Garmin Edge 540, 010-02694-00

After about a month of use, I like the screen size, still need to fine the the setting. Battery life for now is great. The. 540 plus has too many features. If I could I would trade the 540 plus for a 520 plus. The 520 is much easier to navigate.

I have been unable to get my Edge to set up or work! So far, it’s been a piece of junk! Very dissatisfied with the setup instructions.

The Edge 540 brings together some of the information I like to have at hand when I ride on roads and trails. I like that it shows how much of a hill is ahead of me. I like the altitude information and find it amazingly accurate. It also shows alerts from my Garmin Varia bike radar, so I don’t have to keep my phone on constantly. Some of the things that are less than excellent: the side buttons (6 of them). It isn’t always obvious what each one does. Much as I like the climb display, it comes up automatically and blocks out other features like the map display. Warnings that pop up are often trivial; “animal nearby” was my favorite, while alerting me to a pothole I had already passed was runner-up. Sometimes my old eyes can’t read the alerts while I ride. I get alerts that a popular local rider has been where I am; I’ve never met him. Perhaps some of these will be less annoying after I’ve used the device a while.

I have had it for about two years. It is now putting the wrong map of the ride and the wrong date for the ride. Guess i will go back to Wahoo