Review: Garmin Edge 540 Solar - Simultaneously brilliant and maddening… cycling GarminUK
was practically bipolar; there are elements of the 540 that are brilliant, consummate and class leading, but it is also the most frustrating head unit I've ever used – brilliant one moment, and infuriating the next.for more options.
First off, using the wizard to set up the device resulted in a crash that needed everything reset. Second time round, it was a great. All my profiles and settings and courses were ingested rapidly, and ready for use. However, in the accompanying Garmin Connect app, I found I was unable to complete the setup process without inputting an emergency contact, and then getting that contact to confirm via text message.
I subsequently discovered another far simpler way of doing this, which is to add a 'Glance' to the home screen called 'Location Search'.But that shortcut is somehow not under the Navigation section of the computer, and the only way to find it is to manually add it to the home screen. It boggles my mind that this isn't there as default. Instead it's lurking within 'Edit'.
Slightly disappointingly, the processor in the 540 is the same as the previous generation, but performance has been improved by optimising the software.This 540 was the Solar version, and I found it fun to play with. As you shut down the computer it tells you how many minutes of power you've harnessed from the sun . Some of the solar cell is opaque and sits around the display, and some is 'transparent' and sits over it.
It's also got a great function for those wanting to create new circular rides/loops from their front door: simply set a course length and a general geographic direction, and the Garmin will plot a loop leaving from and arriving back home. It was my first experience of automatic circular course creation on a Garmin. Although, again, this was a 'sublime to ridiculous and back again' experience for me with the 540.
The advanced training features of the 540 will appeal to the more serious cyclist, and all my moments of negativity found their counterpoint in the power of the software here. By ingesting the usual gamut of power and HR sensors, the 540 can gather a very holistic view of your capabilities as a cyclist, and work with you to train generally, or for a particular course or race.
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