Garmin Edge Remote

Garmin Edge Remote

• Convenient buttons - Mark laps and scroll forward or backward through pages. Program the third button from a preset list of functions.
• LED lights - Red and green LED lights indicate button presses, pairing and sleep mode.
• Easily switch bikes - Edge remote includes a road bike mount and a mountain bike mount, so changing from one ride to the next is seamless.
• Durable - Rugged, compact and lightweight, with a water rating of 5 ATM (50 meters)
• Long-lasting battery - Easily replaceable CR2032 battery lasts up to one year by entering sleep mode when not in use.

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Brand : Garmin
Category : Electronics,GPS, Finders & Accessories,Sports & Handheld GPS,Handheld GPS Units
Rating : 4.7
Price : US $59.99
Review Count : 755
ChildASIN : B00JLMRREK,B0BLV4RBL5,B0BLTR6KWP

Garmin Edge Remote

• Mountain biking. Good product and very useful but the upper panel too delicate( breakable, sensitive to sun heat)
• This little gadget basically does four things: starts/stops the ride, scrolls through the screens, marks laps and turns on the backlight or goes to the map (one or the other, not both). If being able to do one or all of those things without taking your hands off the handlebars is important, then this might be for you. I have an Edge 130 and basically use the remote to scroll through the three to four screens I use. I use the auto stop/start on my Edge so I only need to press the button at the beginning or end of the ride. I use the remote for that sometimes, but it\'s not that big of a deal. I don\'t ride at night, so I never use the back light. I don\'t mark laps and I don\'t usually use the maps. That said, the convenience of being able to scroll through screens without taking my hands off the handlebars alone has made it worth the purchase to me. It is also handy to be able to jump right to the map if necessary. If one likes to record laps, I can see this being a really useful item. It is convenient and non-distracting, much like the ring style lap counters used for marking laps in a pool. It makes it easier to mark a lap without much distraction from the ride itself; just a little shifting of the hand. You may not even need to look at it once you are accustomed to its location. The remote connects to my Edge quickly and, at least so far, has worked well. Not sure how long the battery will last. I have not had it long enough to really test that. Not a \"can\'t live without it\" type device, but a nice optional feature.
• One thing to note is that you need to hit any button on the remote once before every ride, to let your Garmin cyclometer know that the remote is there and ready go. After that it will stay hooked up for the rest of the ride.I got this remote because I was jealous of my buddy\'s Di2 with the screen buttons on his shift lever knobs. This remote actually does more, with buttons for screen rotation, action (start/stop and screen light), as well as a lap button.The screen button works very well. A single click rotates the screen forward, and if it you hold it down, it rotates back. I was concerned the latter might be finicky, but it\'s not. It was very easy and intuitive to use, both forward and backward.The action button is an unexpected bonus, as it\'s programmable to do start/stop, backlighting, or it can be set to automatically go to just about any screen. It\'s a super clever feature. As an example, I set mine to turn on the backlight if I do a single click.The device can be rotated in the mounting bracket, so you can orient it so that the most used buttons are most accessible. For example, the lap button is not something I use, so I just set it up to be the least convenient button to hit.In terms of setup, I followed the example of most of the reviewers and mounted it just below the shift lever on my road bike bars (facing inside). That makes it very easy to hit the top two buttons with my thumb. Right now I have to glance over, but I expect it will become second nature after a few weeks.The remote has two mounting options. One is a band style base (it comes with lots of different size bands), which is good for the road bike. The second is a screw-on handlebar mount, suitable for a mountain bike, so the device can be easily moved between bikes.All in all, it\'s a very clever, well thought out device. It I could make one change, it would be to swap the clicker switches for touch contacts.
• This little remote will really mess with your expectations. Modern cyclecomputers have so many features that of course they\'ll have several essential screens you\'ll want to switch between. If you can do that by just pushing a button with your thumb and never taking your hands off the bars, that\'s a big deal. The whole computer will be more valuable as a result. I can also see what an advantage it would be for touchscreen cyclecomputers. If I can switch pages and do a few key things from my remote while wearing thick gloves, having a touchscreen is less of a liability. Now it kills me that my other cyclecomputers don\'t have similar features.The ridiculous thing is that - as useful as the concept is - the layout of three buttons in a triangle formation and only one being semi-programmable is exasperating. At the very least I should be able to assign two buttons to \"page up / page down\". Yes, it supports \"short press / long press\" for page flips, but that\'s a terrible substitute, especially when I want to page up several times quickly. It would be even better if I could assign each page to a different button and have a few other features as well. Overall, this remote is really useful, but it could have been so much better.

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