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Edge 530 availability from garmin.com?

Are there any exact dates known when deices will be available for purchase from Garmin site?

There a lot of reports of failed 530's (back button, software issues...), so hope that at least Garmin itself will start to sell units with fixed known problems.

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changrenyong over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member +1

I didn't miss your point. I don't expect a bike computer to be issue-free right from the gate. But I do expect issues that exist in my current device to not appear up the new device.

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0 Former Member over 5 years ago

As far as issues go, it really doesn't matter whether you're buying directly from Garmin or a retailer who gets the units from an official distributor. No electronics are fail proof, it's a lottery. The only thing to consider is that when buying directly from Garmin, if any issues arise, you'll be sending that unit to Garmin, whereas if you buy from a local store, you just gotta bring it to that store and they'll take care of everything.

And there really isn't that many reports of failures, if you consider how many units are they selling. People aren't going to be reporting good units.

0 changrenyong over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

If I was doing beta testing for Garmin, I would expect to encounter all these current issues with the Edge 530. I think it's almost inexcusable for consumers to have to deal with the inability to consistently get their rides uploaded, Live Track failures, data frozen during activities, problem powering the device off..etc. I have owned Garmin Edge bike computers since 2011 - Edge 500, Edge 800, Edge 810, Edge 510, Edge 520, Edge 820 (hands down the worst Garmin I have ever owned) and Edge 530 - and it seems like Garmin's quality control has gone from bad to worse. I share DCR's opinion: Garmin's biggest competitor is their own software instability:

www.dcrainmaker.com/.../competitor-software-instability.html

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to changrenyong

Question is, if you'r not happy with a product or a brand, why keep buying it?

0 frankpapasample over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

That's true. But I had three 820s. And all of them failed in some ways. First one had screen issues, second replacement - problems with start button. Third one - just didn't boot. They returned me money in the end.

Software issues can be fixed in a time, but hardware is getting not so reliable. Literally al of the people I know, who own 820s and 1030 had different hardware issues with their units. Previous generations been a little bit more reliable. Since I'm waiting for new 530 edge to purchase I ride with good old edge 500. And it's still works flawless.

But with the number of problematic units in front of my eyes I'm having a lot of hesitation now. If wahoo roam's price was at least as edge 530 I thing I would already switched to this competitor. But its really overpriced in terms of functionality. So probably will give garmin the last chance.

0 changrenyong over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

The fact that right now only Garmin bike computers support the Garmin Varia radar is the ONLY reason why I have not jumped ship to Wahoo.

0 changrenyong over 5 years ago in reply to frankpapasample

I had two 820s. First one also developed the blue halo screen issue. Its replacement had terrible battery life. Even without these issues, the Edge 820 is all around just a terrible device.

0 frankpapasample over 5 years ago in reply to changrenyong

I was overall pleased with 820 until it has started to fail from unit to unit. As I wrote before Garmin send me third replacement that even didn't boot. Quality control is not on the strongest side of the company.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to changrenyong

Their computers had PLENTY of issues right from the gate. They've had issue with the computer not working properly after aprox. 3 hours of riding until last summer I believe. And to this day there are reports of issues with elevation readings.

0 changrenyong over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

I wouldn't know as I have not owned any Wahoo bike computers. But not one Wahoo user - there are at least a handful of them - in my racing team have complained about their Wahoo bike computers. When someone in my team has an issue with their bike computers, it has always been a Garmin. Wahoo has been in the bike computer business since early 2016 (I am excluding the Wahoo RFLKT since it relies on a smartphone to function) so it's not unreasonable to experience some teething issues. How long has Garmin been in the bike computer business?

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to changrenyong

You're completely missing my point - as far as I'm concerned, nobody has ever released an issue-free GPS tracker for whatever sport. In case of smaller companies, it's typically precisely the fact they're smaller companies. And if I were to state my opinion, I'd say that in case of Garmin it's the fact they're stretching over so many devices (needlessly in my opinion).

At the end of the day, people stick to whatever flaws they can live with.