Garmin 510 Bugs
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Well, mine works perfectly, except for the barometer. Drives me insane. I can be riding on relatively flat ground, and it it'll be showing anywhere from -3% to +6%! Climbing is even worse!! Maybe I should try a Joule and see how I like it?
When my barometer failed you could be stationary and look at the displayed elevation. The elevation would drift up and down by 100's of feet over a few minutes while not ever moving. To get it replaced I called Garmin and complained. I read the support guy the readings over the phone for a few minutes and then he send a replacement.
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My Garmin has had a million bugs. The latest is that when I press the lap button the screen freezes for 10 seconds- all metrics. In order to get it to display I have to double tap the screen so that I can see the whole thing. Has anyone else had this happen?
... and it is not just cycling GPS units, I also geocache and several of my units (Oregon and Colorado) have had the same issues. When they do the update to a new rev. they may or may not fix the problem. One the new rev. comes out there are normally different issues. It is clear that they beta test everything on the consumer. Sometimes I just forget my garmin products and ride...
Let's finish the ride with a 20% grade.
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It's amazing how many different little issues there seem to be that befall many of Garmin's products..
My 510 was good for 10 months then just decided it didn't want to record distance... So the timer counted up, it showed power/speed/cadence etc. but would stop recording distance after <10m. This was with auto-pause on too. So strange! Garmin replaced under warranty.
My 510 was good for 10 months then just decided it didn't want to record distance... So the timer counted up, it showed power/speed/cadence etc. but would stop recording distance after <10m. This was with auto-pause on too. So strange! Garmin replaced under warranty.
I bought a 510 at launch and quickly ran into a ton of issues, but I especially hated the screen which had awful visibility in sun glare. I just ended up going back to the 500, which is sadly still the best Garmin if you don't need turn by turn on a ride.
Mine just locked up. Calling Garmin shortly.