Edge 500… Should I?

Thinking of getting the Edge 500 Red with cadence and heart rate, can anybody recommend it or suggest a better option?

It’s down to £182 at Handtec, if anyone knows any cheaper sources or voucher codes etc, let me know before I click “buy”!

Great tool for the road but don’t know of any deals.

I like mine, great bit of kit

Should be on offer just about anywhere as the new one 510 is due soon

What will the difference be Orangeboy?

I use my Edge 500 daily for MTB, road, commuting, snowboarding – anything really. It has been faultless throughout. Bear in mind that it is quite a bit smaller and the battery lasts longer than the fancier models.

With a bit of prep work, the TCX courses it can even be used for navigating pretty well – I’ve cycled to Italy by road using only the Edge 500 course feature and it got me most of the way across the Trans Cambrian Way on the MTB (although I did resort to an OS map once or twice for that one).

What will the difference

Not a great deal in functionality

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/accessories/gadgets/cycle-computers/product/review-garmin-edge-510-gps-cycle-computer-13-46859

bacondoublechee – I didnt know you can use 500 for navigation … ? how?

You can create a course on various sites (I like http://www.bikehike.co.uk/), start from scratch and plot the route or import someone elses GPX file. Add course points for left/right turns if on the road bike and the unit will beep and flash up Left/Right/Straight etc which is handy (make sure when saving the tcx to set the course point warning distance to 250m or something though!). Plug in the Garmin and save the TCX file to the New Files folder then unplug and turn the unit on. The route will be in the courses menu.

Right, I think I shall click “Buy”! Thanks for the advice gentlemen… Bacondouble, I’ll bookmark that site and have a play with that, sounds like belting advice 😀