Quote Originally Posted by SouthernBelle View Post
Does anybody on this board have an Edge and NOT like it?
Well, I'm already on record as saying, "I love my Garmin Edge 305." But, I must admit that there have been issues with the relationship. My cadence sensor was extremely finicky in the beginning, obviously unable to decide whether to commit or not. The fickle thing finally chose to jump ship and plain ol' just refused to work at all. Garmin was extremely easy to work with as far as replacing the unit, and the current sensor has thrown itself wholeheartedly into life as a cycling partner.

Cadence sensor battery life has also been an issue -- not even close to the projected figures reported by the company. DH rides with a Garmin Edge 305 also, and he has the same issues with battery life. Perhaps it's some freaky alignment of the planets over our house or something.

DH had to send his unit back to Garmin after it stopped working. They tried to troubleshoot the problem over the phone -- complete system reset, reprogramming, etc. -- but nothing was successful. That meant riding without technology for 10 days (Harder than you think, once you're used to it!) while waiting for the replacement. Yes, replacement. What you get is a refurbished unit, not the unit you sent them.

Additionally, the release tab on two mounts have broken in the little over a year that we've had the units. Luckily, DH uses the stem mount, and I use the bar mount (They came with one of each.), so that wasn't much of a problem. Garmin was very good about replacing them though, so we'd still have spares on hand.

In spite of it all, I love my Garmin Edge!