Garmin Edge 500 repair - Worth it?
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:49 am
I've had mine for over 3 years. Over the last few months though it's been freezing, shutting down and generally creating havoc with logging my rides. To the point where I'll use Strava on my iPhone as a regular backup when it fails after the start of a ride.
It usually works well on my commute in the mornings. I used to stop the ride, and start it up again in the afternoon. This started to muck up and the unit would freeze. Nowadays, I'll log my morning ride (which usually works), but the afternoon ride will, more often than not, freeze or switch itself off. I usually do a soft reset, then a hard reset when that doesn't work.
I've looked at Garmin online and they've quoted an $89 fee to repair it. I don't envisage me being able to afford a new unit anytime soon. I've emptied all the previous activities, updated the software, everything that I think could be done to fix the problem.
Has anyone sent a unit away for repair before? Has it solved your problem?
Appreciate anyone's thoughts.
It usually works well on my commute in the mornings. I used to stop the ride, and start it up again in the afternoon. This started to muck up and the unit would freeze. Nowadays, I'll log my morning ride (which usually works), but the afternoon ride will, more often than not, freeze or switch itself off. I usually do a soft reset, then a hard reset when that doesn't work.
I've looked at Garmin online and they've quoted an $89 fee to repair it. I don't envisage me being able to afford a new unit anytime soon. I've emptied all the previous activities, updated the software, everything that I think could be done to fix the problem.
Has anyone sent a unit away for repair before? Has it solved your problem?
Appreciate anyone's thoughts.