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Garmin Edge 540 Solar GPS Bike Computer
$250
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Various Retailers have Garmin Edge 540 Solar GPS Cycling Computer (010-02694-20) for $249.99. Shipping is free.
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- Advanced GPS cycling computer with button controls combines superior navigation, planning and performance tracking, cycling awareness and smart connectivity
- Battery life: in demanding use cases, get up to 26 hours or up to 32 hours with solar charging in direct sunlight (75,000 lux); in battery saver mode, get up to 42 hours or up to 60 hours with solar charging in direct sunlight (75,000 lux); during daytime rides, solar adds up to 25 minutes per hour in battery saver mode
- View daily suggested workouts and training prompts on screen; based on your event, get personalized coaching that adapts to your current training load and recovery when riding with a compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Find your way in the most challenging environments with multi-band GNSS technology that provides enhanced positional accuracy
- See remaining ascent and grade when climbing so you can gauge your effort with the ClimbPro ascent planner, now available on every ride — no course required; view on your Edge device and in the Garmin Connect app on your smartphone for ride planning
- Classify your strengths as a cyclist, and compare your cycling ability to the demands of a specific course, so you can focus your training and improvement in the right areas, when paired with your compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Manage your efforts with the power guide feature, which recommends power targets throughout a course, when paired with your compatible power meter
- Get stamina insights while you ride, so you can keep an eye on how much longer you can really push it, when paired with your compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Stay on top of your training program with prompts to complete missed workouts
- Ride like a local, whatever your bike type, with improved ride type-specific maps that highlight popular roads and trails plus searchable points of interest
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Written by citan359 | Staff- About this deal:
- This offer matches the previous Frontpage Deal.
- About this store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Details of Amazon's return policy (here)
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Various Retailers have Garmin Edge 540 Solar GPS Cycling Computer (010-02694-20) for $249.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for posting this deal.
Available Retailers:About this item:
Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for posting this deal.
Available Retailers:About this item:
- Advanced GPS cycling computer with button controls combines superior navigation, planning and performance tracking, cycling awareness and smart connectivity
- Battery life: in demanding use cases, get up to 26 hours or up to 32 hours with solar charging in direct sunlight (75,000 lux); in battery saver mode, get up to 42 hours or up to 60 hours with solar charging in direct sunlight (75,000 lux); during daytime rides, solar adds up to 25 minutes per hour in battery saver mode
- View daily suggested workouts and training prompts on screen; based on your event, get personalized coaching that adapts to your current training load and recovery when riding with a compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Find your way in the most challenging environments with multi-band GNSS technology that provides enhanced positional accuracy
- See remaining ascent and grade when climbing so you can gauge your effort with the ClimbPro ascent planner, now available on every ride — no course required; view on your Edge device and in the Garmin Connect app on your smartphone for ride planning
- Classify your strengths as a cyclist, and compare your cycling ability to the demands of a specific course, so you can focus your training and improvement in the right areas, when paired with your compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Manage your efforts with the power guide feature, which recommends power targets throughout a course, when paired with your compatible power meter
- Get stamina insights while you ride, so you can keep an eye on how much longer you can really push it, when paired with your compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Stay on top of your training program with prompts to complete missed workouts
- Ride like a local, whatever your bike type, with improved ride type-specific maps that highlight popular roads and trails plus searchable points of interest
Editor's Notes
Written by citan359 | Staff- About this deal:
- This offer matches the previous Frontpage Deal.
- About this store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Details of Amazon's return policy (here)
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I don't want my giant ass phone in the sun on the handlebars where it's going to get smashed the moment I take a tumble. The battery dies way too fast leaving the screen on, it overheats, it's fragile...etc.
250 for a dedicated bike computer was an easy buy for me. It compartmentalizes my electronic needs for the bike to this one device instead of making my phone do something else it doesn't need to do.
I have a dashcam in my car too. Why have that when my phone has a camera and an app?
For people who are interested in the device, note it's the same cost direct from Garmin and shipping is free, so if you can afford to wait a few extra days, that's a good way to support the company directly!
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I don't want my giant ass phone in the sun on the handlebars where it's going to get smashed the moment I take a tumble. The battery dies way too fast leaving the screen on, it overheats, it's fragile...etc.
250 for a dedicated bike computer was an easy buy for me. It compartmentalizes my electronic needs for the bike to this one device instead of making my phone do something else it doesn't need to do.
I have a dashcam in my car too. Why have that when my phone has a camera and an app?
For people who are interested in the device, note it's the same cost direct from Garmin and shipping is free, so if you can afford to wait a few extra days, that's a good way to support the company directly!
If you area to monitor additional information, this is just the head-unit with the GPS trackers and storage etc. You will need additional sensors, like a Power meter (this includes cadence almost always built-into it), or a heart-rate-sensor, or cadence sensor etc. The head unit is part of an ecosystem, typicaly with decent cross-compatibility (ANT+ or Bluetooth) between sensors and bike computers of different manufacturers).
Why is this better than your phone?
Eh, debatable depending on how often and long you are riding with it on, type of terrain and how rough you ride, but objectively battery life is in a different league, the display is easier to read under the sun, they are far less prone to over-heating under the sun, more robust (it is not a good idea to mount high-end phones though a rigid mount on bike handlebars, even on bikes with suspension forks, as vibrations tend to f-up image stabilasation and/or focus mechanisms on flaship phones that have these. Happens on iPhones a lot, did happen to me personally on a Galaxy Note 20).
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If you area to monitor additional information, this is just the head-unit with the GPS trackers and storage etc. You will need additional sensors, like a Power meter (this includes cadence almost always built-into it), or a heart-rate-sensor, or cadence sensor etc. The head unit is part of an ecosystem, typicaly with decent cross-compatibility (ANT+ or Bluetooth) between sensors and bike computers of different manufacturers).
Why is this better than your phone?
Eh, debatable depending on how often and long you are riding with it on, type of terrain and how rough you ride, but objectively battery life is in a different league, the display is easier to read under the sun, they are far less prone to over-heating under the sun, more robust (it is not a good idea to mount high-end phones though a rigid mount on bike handlebars, even on bikes with suspension forks, as vibrations tend to f-up image stabilasation and/or focus mechanisms on flaship phones that have these. Happens on iPhones a lot, did happen to me personally on a Galaxy Note 20).
No its not. I really do not understand why people buy these things, especially at such a cost. You can buy a dedicated GPS system for a car at half that price. Why are these so much more expensive?
$250 is more than reasonable for this if you need maps while riding a bike. Personally, I use my phone along with an Apple watch for direction but my watch easily costs just as much. If I wanted to keep track of things like cadence, or wanted something not dependent on cellular, there's an argument right there for this.
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