I just returned to road riding from a few long seasons of triathlon racing where 95% of my rides were indoors on a trainer, so I wanted to take advantage of the newer technology to improve my safety on roads. This radar has been flawless and pairs effortlessly with both my Stages M200 and Magese C606 computers. Light is plenty bright, battery life is very good, and it performs without fault. My only gripe was the mount which wasn't the most confidence inspiring holding a $200 light. I purchased a hard mount replacement and it's not rock solid.
It's money well spent for the piece of mind I have while riding, and works great for knowing when cars are approaching from behind. I also find myself able to ride out in the road a little more, avoiding the shoulder where debris and potential tire poppers lurk. 10/10 would buy again, even at the price. I often purchase less expensive versions of cycling gear which perform great, but didn't want to take the chance on such a vital piece of kit where failure isn't an option.
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Happy with the device, documentation could be a lot better!
Had my eye on this for a while - I do a lot of road riding. Finally pulled the trigger when it went on sale.Setup and install was pretty easy. Turned it on, powered up my Garmin 530 Edge head unit and Garmin pretty much did the rest. It's a little confusing that Garmin sees the unit as two separate devices: a radar unit, and a light network. My biggest complaint is the Garmin setup/quick start manual. Garmin must've been worried about printing costs since they felt it necessary to use as few words as possible. Even their online manual for the unit is cryptic. I muddled through but it sure would be nice for Garmin to explain what each setting does in detail. Also, the enclosed quarter twist mount fit my mountain bike seat post ok, but my road bike and my touring bike both have bigger seat bags and there was no way to mount the unit unless I jettisoned my seat bag. I was able to find a plastic clip mount on Amazon to mount the unit behind my seat bag, but the price was so outrageous for a piece of plastic I decided to fabricate my own (see images). I rigged up a clippable mount using a shower curtain hook and a dowel rod. A little crude but it works fine and I can swap it on the fly to either bike by clipping it to the loop on the back of the seat bag. The rack on my touring bike interfered with the radar, so I just mount the light upside down and it's fine.Operationally, it works great with my Garmin Edge head unit. I updated the setting so the light/radar doesn't activate until I "start" a ride on the Edge unit, and once i complete the ride the radar goes back into standby (Garmin calls this a "timer" setting?, umm, ok). At first I didn't think I was getting any audio warning, but after a while I realized that the chirping I heard wasn't a spring robin, but my head unit. It chirps 3 times when a car comes into range. Once I recognized the sound my brain started to isolate it from road and wind noise and by the time my ride ended the audio alert was my cue to look at the head unit. Usually I get an amber color and a dot (or series of dots - for multiple cars) to show me the car's approach. Today I got several red colored alerts, I assume because I was riding on a road with faster traffic and red is a sign the vehicle is approaching at a fast pace (again - Garmin doesn't feel necessary to explain this in detail). Overall I'm happy with the unit though I will never give up my helmet mirror. It's another tool to alert me to traffic, especially on long rides when I start to get tired and immune to traffic sounds. If it weren't for the lousy documentation I'd give it 5 stars.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2023
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