GARMIN 010-00447-10 Edge 205 Bicycle Monitor With GPS Take your ride to the next level with the Edge 205 - Garmin’s GPS-enabled personal trainer and cycle computer. Perfect for touring and the trails, the lightweight Edge is the ultimate fitness partner. With the easy-to-use Edge 205 on your bike, you always know where you’re going and how far you’ve gone. For advanced cyclists, the Edge 305 is available with either a heart rate monitor or a wireless speed/pedaling cadence sensor to help you achieve your personal best.
Customer Review: watch out for refurbished units sold as new
At least one dishonest Amazon vendor (Buy Accessories) is selling overhauled/refurbished units as new. Play it safe and only buy from Amazon itself.
Other than that, it looks great; have not used it yet. Buy a USB emergency battery charger for longer trips. APC has several good ones:
http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=314&ISOCountryCode=us
Customer Review: Domestic Bliss
This is the second Edge 205 I have purchased for my wife. The first one quit taking a charge after about 1.5 years and to maintain domestic bliss I bought another for her. She really likes it and uses it on her rides several times a week.
The biggest drawback is the battery. The unit is sealed so it cannot be replaced by the user, and with regular use any battery eventually fails, not matter what the technology. No doubt it is just a variation on a cell phone battery, but apparently the Garmin strategy is to make you buy a new unit rather than be able to replace a $15 battery.
For my wife’s happiness with the product functions for the price I give it 5 stars. For the battery ripoff by Garmin policy, I give it 0 stars. So my ROUNDED UP average score is a 3. They don’t have any competition I know of so they get away with it. Buyer beware.
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