Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Garmin Varia RTL515 Rearview Cycling Radar and Tail Light, UK/France

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SERGI SOLER DE MORAGAS

Essencial si eres ciclista

Reviewed in Spain on August 27, 2023

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

Si buscas una luz con la que ser visto en las carreteras o montañas, ni lo dudes, esta es la perfecta, te avisa tambien si se te acercan los coches o otros ciclistas, es un modelo nuevo que remplaza el anterior, despues de 6 años ya no cargaba. Me encanta

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Robert Grabowski

Warto, warto warto!

Reviewed in Poland on April 26, 2024

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

Spokój ducha, jakie daje to urządzenie jest wręcz nieocenione - niezależnie, czy jedziemy drogą, gdzie wyprzedzają nas auta, czy ścieżkami/w parkach, gdzie mogą nas wyprzedzać rowerzyści 🚴‍♂️. Zasięg wykrywania jest na tyle duży, że jesteśmy powiadamiani jeszcze zanim zdążymy usłyszeć nadjeżdżający samochód - nie mówiąc o tym, że czasem przecież w ogóle ich nie słychać (przez wiatr lub np. w przypadku elektryków). To zapewnienie, jakie daje urządzenie z jednej strony pozwala nam jechać bardziej środkiem pasa, unikając studzienek czy większych ubytków w jezdni, a z drugiej pozwala z odpowiednim wyprzedzeniem zrobić miejsce pojazdom. Do działania lampki również nie mam zastrzeżeń - włącza się po rozpoczęciu treningu, gaśnie po jego zakończeniu, mamy kilka trybów do wyboru. Jedyny minus to ładowanie przez stare micro-USB. Jedyna sytuacja, gdy radar może nie informować o pojeździe z tyłu (a raczej błędnie poinformować, że go już nie ma) jest sytuacja, gdy ten zrówna się z nami i będzie podążać z tą samą prędkością np. czekając na możliwość wyprzedzenia - wynika to wprost z zasady działania urządzenia, ale warto mieć to na uwadze :)

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Giovanni

Must buy product

Reviewed in Australia on March 1, 2024

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

Good battery life and so worth the money. I feel so much safer being able to react to traffic, works well on quieter narrow country roads as I can ride in the middle of the road until Rader detects a car then I can move over

Alan P.

Excellent product

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2023

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

The radar unit is excellent but did have to buy another mount. The range is very good and picks up cars before they get in hearing range, haven't noticed any false alarms or missed cars so far. The basic app is ok but for detection only if you want to overlay on a map or other display you will have to buy another app of which choice is limited especially for free, given Garmin's satnav history this seems to be a bit odd.
The light is bright and visible from a long distance even in daylight although the second flash pattern seems a little pointless, it is supposed to significantly reduce the battery life but after 10hours was still working fine.

Julien

Indispensable aujourd'hui pour le vélo de route

Reviewed in France on July 26, 2023

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

Le Garmin RTL515 combine lumière arrière puissante et radar pour prévenir des véhicules en approche. C'est fantastique ! Je ne me vois plus aujourd'hui rouler sans le radar fixé à ma tige de selle !
Quelle sécurité d'être prévenu des voitures, motos, camions en approche. Combiné à un compteur (même le basic Garmin Edge 530), l'affichage est clair sur l'écran du compteur et cela fonctionne même avec certaines montres Garmin (je peux aussi avoir l'alerte sur ma Forerunner 945 qui a pourtant 4 ans).
La précision est excellente, il y a très très peu de faux positifs (c'est généralement un cycliste qui me double un peu "trop vite" qui est détecté).
Fonctionnement : lumière fixe quand pas de danger, elle se met à clignoter vigoureusement à l'approche d'un ou plusieurs véhicules. Très efficace, même en journée avec le soleil !
Absolument rien à redire, l'investissement est important mais le prix Amazon est meilleur que tous les autres sites internet, même à l'étranger.
L'autonomie est très bonne. Donné pour 16h de lumière non stop. L'application mobile dédiée donne le niveau de batterie, ainsi que le compteur Edge ("batterie radar faible") donc aucun souci à se faire pour faire des charges presque complètes et prendre soin de la batterie interne.
A compléter avec une protection en silicone type Tusita (10€ sur Amazon) pour protéger le radar.

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Mauro Caccia

Consiglio

Reviewed in Italy on November 28, 2023

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

Preso per mtb e bdc funziona bene lo consiglio a tutti I ciclisti per una sicurezza in più sulla strada.

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BOSCHETTI Luca

Stupendo

Reviewed in Italy on January 19, 2023

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

Stupendo

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Patrice

Top produit très satisfait

Reviewed in France on November 6, 2023

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

Le prix est assez élevé mais quand la qualité y est, on n'y prête plus attention.
C'est un éclairage vraiment top et une sécurité quand je le connecte à mon GARMIN EDGE 1030 plus.
Je recommande sans hésitation. Je n'ai pas encore eu l'occasion de tester l'autonomie mais à mon avis je ne devrais pas être déçu.

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jim taylor

A hage step forward in bike safety

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2023

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

Hi, Just bought this and 3 rides in on busy and quiet roads plus bike lanes

A huge increase in safety and less stress when riding, definetly recommend this

Benifits
When you have a headwind or are being overtaken by electric cars/bikes or other cyclists this gives you early warning well before your hearing would. So situations like potholes become much easier to navigate

A good bright light with good battery life

It detects cyclists and ebikes when on a bike path

Pairs easily with Garmin GPS, acording to WWW it pairs to other devices best check. I have the Explorer which is not current but no issues with pairing or functionality

Not affected by light rain, I will add an update for heavy rain

Weaknees's
The mount that is supplied is perfectly functional, Garmin has suppled "bungie" mounts for some time. It works but I will buy a bolt on after mount for peace of mind

Depending on frame size this may interfer with a seat bag. You could mount onto the seatbag but I have not tried that. Remember you have to have the radar above the wheel to see traffic. I ride a 54/medium frame and had to remove the seatpack. A bit of a pain but well worth it for the benifits. I this a large frame would work fine without any changes

I will always bouble check with a visual look when turning, just to make sure it is clear but the Varia just adds addition details of what is there during critical turms

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DisDave

Just mind blowing technology for so little money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2022

Style: Rearview Radar With Tail LightVerified Purchase

I was going to drop a star for the mount. The light is held on by one, very thin, o-ring. I'm quite confident in the quality of the o-ring and I don't think it's going to snap or anything, but the unit is not held very securely and tends to swivel one way or the other when going over bumps. I am going to buy one of the many third party mounting options available which clamp onto the seat post or saddle rails.
That aside the unit itself is amazing. I have only just received it and have only ridden with it once. This was an 80 mile ride taking in all manner of different roads. The first thing that hit me was just how reliable it is. It ALWAYS picked up an approaching vehicle. I went ahead of my wife at several points (she was on her bike), slowed down to the point where she was going just faster than me and it picked her up no problem. I'm amazed that this kind of technology is available at this price point, I really am. And it's a light as well!!
When it detects something it gives a warning beep and shows the approaching vehicles as white dots which track up the right hand side of the screen of a compatible Garmin cycle computer (Edge 530 in my case). The border of the display becomes Amber (or red for vehicles approaching more rapidly) then briefly goes green when all vehicles have passed before returning to normal. There is a small radar symbol in the top right of the screen. Should connection be lost there is a very loud warning tone and the radar symbol begins to flash.
I was riding for nearly 5 hours and the battery was fine. It took a while to charge when I first got the unit and very little time to charge after my ride, leading me to believe that it had plenty life left in it after the 5 hours of continuous operation.
I'd recommend checking out one of the many YouTube videos which show the unit in operation if you haven't already.
The only downside is riding in groups. Obviously people riding directly behind you will render the radar completely useless. So unless you're OK riding at the back all the time, the Varia is best used when you're out on your own. Also, if you have a very small framed bicycle you might have difficulties because the unit requires a 15cm vertical clearance between it and the top of your rear wheel. This almost certainly could be remedied by mounting it on an aftermarket saddle rail mount.

EDIT: I've been using the unit for a few weeks now and continue to be impressed. I've upgraded to an Edge 1030 Plus and the bigger screen enhances the experience with the Varia. I've noticed the 1030 Plus has a Widget on the status screen where you can easily change the mode of the light (solid, flash etc.), which is great. I've got the light set to activate when I start an activity on my Edge computer, which is quite good.
I've also purchased a clamp-on seat post mount, which has eased my fears about the light dropping off. It was a genuine Garmin mount as well (see photo). Can't help thinking that should have been included with the Varia instead of being another 15 quid but it only works for round seatposts, unlike the one which comes with the Varia.
I have had the unit drop a signal for a vehicle behind on multiple occasions now, though. When cars are following at a constant distance, waiting for a clear road to overtake for example, sometimes the signal for that vehicle will disappear and suddenly reappear at the point the vehicle begins to overtake.

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