GarminEdge Explore 2, Easy to use GPS Bike/Cycling Computer, eBike Compatability, Maps and Navigation, Additional Cycling Safety Features and more, Black

If you just want a GPS device for your bike without all the nonsense and the ridiculous price, this is great. You can connect heart rate & cadence sensors if you wish, but it doesn’t give all the training data that the high end devices do. However the mapping and data logging is pretty much identical to the higher end devices.You can add or take away data screens and customize them to show exactly what you need/want to see and the mapping is the usual Garmin quality.Battery life is good, but not exceptional, the UI easy to use and it connects to your phone via the Garmin connect app so all your stats are displayed for post ride analysis.Does navigation, data logging and basic sensor connectivity for 25% of the price of top end Garmin units.

Upgrading from a 520+, there is a massive difference screen resolution is much better and larger.So easy to set up just bluetooth to the phone and all data from your accessories ported straight over, everything worked however it picked up the radar but not the light but was simple to correct.You get the usual low quality Garmin (rubber band) mount, I prefer to buy a third party version. The maps are really impressive with plenty of detail I really liked the warnings for dangerous roads etc whilst riding, battery life is brilliant and I found the accessories connected far quicker than my old 520+.I did have an issue fitting this onto my existing bike mounts as it is quite large and it fowled on stem bolts and lights I had, so I ended up spending more money on mounting options. I did like the idea of a bike alarm built in which is great leaving it out of sight at cafe stops, the only disappointment was only three profiles. Although you can rename them the one that is 'indoor' has limited functionality it will not record any elevation only speed and distance as it's to be used on a trainer, so it only has two!Pro's1. Large display with good resolution2. Easy setup3. Bluetooth connection very quick and solid4. Mapping and guides5. Touchscreen6. Long battery life7. Bike alarm8. Road danger warnings9. USB type 'C'Cons1. Can be difficult to mount due to being large2. Updates from the phone over bluetooth takes ages3. Only two profiles 'road' and 'off road'4. Low quality mounting kit

I bought this for long distance bicycle tours, I don't need all the athletic performance stuff. I feel that Garmin's designers are all young dudes obsessed with sport training and no idea about other kinds of cycling. THis is possibly the best touring GPS device but it's well short of ideal.I used to use a Garmin eTrex hiking computer which was pretty good, but this has a much clearer display. It's annoying on a long tour that it has a built in rechargeable battery as the eTrex used AAs which are so much more pracical on the road.I really like the way I can export routes direct from Ride With GPS to the device via my phone. You can customise it so you have a map/route display and a computer display and can swipe easily between the two (once you've got rid of the endless techy fitness displays)Annoying things include:1. The climb displays just don't reflect the actual gradients you encounter, so they are pointless.2. The device is too eager to re-route me when I've chosen my route with care and really want to be in control of my journey, not have some stupid American robot make my decisions. You can turn this off but it's easy to forget to do it.3. The interface is a mess, it's a complex device and a lot of the complexity is stuff I don't want, but when there is something I want to change or set up and I have previously seen that setting screen, it's often impossible to find my way back to it. There's a weird kind of context-sensitive thing that means something that might be visible in one situation disappears in another, it just needs a more straightforward menu system.4. It's definitely not a touring device even though it's promoted as such. It would be great to have a tour mode with only those features that you would want when navigating a long tour.5. There's a REALLY weird thing that when you stop the display changes to show a huge 'Pause' symbol obscuring the map display. (Hey Garmin I know that I've stopped, I don't need you shouting at me about it). Then when you start it obscures the display again with a big 'Play' symbol for several seconds. This is just at the moment you may need to see the map and your route ahead very clearly, maybe at a complex road junction.6. Finally it's always extremely unclear whether you are actually 'navigating' the route you have set. I'm never sure and I've often found that the computer is not actually recording the trip data, presumably I've not pressed the right button. Because you don't know what's going on you may actually stop navigation when you mean to start it.

This is my first cycling computer with maps that I have purchased, being an experienced road cyclist I have never really needed a map option as I just liked to ride on feeling but I took the plunge and now I can plan and plot my route so I can take in different places on a long ride the distance is clear and concise with enough warning displays and bleeps to keep you busy , battery life is reasonable and it is charged by a USB , , it’s very easy to set up with the Garmin connect app and in all yes these can be expensive but well worth the money if you don’t need all the training apps supplied on the more expensive Garmins . P.S I also purchased the silicon case just for more safety.

Great battery life and great value for money. For those wanting a good amount of data and great mapping this is great device

I have ordered 2 of these. I have had a garmin wdge explore for a couple of years with no problem, so I thought it’s time to up grade. The first didn’t hold batter power and when I was stationery it thought I was moving, a lot. It would then start and stop by itself. Have returned it I received another. I don’t know what the background is to the software but on this Garmin Edge 2 it said ‘Garmin Edge 2021’ in the softwares info. Even on Grmins website it says it can take up to 2 weeks to update! So has Garmin just taken a batch of Edges and repurposed them for Edge 2’s? I don’t know, but immediately problems with this. So for now, scared to order a 3rd one I am back to my original Garmin Edge. Not all the functionality I need nor the battery life, but at least I got what I paid for.