Garmin Edge Explore GPS enabled computer

This may not be the newest but really good for the price. Relatively easy to user and content to sensors.

This (the "Explore") is the large Garmin Edge, which emphasizes navigation over training. So it's got a nice big screen but no ability to connect a power meter. When I say "big" I don't mean it's as big as a modern mobile phone, which I find too big for the handlebars. It's as big as I want it.I think you can connect a heart rate monitor by Bluetooth, but I don't use any of that stuff so I haven't tried it. I got it for navigation, and it's good at that. You can just put a location in, like a car SatNav. Or you can use the built in course designer. Alternatively you can design a course using Komoot, which is a separate app which I prefer. You also need to download the Garmin Connect app, and set Komoot and Connect to sync to each other. Once that'ss set up, it works really well.I find that I use about 50% of the battery on a four hour ride, so it's got enough battery for most people. It uses a bit more battery if you have it constantly attached to your phone by Bluetooth. That allows some phone notifications to pop up on the Garmin. I don't bother.Note that, unlike a car SatNav, and unlike Komoot if you use it as a SatNav on your phone, there are no audio instructions. You just get warning bleeps in advance of turns or if you go off course. I like that. I hated wearing in-ear headphones to hear Komoot's instructions. There's no need for that with the Garmin. The beeps are quite high pitched, and you can generally hear them in traffic. And I prefer to rely on the visual picture of the route that the Garmin gives you. Like all SatNavs it has a few wrinkles and glitches that occasionally confuse, but in general it makes me confident about where I am and where I'm going.When I don't need navigation I still use the Garmin to record my rides, and to display a screen showing distance, speed, average speed, elevation, elapsed time and time of day. I was surprised I needed to customize it to show time of day, but it was pretty easy. I don't really know why I record my rides, since my phone automatically records them on my Google Maps timeline anyway. I just like having the data screen visible as I ride along, and I like having the weekly, monthly and annual data that the Garmin Connect app collects if you connect the Garmin to the phone by Bluetooth briefly after a ride. I particularly like the elevation data, which gives me an excuse for my unimpressive average speeds. And I think the Garmin distance data is a bit more accurate than Google Maps Timeline, which sometimes seems to short change me.None of the above really explains why I somehow just feel happier riding along with a Garmin on my handlebars, but I definitely do. By the way, I'm not saying it's better than other cycling computers. This is my first one, so I have nothing to compare it to. But I do really like it.

Great value and delivery faster than expected

Its great being touch screen, makes it far less fiddly. Screen is bigger than realised but makes it easy to read and use. I haven't used it on a ride yet so can't comment on battery like but very pleased so far.

This is a very good bike computer for those wanting a simple navigation aid for cycling on road or gravel trails without the need for power meter statistics etc. Easy to use and accurate to follow.

Welcome addition to the Garmin range, being very much less expensive than previous models. I needed to upgrade from my Edge 800 to get the Bluetooth capability. Also like the improved screen and map.

It is quite complicated to download courses.

I decided to replace my very reliable but now fairly old Touring edge, which, had no connectivity.But its been fine, albeit not very intuitive, frustrating sometimes....Main reason was, to use the Garmin Radar.I did not want to have my phone with me all the time, although maybe I should? ON longer rides I do.But why have a handlebar full of various displays right?I decided to go for this against the Garmin 530, which is more about data and less about mapping.I would prefer to have the mapping features and the only missing data really is stuff like VO2 max etc, stuff I dont really use as a leisure cyclist.So if you are wondering which head unit to go for, and searching for differences, they are the main ones I found.If you like to use the map and use it to navigate and just upload to strava and interested in HR, cadence, distance, speed etc, this will do all that and more.It connects with my phone upon return and transfers my ride.Its probably made my watch redundant? But not sure how ultimately it will all work together, but certainly my HR monitor, cadence and now radar all connect, so it gathers all the data needed.