details and calibrate it. You should always calibrate your sensor at least once before your ride and again about 10-15 minutes into the ride. Most power meters are impacted by temperature drift. And while some have implemented automatic drift mechanisms, others havent. Note that if you do know your ANT ID, you can manually enter that in as well. The latest Quarq power meters actually have it written on the outside of the device handy for pairing in group ride situations. Once youve got it paired, its time to look at your data field options. Theres a ton of them in the power section: Check out the full listing within the data fields section in a bit. For my riding, I prefer to use both 3-second (3s) and 30-second (30s). The reason being that 3s is far more useful than instant-power (which fluctuates too much), and 30s is great for trending. But, you can configure it any number of ways. Heres a fairly power-focused screen I put together: There are a few other settings you should configure. One is validating that Zeros are included in your recorded file. By default, thats the settings, but some folks exclude it. You dont want to do that as some older software apps dont correctly interpret it for normalized power. Additionally, I also set my cadence zeros to be included. This is just a personal preference thing. One critical item is to ensure that youve set the recording rate to One-second. For some reason, the default on the 510 is Smart Recording, even with a power meter: Finally, some power meters (primarily crank or pedalcleat based) also can display leftright power. The Edge 510 does support those additional data fields. Above in the chart youll see some fields labeled balance, these are ones for leftright capable power meters. Once youve added one of these data fields, youll typically see the leftright power shown as a percentage (i. e. 57-43), which is showing the distribution of power between your left and right leg: Post-ride, once you upload, youll also see this same information presented in graphical form on Garmin Connect: In addition to leftright power displayed on Garmin Connect, youve also got your normal power displayed as well in graph format: And finally, along the left is your TSSNPIF information, as well as ride summary and ride average information: Lastly, remember that a power meter is an incredible tool but its ultimately just that a tool. You still have to put in the work and follow some form of a plan (ride or otherwise) to make them truly valuable. Otherwise theyre just expensive accessories. Display and Device Customization (i. e. MetricStatueetc): The Edge 510 has far more display customization options than the Edge 500 did. If we look first at the backlight, you can configure it to automatically turn off after a set time period (i. e. 30 seconds), or just have it stay on forever (my preference). If you want to adjust the backlight, you can do so by tapping the power button. You can see the slider of brightness there: If you want to display raw GPS coordinates, theres about a hundred ways to do so. I painstakingly wrote them all up in my Garmin Fenix review. and theyre pretty much the same here. If theres something youd like me to double-check drop a note in the comments. Perhaps my favorite new feature in customization is the ability to set different metrics as different display types. For example, I can set the distance metric to display in kilometers, while keeping the temperature displayed in fahrenheit. Muito legal. In addition to customization of display preferences, you can also customize your various zones such as heart rate zones and cycling power zones. You can do this on the device itself, or you can do it on Garmin Connect. I find that doing it on Garmin Connect is way quicker than trying to type them in on the tiny screen. Once in your profile, under Training Zones, youll be able to set them. Then from there, just click Send to Device along the left hand side and this window will pop-up allowing you to send it to your device. It only takes about 1 second for it to send them over. Note that having the same power FTP set on your Edge unit as TrainingPeaks (3rd party app) is critical if you plan to have the various TSSIF metrics display be identical on both the device as well as later on in Training Peaks or even Garmin Connect. As long as the FTP number is the same, youre good to go. I talk more about that above in the power meter section. Data Fields and Data Page Options: Ive outlined in depth above within the Activity Profiles section how to modify data fields and data pages. This section is mostly just reference on all the data fields that are available within the Edge 510. The Edge 510 supports 5 data pages, with up to 10 fields per page (identical to the 810). Additionally, there are semi-configurable pages such as the map (for courses) page and the lap summary page (Update: From what I can tell, the Lap Summary page never made it to the production release, thus is not included.) Heres the full listing of data fields as of January 7th, 2013: Updating Firmware: The Edge 510 supports updatable firmware, meaning that as Garmin adds new features and fixes bugs, you can quickly update the firmware. During the beta cycle Ive updated my unit a handful of times, and thankfully, each time almost all of the settings were saved. Of course, thats always subject to change. To update the firmware, youll use the WebUpdater client, which connects to the device and then pulls down a small firmware file (generally about 10MB). After thats done youll simply disconnect the USB cable and turn back on the unit. Itll take about 3-5 minutes for the firmware update to complete. Once thats done, youre good to go. Running with the Edge 510: If youre a cyclists that primarily cycles but runs occasionally, you may wonder how well the Edge can work in a pinch for running. The answer issorta works. See, none of the Edge lineup have added Pace as a metric to the data fields. Which means that you cant see your pace in normal running terms (i. e. 7:10mile or 3:40kilometer), instead, youll have to see it in MPHKPH, like cycling. This is unfortunately because many of the other units now do thisexcept the Garmin cycling devices. Perhaps some day thatll change. That said, the biggest trick to running with your Edge 510 is to grab the 18 quick release kit. This kit is intended for the Garmin Forerunner 310XT 8211 but actually works perfectly for the Edge 510 as well. Thats because both units use the same quarter-turn mount system. To use the Edge with it, simply slide it in the strap and lock it tight. The positive news here is that itll actually go lengthwise with your arm, rather than poking out at a 90 angle: With that, youll use it just like you would cycling. You could create a separate Activity Profile for Running, and maybe remove some of the cycling-metrics (i. e. take out power, etc). The usefulness here is that if you stash your cell phone in an arm band, you can run with it and get location tracking information. For me, what Ive been doing is actually stashing both units in a small Spibelt . They fit just fine together. That way I get tracking info via the Garmin site. Of course, at this point you might as well just use a different app but at least this way youd still get heart rate information via the Edge to the site. And, on the site, they were kind enough to allow you to switch back and forth between Average Speed, and Average Pace a runners metrics. And you can change the graphs at the bottom to show pace too. Sweet The only downside is that the splits are still displayed as 5KM5Mile chunks: Heres another view of a run I did with it. In fact, I did a lot of runs recently with it as it allowed me to see how well the tracking was working. Like I said earlier, its not optimal, but it does work. And its clear that by having the pace metrics on the graph, Ive gotta believe similar technology for running watches is in the cards down the road (though, I dont think well see that before summer). Weight Scale Integration Functionality: The Edge 510 adds weight scale integration functionality, which means that it can receive weight and body fat information from ANT enabled scales. To start the process, youll go into the menu and navigate to the Weight Scale function: Then, tap it to begin searching for the scale: Depending on which ANT scale you have, youll either have to kick itstep on itor wait for it. Do whatever you normally do for the scale to wake up. Once thats ready and its finished its blinking, step on it and weight yourself. After youve done that the weight and body fat information will be transmitted to the Edge 510. That information is then recorded and stored on the device. The next time you upload an activity, itll transmit that information to Garmin Connect (only via USB however, not via phone): These metrics are then displayed within Garmin Connect in the health section: Theres a handful of ANT scales on the market today. They start at about 80, and go into prices many times that. Below in the 3rd party accessories section I outline some of the options. Accessories (Garmin Branded amp 3rd Party): Theres a ton of accessories that are compatible with the Edge 510. Ive talked about a lot of them already throughout the review, but heres the roundup. Garmin Branded Accessories: This Edge 510-only accessory keeps your Edge from flying off whatever youve tethered it to. Not so much used for cycling, as for other activities such as hiking and the sort. I used the tiny hex-wrench to pull the band through. Its surprisingly difficult otherwise. 2) Box of Edge quarter-turn mounts: Should you have more bikes than two (the amount of mounts included in the box), you can pickup a second box of Edge quarter-turn mounts. This accessory box includes two full mounts and enough rubber bands for a small army: Please, try not to tie up your little kid brother with all the extra rubber bands. 3) Garmin Forward Mount The long-awaited Garmin forward mount. This bar mount supports both the Edge and Forerunner units, though it does take a hex wrench to change orientation. While this is a nice sturdy mount, Im just not a fan of it because it takes a hex wrench to change the orientation, unlike some 3rd party options. The Garmin branded forward mount cost 40. 4) Garmin ANT Heart rate strap This ANT soft strap is included in some Edge 510 bundles. It measures your heart rate and transmits that information back to the Edge 510. You can display that information in beats per minute (BPM), or any number of other metrics. Check out the data fields above for the full listing. 5) Garmin ANT GSC-10 Speedcadence sensor This ANT speedcadence sensor allows you to measure speed and cadence whether indoors or out. Indoors itll use a magnet on your rear wheel which measures your speed (also works outside in a tunnel). And cadence is measured the same way, with a magnet on your crank. Both pass by a small sensor that sits in between. This information is then displayed both on the unit, as well as available for later analysis. The GSC-10 costs roughly 35. but do check out some of the other options out there, as I tend to prefer those instead (see down below). 6) Garmin Edge soft-shell case: This soft-shell cases protects your Edge 510 in the event you throw it off your bike at oncoming traffic. In theory at least. Ill have hands on time with one tomorrow morning and will post some updated pics then, until now, heres the official pictures: 3rd Party Accessories: While there are plenty of solid Garmin accessories that are compatible with the Edge 510, the vast majority of ANT accessories out there are not actually Garmin branded. Instead, they are made by some of the more than 300 companies that make up the ANT ecosystem. Without question, the most expensive ANT accessory you can buy is the power meter. These units can stretch into the thousands of dollars. Power meters typically display wattage, which is a measure of your power output. There are a number of players on the market today. The cheapest is the Stages Cycling power meter (coming up later this month) at about 700, and the most expensive is SRM at about 2,100 (starting). Probably the most popular (in terms of sales) is the CycleOps PowerTap, which is roughly around 1K depending on which model you choose. Heres a few ANT power meter reviews Ive done: (The Power2Max review should be up in the next week) In addition to the above direct force power meters (DFPM), there are also those power meters that dont directly measure your power output. Instead, they attempt to guesstimate it using other known values. These tend to be cheaper, but also tend to be more inaccurate. The 3rd party Edge mount scene has exploded in the past year, with tons of new entrants. Depending on where you are in the world, youll find options from cheap knockoff 5 Edge mounts, to more expensive ones. Personally, Ive been using the Barfly mount as of late, because its compatible with both the Edge and the Forerunner lineup: But theres tons of options out there. This Slowtwitch thread is sorta the epicenter for mounts. Ive detailed this quite a bit above, but the Edge 510 is compatible with ANT enabled weight scales, including both those that measure weight-only, as well as weight amp body fat. The Tanita BC-1000 transmits both weight and body fat, but these days I prefer the simpler 80 Lifesource scale (used to be 110, now cheaper), even though it only measures weight. This is primarily because of the display on the unit, and because its only 80 (instead of 300). 4) SpeedCadence sensors Theres a ton of really cool ANT speed and cadence sensors out there. Personally I use the Bontrager Quick Release variant (combo sensor), because it works the same way as the Edge mounts, just a simple industrial strength rubber band allowing me to quickly move it around. The Girl on the other hand uses the Bontrager Duotrap with her Trek bike. This module fits into a hole in the side of the bike, gathering both speed and cadence: 5) Other ANT Heart Rate Straps: In the event you already have an ANT heart rate strap (either from a previous Garmin unit, or any other companies), theyre full compatible with the Edge 510. Just ensure it has a little ANT logo on it. Note that Polar straps are not compatible with ANT, and thus, not compatible with the Garmin 510. Additionally, if you have a Suunto heart rate strap, they use private-ANT, and not ANT, so they arent compatible either. USAT (USA Triathlon) Official Ruling on using LiveTracking during events: I reached out to USAT Commissioner of Officials Charlie Crawford late last night to get some clarification on the allowances of a device such as the Edge 510810 with LiveTracking enabled with a cell phone. I outlined four scenarios. Some of them cover the Edge 510810, and others cover future scenarios that the Garmin team could enable down the road. Heres what I asked: 1) Using a cell phone to provide one-way live tracking of a rider (i. e. locationspeeddistanceHRcadenceetc8230). Scenario: Cell phone sits in jersey or saddle bag and passively provides location info to family and friends. 2) Using a cell phone to provide two-way communications between an athlete and someone outside the race (i. e. text messagingphone calls). Scenario: Rider pulls out cell phone and textscalls others. 3) Using a cell phone in conjunction with a bike computer on handlebar (i. e. a Garmin unit) to provide one-way live tracking of a rider. Scenario: Rider has cell phone in jersey or saddle bag, which communicates wirelessly to their bike computer on handlebar. Communication is one way, transmitting positionathlete data from bike computer to phone to friendsfamily. No inbound communications. 4) Using a cell phone in conjunction with a bike computer on handlebar to provide two-way communications (i. e. Coach could send message to rider to 8216rider harder8217, without athlete having to touch cell phone, via bike computer on handlebar). Scenario: Rider has cell phone in jersey or saddle bag, which communicates wirelessly to their bike computer on handlebar. Rider is streaming ride data in real-time, and friendsfamilycoaches can communicate back to rider, which appear on screen in front of them (not on cell phone in saddle bag). Here was his response: The answer to questions 1-4 are all Not Legal. We have made exceptions to the carry rule only to allow someone to make an emergency call while off the bike or not making forward progress on the run. Modern smart-phones are also personal audio devices and are forbidden by Articles 3.4i, 5.8, and 6.3. Charlie Crawford, January 6th, 2013. A bit of a bummer for those hoping to use this in long-distance events. Though, technically, the Ironman branded (WTC) events dont necessarily follow the full set USAT rules. My thoughts on the Edge 510: While the Edge 510 is an interesting differentiator compared to the Edge 500 I feel that its a bit of a device without a clear market. At 75 to 125 more than the Edge 500, Im not sure its bringing enough new features to the game. When you boil it all down, youre essentially getting some basic cell phone connectivity and activity profiles. But, thats at the cost of the unit being substantially bigger than the small and light Edge 500. At 75-125 more, that means you could simply pickup a ANT adapter can get the same functionality for between 40 and 60 on your cell phone (from Garmin no less). Now it is true that the tracking is free on the Edge 510 unlike tracking with the Garmin Fit app which costs 5 a month. So over time that would add up. But there are plenty of apps out there with tracking for free. From Garmins perspective, they believe that the new Activity Profiles are also of benefit to high performance racers. And while I agree, I certainly dont agree its worth 75 more. Sure, it has touch screen, but Im not seeing that as a true benefit here. Its just a different way of interacting with the unit. But most of all, the Edge 510 is a disappointment in what it cant do. Bluetooth: Garmin made the virtually unforgivable selection of going with Bluetooth 2.1. In doing so, the unit will never be compatible with the host of new Bluetooth Smart sensors flooding onto the market all of which require Bluetooth 4.0 (its a chipset thing, not a software thing). This means that there cant be connectivity to any new Bluetooth Smart heart rate straps, speedcadence sensors, power meters, or other items. Further, they couldnt expand into areas such as connectivity to Bluetooth Smart trainers like the Wahoo KICKR. How cool would it have been if you could control resistance on your trainer from the Edge Simply cant happen now. They could and should have placed a full Bluetooth 4.0 chip in there (not just Bluetooth Smart like in the Garmin Fenix watch), which would have still been compatible with legacy smart phones as well as new Bluetooth Smart sensors ( Small Technology Sidebar: Bluetooth 4.0 allows one to connect to both legacy Bluetooth devices as well as newer Bluetooth 4.0 only devices, like Bluetooth Smart. Cell phones released in the last year or so have a full Bluetooth 4.0 chip thats backwards compatible with any older devices. These chips are usually more battery dependent, but share the same battery drain as Bluetooth 2.1. Meanwhile, Bluetooth Smart is a subset of Bluetooth 4.0. It requires a Bluetooth 4.0 capable phone. The Garmin Fenix uses a Bluetooth Smart component, which means it must have a phone that supports Bluetooth 4.0. Whereas the Edge 510810 use a standard non-smart Bluetooth 2.1 chip. This neither saves battery, nor provides access to Bluetooth Smart accessories.) Some will specula te that perhaps Garmin went with a non-Bluetooth Smart compatible chip in order to slow adoption of Bluetooth Smart devices, in favor of ANT (which they own). The problem is, I think itll actually only serve to reduce their market share (Garmins) in this market. Garmin is facing a huge battle against cell phones as head units (including cycling), and by limiting itself, it only serves to isolate it further from the reality that consumers want both . It had a golden opportunity to bridge the gap and be the only device on the market that could do bothinstead fell off the bridge. Weather: Yes, the unit displays weather. But the detail of the weather data is pretty much useless in my mind. It pulls from weather stations that can be upwards of dozens of miles away. Why couldnt the unit have shown weather radar information overlaid onto my route Or the weather map on my screen I cant tell you the number of times Ive been out for 100 mile rides and seen dark clouds in the distance. The opportunity to have my known course with the precipitation information overlaid onto it would have been awesome. Instead, it just shows me the super basic tempcloudysunnyrainy information in hour chunks for three hours. My phone already does that (and it has to be in my pocket anyway). I just dont see the value add here. I see potential, but failed execution. Live Tracking: Live tracking on the Edge 510 is a cool feature, no doubt. But ultimately, its hamstrung by the fact that it has to have a cell phone connected to it. They really should have leveraged the GTU10 technology to include that within the Edge 510 allowing upload of data in real-time, without a cell phone. In talking with Garmin, the concern was that products like the GTU10 are just now getting into some countries (for example, Brazil) due to regulatory slowness. While I understand that concern, ultimately I feel that Garmin selected to stay behind the technology curve for the benefit of a few countries instead of leaping ahead. This problem is faced by every technology company on earth, and while I understand its tough to leave some markets untapped its even worse to lose the war. There are other companies that are coming out in the spring with this functionality (such as Bia). Garmin has two years of GTU10 experience to rock this functionality. And yet still completely missed the boat. If youre catering to high performance racers how many of those are going to take their cell phone with them during a race Cell Phone Integration: Theres just so many things in my mind that could have been done here. Why doesnt it allow pushing to Strava, Training Peaks, etc Why not allow 3rd party connectivity via Bluetooth to the Edge imagine the Strava app talking directly to the Edge unit Why cant two Garmin Connect mobile phones talk to each other ala race radios Why cant I search other peoples Garmin Connect routes, only my own Why cant I create workouts on the app Why dont you show my incoming text messages from people allowed by the Do Not Disturb feature I dont want to answer them I just want to see when my wife is urgently trying to get ahold of me. Again, so many possibilities. Overall, I feel like the phone integration is highly limited. It feels rushed, last second, and half-baked. The best analogy in my mind is of a college student who the night before a big project realized it was due, started working on it. He ended up copying someone elses work (in this case, previous units), and only changed a few things. There wasnt any original thought. At the end of the day, were talking three years for someone to think up kickass ideas. And virtually none of the things that people have been asking for were truly executed upon. Below is a comparison chart comparing the units in this category. Ive selected the units that are most comparable, and most likely to be compared. However, if you want to compare other units, simply go to the full product comparison page here. and you can mix and match units till your hearts content Again, to see products beyond these, simply use the full product comparison tool . Pros and Cons: As always, Id suggest that the below pros and cons is highly concentrated, and doesnt really cover all the details of the 12,000 words above. But, with that warning, here we go: 8211 Live Tracking works well 8211 New user interface is cleaner than Edge 500 8211 Easy uploading of rides via cell or PC 8211 Cell phone integration for access to workouts and courses 8211 Extensive data fields to choose from, most data fields of any device on market 8211 Bluetooth 2.1, not Bluetooth 4.0 (thus no Bluetooth Smart sensor support) 8211 The cell-phone integration seems rushed and half-baked 8211 The size of the Edge 510 is awkward, much larger than the previous Edge 500 8211 Lack of functional usable map display (just breadcrumb trail) while having plenty of screen space is frustrating 8211 Update At this point, if you8217re a power meter user, I would further not recommend this unit. The Edge 510810 currently have issues where they have power drops within the data set, making power meter collection useless on the device. With the current firmware (Aug 2013), I8217m seeing this as fixed best I can tell in my testing, and watching forums. General Beta FWIW FYI: Note that the unit I was using while a final device, was running beta software. As such, its plausible that features could change just slightly in between the time this was published and the unit you receive. Additionally, it means that things that worked for me, may break in future builds (yes, that happens). Finally, like any beta product, there were beta bugs I ran into. As always with pre-release products, I focus on functionality. If those bugs that I experienced are still there at the time of final release, Ill definitely note those accordingly. With that, thanks for reading. As always, feel free to drop comments or questions into the comments section below and Ill try and run down the answers Found this review useful Or just want a sweet deal Hopefully you found this review useful. At the end of the day, Im an athlete just like you looking for the most detail possible on a new purchase so my review is written from the standpoint of how I used the device. The reviews generally take a lot of hours to put together, so its a fair bit of work (and labor of love). As you probably noticed by looking below, I also take time to answer all the questions posted in the comments and theres quite a bit of detail in there as well. I8217ve partnered with Clever Training to offer all DC Rainmaker readers exclusive benefits on all products purchased. You can read more about the benefits of this partnership here. You can pickup the Edge 510 through Clever Training using the link below. By doing so, you not only support the site (and all the work I do here) but you also get to enjoy the significant partnership benefits that are just for DC Rainmaker readers. And, since this item is more than 75, you get free US shipping as well. Additionally, you can also use Amazon to purchase the unit or accessories (though, no discount on either from Amazon). Or, anything else you pickup on Amazon helps support the site as well (socks, laundry detergent, cowbells). If youre outside the US, Ive got links to all of the major individual country Amazon stores on the sidebar towards the top. As you8217ve seen throughout the review there are numerous compatible accessories for the unit. I8217ve consolidated them all into the below chart, with additional information (full posts) available on some of the accessories to the far right. Also, everything here is verified by me 8211 so if it8217s on the list, you8217ll know it8217ll work. And as you can see, I mix and match accessories based on compatibility 8211 so if a compatible accessory is available at a lower price below, you can grab that instead. As always, feel free to post comments or questions in the comments section below, Ill be happy to try and answer them as quickly as possible. Ive written up a ton of helpful guides around using most of the major fitness devices, which you may find useful in getting started with the devices. These guides are all listed on this page here. And lastly, if you felt this review was useful I always appreciate feedback in the comments below. Thanks 606 responses Since it8217s bluetooth connection between the Edge and the phone it requires your races to be within bluetooth reception if you8217re going to leave it in the car With other word, yes you need to have it with you all the time. Hi Ray, do you know whether the current 510s still use Bluetooth 2.1 rather than 4 I have looked at the specifications provided by Garmin but they don8217t specifically say what version Bluetooth is inside. I was kind of hoping that Garmin had upgraded it since it8217s been over 2 years since its initial release. Do you know whether an altogether new version of the 510 is being planned for release any time soon Cheers. I gave up on my 510 in favor of the 800 hoping it would have less problem. This last ride it was turning off on its own. My route shows a straight line where I clearly was not riding in a straight line for 80 or so miles. The night before the ride the back light would not turn on. Then Saturday it starts working. The nav seemed to be working however it was not providing the prompts to turn. What computer would you recommend for long distance cycling, this last ride was a 600k. I do have a dynamo hub and use it to charge my Garmin and my phone when the light isn8217t on. That sounds like a corrupted file type problem, which are easy to fix actually. Corrupted files are usually the case of random shut downs and the like. Remove all your activity files, and course files (as well as any structured workouts). Then do a complete hard reset of the unit. If you can avoid putting back the files, that8217s ideal. Do the 5101000 have significantly better GPS reception because of the addition of glonass I8217m still happy with my 800 but I8217m noticing that it is losing signal more often when I8217m riding under tree cover (on road) than in the past. Thanks It8217s tricky. For some, GLONASS really helps. For others, not so much (and yet a small sliver of people it just completely hoses up). Typically it does help, but it8217s hard to quantify. I have an edge 800 but don8217t use maps. I would like to get the 510 so I can see incoming calls ect but would prefer bluetooth smart. When will garmin update edge 500 series to include this I have an ambit 3 watch and bluetooth smart hr strap so I want an edge that uses same bt smart. Note that the Edge 510 doesn8217t show incoming calls (nor the Edge 810 or Edge 500). And, to add insult to injury, I definitely wouldn8217t expect Garmin to support BT smart sensors at the moment (none of their devices do). The math behind the NP is as follows Thake each power reading and square them 2 times (PPPP) Sum these numbers together and take the double square root (sqrt(sqrt(sum)) Devide by number of values. The effect is that high values will rise the the end result more than just using averag power. I have a Garmin Edge 510. Recently, Input in a new battery and did my best to synch the sensors. Went for a ride and the cadence works, but the distance and speed are off. It says I am going 11 when I am going 15 and 14 when I am speeding along in a pace line. I checked the wheel circumference settings and the crank measurements and they are correct. What do you think is going on. I am not very good with the technical side of things. Thanks, SuzanneThread: Testing out my new Garmin Edge 500 Testing out my new Garmin Edge 500 This is a completely different beast than the Cat Eye Ive been using. This is going to take some getting use to. Even with the online manual, Im still a bit confused so many dif ferent options Im not sure how to get to. Over the course of my ride, I stop periodically and take breaks to chow down a Powerbar, sometimes to take a leak. So Im not sure if I should STOP the timer each time I stop, or just leave it running until I get home. Lots of cool information gathered, though, over the course of my ride, but Im still not sure what to do with any of it. After lunch I plugged it into the laptop and uploaded the info to Garmin Connect. Time: 03:42:56 Distance: 70.22 mi Elevation Gain: 1,873 ft Calories: 4,183 C Avg Temperature: 76.4 F Time: 03:42:56 Moving Time: 03:37:03 Elapsed Time: 04 38 Avg Speed: 18.9 mph Avg Moving Speed: 19.4 mph Max Speed: 36.3 mph Elevation Gain: 1,873 ft Elevation Loss: 1,860 ft Min Elevation: 33 ft Max Elevation: 264 ft Avg Temperature: 76.4 F Min Temperature: 71.6 F Max Temperature: 89.6 F Now, since everything has been uploaded to Garmin Connect, is it safe to delete from the device itself you dont need to delete it, it has plenty of room. Regarding pause on your break. You can leave it running, but there is another adjustment that you need to make ie turns on at 2mph. Yeah, I have the Garmin 500 as well, and I quite like it - though it can be overload at first I set it to only show my speed on the first screen. I have other things available on the other screens, like total elevation gain and ride time, but for me Im more interested in looking at those after the ride is done, not while Im out there. So in order to keep it simple I only display speed. The Garmin does have plenty of room, but I clear it out every 4 or 5 months. Eventually the memory can fill up depending on how often you ride and how far you go. You can access the ride file folder on the Garmin 500 through your computer like any other attached USB drive. I just copy those files to a folder on my computer to keep them archived, and erase them off of the Garmin. As far as stopping goes, there is an auto pause feature that will automatically start and stop the device when it detects you are moving. Make sure that option is turned on. It works very well and seems accurate to me (i. e. calculates the correct amount of total stop time vs. ride time on my rides). OK. I just turned AUTO PAUSE to ON. So that means when I stop, it stops, right And then when I start moving again, it will start up automatically Ive also adjusted the display pages, simplifying them a bit. One point of concern I have. and I wonder if you guys have experienced it at point as well. is that the speed seems erratic with a thick canopy of trees above me Theres an area along my course where I head into a State Park to run some laps around a 1.5 mi loop. It gets me out of the wind and away from the traffic, and is relatively flat, so I use it as an area rack up some comfortable, speedy miles. But its very woody, and I noticed the erratic current speed as I sped along. Not sure if that is just a display issue, and the actual data is being logged correctly. Like the CAAD, Im getting the hang of it. I just need to increase my speed. I feel like Im riding hell-bent for leather, but the overall average is telling a different story. Whatever. You can embed your ride or post a link to witch is cool. Por ejemplo I always use autopause startstop, setting a custom speed seems kind of goofy with my Garmin. You will find interference from thick trees, and if you are between tall buildings etc. quotI felt bad because I couldnt wheelie until I met a man with no bicyclequot Yup, that will start and stop the unit when you start. If you look at the screen when stoppingstarting it will also display a message telling you it is auto pausingresuming, and it will also beep if you have that option turned on (I do). Yes, speed and tracking can possibly be erratic in areas of thick cover, tight canyon walls, etc. - basically anywhere that the GPS signal can be interfered with. Commercial GPS units are only so accurate (somewhere like 10-20 ft on average), and the data is being taken discretely (lots of individual points), rather than continuously, so all that has an effect on the data, and your currently displayed speed can lag slightly behind what youre actually doing. On most of my rides I notice small areas where my recorded path has gone out from the road, but overall that sort of data is minor and for my general cycling needs, doesnt cause me any worry. I think the tracking of all that data overall (I now have a year of Garmin data and can start to compare months in 2010 vs. 2011) is very useful, and the fact that it makes this sort of data collection so dead simple makes up for any slight loss of resolution. Auto pause less than 2 or 3 mph. If you notice it will show speed when you are standing still, I assume this is because the satellite is moving. 3 mph fixes this. The satellites are always moving as theyre not in geostationary orbit. This is just the inherent errornoise in the calculated GPS location. It will move around within the margin of error (think of it as say a 10-20 feet circle with you at the center of it), and this error movement will be considered as you moving unless you chop it off below a certain speed. If you are in the habit of climbing really really steep climbs at 3mph (without falling over), then you would want to set this slightly lower. Old La Honda in less than 20 minutes Or you can watch race video from the low-key hill climb on Welch Creek. More at biketelemetry . quotI think, quot said Christopher Robin, quotthat we ought to eat all our Provisions now, so that we shant have so much to carry. quot . Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne. Garmin Edge 510 GPS Review by Matt de Neef, CyclingTips Editor If you dont own a Garmin Edge 500, you probably know someone that does. Like the sound of riders clipping into their pedals as they set off from the traffic lights, the sound of an auto-resuming Garmin Edge 500 has become one of the sounds of the bunch ride. And over the past few weeks weve been trying out the successor to the Edge 500 the Edge 510. The Edge 500 used to be Garmin8217s entry level bike GPS, but that8217s now been replaced by the Edge 200. The first thing you8217ll notice when you pull the Edge 510 out of its packaging is that it8217s considerably larger than its predecessor 8212 nearly 2cm longer, slightly wider, slightly thicker, and heavier as well. In fact, the Edge 510 is nearly the size of the Edge 810 and its predecessors. If you8217re familiar with the Edge 500 you8217ll also notice that the user interface is slightly different. Gone are the four side-mounted buttons and in their place are two buttons on the front face (the 8220lap8221 button and the 8220startpause8221 button) and the 8220onoff8221 button on the left-hand side. It actually took me a little while to find the 8220onoff8221 button as it8217s tucked away and doesn8217t stand out (physically or visually) like the buttons on the Edge 500. The Edge 510 (center) is noticeably larger than the 500 (left) and nearly as large as the 810. But the biggest change from the Edge 500 you8217ll notice after you turn it on is that the Edge 510 has a touch screen with which to navigate the various screens and menus. I8217ve been spoilt by the touch-screen capabilities of the iPhone and iPad because, especially early on, I found the Edge 5108217s touch screen hard to use. It didn8217t seem to register my button presses and swiping between screens seems hit-and-miss. It8217s a delicate balance that would be difficult for Garmin as they need to take gloves, fingers, temperature, and sensitivity into consideration. And speaking of iDevices, one of the things that makes those gadgets so easy and pleasurable to use is that they just work, out of the box. You don8217t need to fiddle around with instruction manuals or learn menu trees 8212 it8217s easy enough to leap in and get started. I didn8217t have as much joy with the Edge 5108217s UI 8212 I found it hard to find the menu item I was looking for at times and combined with a temperamental touch screen and noticeable lag when switching between pages, the user experience was, at times, frustrating. By connecting the Garmin 510 to your smartphone, you can get weather updates delivered to your handlebars. The Garmin Edge 510 has a lot of features, as with any Garmin GPS unit, but I8217m not going to go through them all here. If you8217d like to read a super-comprehensive review, check out DC Rainmaker8217s in-depth effort here. (Pro tip: when DC Rainmaker calls his review 8220in-depth8221 you know it8217s going to be a long read.) One of the biggest selling points of the Garmin Edge 510 is the social LiveTrack feature, as featured in this slick Garmin ad that did the rounds a couple months back. The concept is relatively simple: you use your smartphone to upload real-time data from your ride so that friends, family, or Jonathan Vaughters can track your progress. In practical terms this means pairing you smartphone with the Garmin 510 via bluetooth and then using the Garmin Connect smartphone app to share the ride, via email. with those you want to track you. After clicking the link in the email, your followers will see a screen like this: As you ride, your route is overlaid on the map as a blue line, and your real-time stats (such as speed, distance covered, elevation gain, and so on) are displayed above the map. We only tested this feature briefly but it does appear to have some promise. If you8217re heading out for a long ride in the wilderness, it would be quite useful for loved ones to be able to track your progress so they know you8217re ok. And I could see this feature being used by coaches to monitor a team8217s performance in real-time. But it also has a handful of shortcomings. For a start, you need data reception in order for LiveTrack to work 8212 not ideal if you8217re riding somewhere that doesn8217t have reception. There8217s also the question of phone battery. If I8217m doing a long ride that I want people to be able to follow 8212 the 3 Peaks Challenge, for example 8212 I8217m going to be worried that the Bluetooth and constant data transfer over, say, 10 hours is going to suck my battery dry. And in that case, I8217m going to do without LiveTrack to ensure that I8217ve got enough phone battery so I can call out if something goes wrong. The other question I have is how often I would use this feature. There8217s no doubt the Garmin promo video makes LiveTrack look sleek and sexy and a whole lot of fun 8212 and it may be for many of you 8212 but I couldn8217t see myself using it more than, say, once a month. We originally hoped that LiveTracker would have the functionality to see your group of riding mates on the device itself. A common problem with small bunch rides in the hills is that one person loses contact and there are a flurry of texts and phone calls trying to locate him or her. Once the Bluetooth connection is set up, using LiveTracker is a piece of cake and you can use your mobile device (Android or iPhone) to track your mates. However, there is a 30-second delay between location updates which may not make this all that useful. You can use your mobile device to track your mates using LiveTracker. Being constructive, it would be great to see in-device tracking in the next iteration of LiveTrack 8212 being able to see where your mates are in relation to you could be useful (for tracking that one rider who8217s always late) and fun (when smashing your mates in a training ride and seeing how far ahead you are). It would also be great to see Garmin and Strava work more closely together. To know your time and place up a particular segment right after you8217ve ridden it would be a fantastic feature. But don8217t get me wrong 8212 the Edge 510 is still a great little unit. It8217s got all the features that so many people love about the Edge 500 8212 the recording of a plethora of stats, the ability to upload and follow courses, and more. And the 510 certainly has improvements over its predecessor. For example, the Edge 500 frequently takes a few minutes to get a solid satellite lock, leaving you staring at the 8220Locating Satellites82308221 screen and a progress bar that seems to make no progress at all. That lag is gone in the 510. In fact, the satellite lock-on seems to happen almost instantly. The longest I8217ve had to wait is probably 5 seconds. And there are some handy default screen options as well. When you use the unit for the first time there8217s a screen that features a shadow rider (or 8220Virtual Partner8221) that moves at an average speed of your choosing. This feature could be really useful if you8217re trying to set a PB on a climb 8212 just set the shadow rider8217s speed to the average you need, and try to match it. (I believe there is a similar feature in the Edge 500 but it8217s not as front-and-centre as it is in the Edge 510). I8217ve had some great little battles with the 20kmh shadow rider on my home commute. Because the average speed is taken for the entire time the ride is in progress, not just when you8217re moving, you lose time on the shadow rider when you8217re stuck at traffic lights. I like to imagine my shadow rider tapping away at a constant speed regardless of the terrain, blowing through traffic lights at a leisurely 20kmh while I8217m impatiently stuck in traffic. Game on, little buddy. The Garmin Edge 510 will set you back roughly 300 for the basic unit and close to 400 if you want to get the 8220Performance Bundle8221, which features a heart-rate monitor and speedcadence sensor. If you8217ve already got an Edge 500, upgrading to the 510 will get you LiveTracker, a larger color screen, and a many more minor features. Is it worth the upgrade if you already have an Edge 500 in good condition Probably not. Is the 510 worth buying if you8217re in the market for a new GPS Most definitely. Coming up in the next few days will be the Garmin Edge 810 review. A worthy successor To put this review into context, were comparing the Garmin Edge 510 to is its predecessor, the Edge 500. There are so many new features and functions to talk about, but did we find them useful Yes, theres no doubt that Garmin makes remarkable devices that has added a new dimension to our riding. If you already have a Garmin 500 and its still in good condition, its probably not worth the upgrade. What youre essentially getting with the Edge 510 over the 500 is LiveTrack, which is in the early stages of something that could be great. Improved battery life Lots of new features and functions, including LiveTrack GPS acquires satellites much more quickly that previous models Larger screen means more data on one page, but is it larger necessarily better with the 810 as an option . and much more Size has increased much closer to the Garmin 810 without incorporating maps LiveTrack - is it really that useful It has great potential, but its not quite there yet Touch screen seems to lag when trying to naviage Not having previously owned a Garmin, I reasoned that the 510 would be a better choice than the 500. A big decider for me was having GLONASS as well as GPS. The 510 gets a satellite lock within seconds, even leaving the office for the commute home. The colour LCD has its disadvantages. I still have my old computer mounted on my stem, and it was readable in the dawn light long before the Garmin was readable without using the backlight. Where the Garmin falls down is that its interface is not intuitive, and the manual just misses out some important details regarding setting the device up. I found it a real pain customising the screen layouts. (Garmin039s designers need to learn about user-interface design.) I love the out-front mount, only, as some reviews have noted, it is not entirely straight. You do have to watch it getting in the way of your brakeSIS cables. Owners of Ay-Up lights may also not be able to use the out-front mount. I have found it is possible to glance down at the computer without moving my head - great when following the wheel in front of you. If you use the out-front mount, you may not bee able to stand your bike upside-down when fixing a puncture as the Garmin may hit the ground. In terms of quality, it seems solidly built. I like the tether which provides a belts-and-braces solution to make sure you don039t lose it in a spill. - A couple of months ago I took a spill on a wet and very smooth footbridge. I would have really been bummed if anything had come loose and fallen into the water. The tether helps as a good guarantee against that problem. If I already had a 500, I would not upgrade. Being new to the Edge family, I think the 510 is a good choice. I039d have to agree, I don039t see a good reason to upgrade my edge 500 with the 510, but I did anyway. I039m a gadget lover, however I did expect more from the LiveTrack feature. In the end it039s pretty much useless, but I can see potential. What I do like which you didn039t speak much of is the automatic uploads to Garmin Connect. I just wish it were Strava that it uploaded to. Very well built. Very simple and user-friendly. Can provide more data than you would probably ever need, but it039s kind of fun to know. So far, LiveTrack has worked well for me and my parents that live eight hours away enjoy watching me ride at home. My only two real gripes would be it is a little on the pricey side and the screen is dim outdoors. This can be remedied by increasing screen brightness (but decrease battery performance) andor changing the data screens to show less data so the numbers are bigger. I have had my 510 since March 2013, and all in all, it has been a very good GPS. The battery life on it is really good, I ride at least 10-12 hrsweek, and generally charge once a week on average. (I maximise the backlight timing, have it scrolling fast and have both GPS systems on) Riding by yourself and having Garmin Connect Livetrack on as well, provides that layer of comfort for loved ones at home. Once home, saving your ride and uploading to Garmin Connect via a phone app, and having your quotgarminsyncquot user (on Garmin Connect) lets it automatically transfer to Strava. Most activities (rides) transfer across to Strava in approx 30 mins, sometimes faster, sweet :-) In terms of setup etc, being my first real bike GPS, it took a little bit of tweaking to get it how you want, but the fact that it is so customisable, is an absolute blessing, pretty much any type of data you want on any page you want, with only the 1st page being a quotmust havequot page. All other pages can be turned off or on. Once sorted though, it works really well. I apply different profile pages for different types of riding, such as quotgroup ridesquot or quotintervals: - cadence, threshold, hillsquot etc Building a course and quotracingquot your virtual partner, adds another element to your ride if doing a solo run. Suffice to say though, there have been a couple of issues with it, 1st, it sometimes wont turn on properly after being fully re-charged, meaning you have to push both the power and the stopstart button together to re-activate it. 2ndly, the usb connection to pc failed to show as a device on me within 3 months. Garmin Aust support were fantastic, and I got a complete full replacement unit within 5 days, was just disappointed, in that it shouldn039t happen. but glad that it did it while still in warranty though :-) hope this helps, enjoy the ride :-) I had the 500 and upgraded to the 510 8211 the 510 locks on amazingly quick (e. g. 2 8211 3 seconds), where the 500 would take 30 seconds or so. Have to agree with this (amp DC Rainmakers excellent) review. There isn8217t enough of an improvement to justify an upgrade. No updated ANT, no Bluetooth Smart. Auto upload: I can plug the unit in to my PC at the end of a ride to upload. Live Tracking:I can use Glympse to do the same kind of 8220letting someone know where I am8221 tracking. Weather: If I8217m getting wet, I know it8217s raining :) I8217ll be waiting until my 500 dies and maybe by then maybe the Edge 520 will have appeared. Have to agree with this (amp DC Rainmakers excellent) review. There isn8217t enough of an improvement to justify an upgrade. No updated ANT, no Bluetooth Smart. Auto upload: I can plug the unit in to my PC at the end of a ride to upload. Live Tracking:I can use Glympse to do the same kind of 8220letting someone know where I am8221 tracking. Weather: If I8217m getting wet, I know it8217s raining :) I8217ll be waiting until my 500 dies and maybe by then maybe the Edge 520 will have appeared. Thanks for the tip on Glympse Neil. My only GPS is an iPhone 4, but like others might wait for the next version before dipping my feet in the Garmin waters8230thanks for the informative review CT Thanks for the tip on Glympse Neil. My only GPS is an iPhone 4, but like others might wait for the next version before dipping my feet in the Garmin waters8230thanks for the informative review CT Auto upload feature is useless for power meter users. Most PM users use WKO or Golden Cheetah, which require USB connectivity. If Garmin decided to improve Garmin Connect analysis tool, that would be a whole different story. At the end of the day, my 500 is still as reliable as ever. But with LiveTrack everyone will see I spend way too much time at the Cafe. Interestingly nobody ever reviews its data integrity. I raced Glenvale last Sunday and road with both an Edge 500 and Edge 510 connected to the SAME power meter. Both the 500 amp 510 were setup to record every second. Average power as recorded by the Edge 500 283 Watts for the hour Average Power as recorded by the Edge 510 262 Watts for the same hour These averages were computed by analysis software on my PC after the race form the raw FIT files. Why Other tests Ive run show the 510 mysteriously recording the wrong power for short durations (records about the known power output). I uploaded the new firmware, same problem. Recording the wrong data makes any other feature pointless. Maybe I have a one-off bad unit, but I somehow doubt it. 810 no different Harry. Seems to be a known issue on the forums too. I won8217t be going anywhere near these new units until this issue is sorted. FYI At first I thought it was my power meter, but I8217ve since run this test using 2 different Quarqs. The 500 works fine, the 510 has little power dropouts. same here 15w power diff in only an 5 min effort with new garmin 510. pretty disapointing and also ant drops out as does HR. turn it off then on again and it comes back. great concept but a few too many bugs at present even with the update Just had my faulty 500 replaced under warranty and, since they were replacing it with a new unit, I asked if I could pay the difference and get a 510 instead. They said no. Looks like I might8217ve dodged a bullet I wouldn8217t say you dodged a bullet. You would have scored if you got a 510 as a replacement. the LiveTrack function appears to use the Garmin device as a 8216thin client8217 8211 i. e. just picks up the GPS trace and does everything else with your smartphone app. given that there are alternative sources of a GPS signal, including your smart phone itself, the Garmin device doesn8217t seem to adding a lot of value to, or is particularly needed for this feature (other than that8217s how Garmin have developed it, as a hook for pushing sales of the 510). You didn8217t really talk about the auto sync to Garmin connect, you can combine that with a cloud service at Garminsync which will then auto sync from your Garmin Connect account to your Strava account. Which it does within 15mins if you log onto garmin connect and change the name, or within around 30mins with the default name. Te only bug is that you can8217t do the rename yet on the garmin APP Now I only have to plug my Garmin in once or twice a week to charge. I can do my ore work ride, rush home get to work and look at my ride data with a coffee without having to stuff around plugging in and syncing. Love it After a few weeks using it, the interface is a bit more fiddly and the touch screen is quite sensitive, I can also say using it offroad the new screen doesn8217t seem to be good when dusty, it seems to stick to the screen more and smudge. The satellite connection speed is much better, and was a real bug for me on the edge500 taking up to five minutes usually. Aceita. I haven8217t had a 500, but use a forerunner 210 watch for running, which is extremely frustrating waiting for satellites for 5 minutes, when you are time poor. I recently purchased the 510 and loving the very quick glasnoss sat connection8230some of the other features are a bit gimmicky, ie virtual partner 8211 does anyone really need or use it Courses are a bit clunky, and sometimes difficult to follow the on screen indicator. Improvements for mine would be better mapping, auto upload to strava. However if u need a gps computer, and tossing up 500 or 510, I would definitely go the 510 for no other reason that satellite connectivity, esp if there is little or no price difference. I know its not an in depth review but there are a few questions most would be interested in. Does the touch screen function in winter gloves What is the battery life like compared to a 500 Are there any features other than LiveTrack worth noting Upsizing the form factor is a minus in my book. LiveTrack looks like novelty value and as noted a major battery drainer. Happy to hang on to my 500 till it dies. 8211 The battery life is advertised at 20 hours, compared with 18 hours for the Edge 500: dcrainmakerproduct-comparison-calculatorcomparisonyes038ids5907,3071,5900,3073,3086,3074,5900,3089,3100 That seems about right to me, based on the rides I8217ve done with it. Espero que ajude. ) DC Rainmaker makes it seem that if you are looking at buying the 500 or the 510, it would be better to go with the 500. What are your thoughts Live Track isn8217t a feature I8217m really interested in because the only one who is interested in where I am is the wife, and she can use 8220find my iPhone8221 without draining the battery doing a Bluetooth hookup. That was my first impression too, Dan. But even with the price reduction, the Edge 500 isn8217t that much cheaper than the 510 (bikeforce. aubrowsequerygarmin ). In fact, if you get the head unit alone, the 510 is the same price as the 500 at Bike Force (299). Might as well get the 510 if that8217s the case. The 510 it is then. Thank you I have a real problem with this so called 8216improvement8217. I don8217t know of any cycling improvement where things get bigger and heavier. I know we are talking grams but doesn8217t seem to make sense. As a relatively serious road rider my 500 is the perfect form factor. I don8217t want a bigger unit on my bike, nor are the features compelling in the slightest to warrant an upgrade. It seems the marketing department of Garmin are getting too much say in the design process and the not athletes. I currently own a 500 and I wouldn8217t replace it with a 510. More expensive, a couple of extra features I don8217t need, bigger which I don8217t need or want and doesn8217t record power as accurately. The only thing right they have done is make it all black. I currently own a 500 and I wouldn8217t replace it with a 510. More expensive, a couple of extra features I don8217t need, bigger which I don8217t need or want and doesn8217t record power as accurately. The only thing right they have done is make it all black. I currently own a 500 and I wouldn8217t replace it with a 510. More expensive, a couple of extra features I don8217t need, bigger which I don8217t need or want and doesn8217t record power as accurately. The only thing right they have done is make it all black. You can already use an App that comes with your iphone to track others, like 8220find my friends8221 for example. I8217m pretty sure at this stage I8217d have no interest in that part of the 510.Locking onto satellites would be a positive over the 500 though. I have both the 500800 and I love the 800 and see no need to upgrade. The lag in picking up satellites for the 500 can be fixed if you upload all your activities, then delete the old ride files off your garmin. 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