Whoever decided that an Edge 530 should switch on after being disconnected from a power source or the power source turned off whist the 530 is connected to it should have been fired on the spot.
Never in my life have I came across anything so grossly stupid as a 530 that switches itself on when its power source is removed. I have 3 other Garmin devices that do not do it, lights and mobile phones, hearing aids etc that do not do it, in fact, nothing does it except a stupid 530, and probably the 830 and 1030.
But at least twice a week, I am caught out with a flat battery in a morning when getting ready for a ride because the stupid 530 has turned itself on when I have turned off the power source that was charging it, usually the computer or the cars USB port and out of habit from using all my other devices, forget that I must namby pamby my 530 and turn it off. Overnight if it is on the map page, there will only be a few percent of charge left and on a data page just enough for a short ride if I'm lucky depending on how long it has been turned on unnoticed.
Can Garmin never do anything right? It appears that when they do, they eventually manage to pork a perfectly working system, ie, in this case, there is no need for the 530 to turn itself on if power to it is lost, Edges have worked for years without it.
I would try "Auto power off" after a certain time but that facility was removed and not on a 530. As for "Auto sleep", what good is that if on a ride after a mere 5 minutes it goes to sleep if there is no activity, every time on a club ride we stop for a nature break etc, I would be having to wake the stupid thing up holding everybody up or even forgetting to wake it up.
No doubt some idiot will pipe up defending Garmin and the 530's logic on what a wonderful idea it is.
What does the future hold, remove the power button and the Garmin will only turn itself on and off when it moves or stops moving so that by the time you have driven to an event your going to ride, you could have a partially flat battery etc.
It's a good job Garmin don't make electric cars, they would probably start up when you disconnect them from the charging cable.
