Comparing the Garmin 500 to Garmin 510

[tunariaan]

Hi gents

My wife uses the garmin edge 800 and it great but a bit on the big side

apparently it excellent with maps ect

Im looking at something smaller

is there much of a difference between the 500 and the 510

I see easy bike has Garmin edge 500 red premuim bundle on a special, would you guys say this is a good enough deal?

I need total climbing and decending

Max speed, avg speed and temp and HR

Maps are not that important,

Any of you have this 500?

Whats it like?

Thanks

[SeeKooigaap]

I have a Edge 500 red bundle with premium HR Strap.No Complaints as yet.

 

I use the Cadence/Speed Sensor on my trainer and use GPS for speed and distance on my MTB.

I prefer the smaller size of the 500 over th 510

I have :

Total Distance,Total Time,Avg Pace, Avg Speed, Max Speed, Total Calories, Total Fat Calories?,Avg HR,Max HR,Avg Cadence,MAx Cadence,Total Ascent,Total Decent,Temp etc etc and a host of other tools etc.

you can break up your workout/ride into distance or time based laps.

and you can upload directly to Strava,fittrack,discovery etc etc.

 

Then theres Courses, Activities,Workouts, HR Zones,Speed Zones, Power Zones .......

 

I dont think I have used 45% of its Features Yet....

['Dale]

You mention size as a criteria?

 

Edge 510 is almost the same size as the 800.

 

Check a thorough review here

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/01/garmin-edge-510-in-depth-review.html

[WrightJnr]

I'm using the Edge 500. Does everything I want and more. The 510 & 810 are nice but I can't justify the extra $$ for what seem to be non-essential extras IMO. Drop me a PM if you want and I will share one of my workouts from Garmin Connect so so can see what data it captured etc.