Happy With This Edge 530 Replacement

Had to buy this to replace a 530 that I lost in a parking lot and got run over by cars. The 530 was great, though starting to be slow to respond. I appreciate the 540's consistency with the 530 plsu some new features -- especially (so far) being able to either shift gears or swipe screens from my SRAM satellite buttons on the shifters (haven't decided yet which I like better.) It's kind of weird that the unit is a little bigger than the 530, but font sizes on screens are smaller. I still don't see any need for touch screen so 540 is the way to go.

Battery Life And All The Features I Need

Upgraded from the 500 to the 530. Decided to go with the 540 because of battery life. This unit does not disappoint. I prefer buttons over touch screen because of rain and sweat. Solid unit with good battery life.

Miss My 520plus

I wish I had my edge 520plus back! Just a lot of extra gadgets that I don't use or need.

Poor Quality

After a handful of rides the elevation features stopped working. My 530 did this too which is who I “upgraded”. Clearly a known and unresolved issue.

With It Came With Better Instructions

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.

Useless Piece Of Scrap!

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.

Good Feature Set - Very Useful - Not Perfect

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.

When It Works Right It Is A Good Bike Computer

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

Okay, Not Great. Need Software Fixes.

has a few bugs that you would think the software updates would address but not as of yet. trouble syncing with connect and strava. constantly switches activity from road to mountain bike even though road is selected.

Does everything I need! Takes some time to get the programming down, (I would highly suggest downloading the Owners Manual) do not use AI, it is confusing and was not accurate 50% of the time. Use the old fashion Owners Manual and you will work your way through it.

Still The Gold Standard In Cycle Computers

I don’t need most of the fancier metrics including the navigation that this device provides, so I had initially purchased a cheaper competitor. Bad idea. This device connects immediately to GPS and handles the poor signal in my hilly location. It also has the familiar Garmin interface which I find more intuitive and allows me to customize my home page without spending a half day doing it. I won’t repeat my mistake again.

Basic But Very Useful

Bought it to match up with the new radar tail light. The beep was not very audible on my old edge 830 and now I can hear clearly when a car comes up behind, that alone was worth the price, other than that it is just a really good bike computer but the new visuals and beeping for the radar make it worth the price

Virtual Partner Is Dead! Hurrah!!

I would fill the title with happy emojis if I could because I can finally turn off the universally-hated useless confusing Virtual Partner! Now my clients won't get lost following the wrong arrow on the map. This is the best upgrade over the 530's and older. Some less exciting nice things: USB-C plug, no major changes to menus, slightly clarified right button functions (onscreen icons), nice mini map data field. No crazy revamps, just a reliable and familiar device. A few things I'm not so sure about: button tones don't always beep (turned on), autorouting/re-routing is hit or miss.

I Missed The Touchscreen Feature Of The Edge 840!

I didn't like the only-button operation. I lost my Edge 840, which was touchscreen. I thought I'd give the 540 a try, but I missed the touchscreen terribly! So, I returned the 540 and bought the touchscreen 840.

Poor Menu Selection Design

This is the first Garmin device that I really am not excited about. Have used multiple Garmin devices from watches to navigation systems that were intuitive and easy to use but the Edge 450 so far is not easy to use. From the basic setup I found it difficult to just get to the setup menu for adding sensors. Once I did get to the right location it took several tries to get the sensors added. Then on my first ride I did finally get to a display that showed the data that I needed. However the mileage was slightly off. On my second ride a popup message showed that it had detected a new cadence sensor about a minute into the ride and the message would not clear except momentarily when selecting either the check button or the X button. The only way I got this message to clear was to do a power off and restart. The good news is that I had all the data for the ride on my Garmin watch. Hopefully after a few more rides I will finally get use to the less than intuitive menu options and find a better way to handle popup messages. I didn’t need a fancy bike computer just wanted basic information which the Edge 450 provides but was hoping that it would be a bit easier to use. The one great feature is the radar display which does work as advertised.