Garmin Varia, Unisex Adult Cycling

A truly brilliant bit of kit. I have moderate hearing loss and wear hearing aids. Background road and wind inoise makes it difficult to hear vehicles coming up behind. This has transformed my riding. It was super easy to get working and to pair with my Garmin Edge Explore 2. The display is clear and logical. I love that it can show more than one car behind. Definitely recommend.

I was cautious at first about spending this much on a bike 'gadget', but I can honestly say that it was the best decision ever. I now couldn't be without it. Being a semi-regular cyclist (50-60miles a week), I'd relied on looking over my shoulder for vehicles behind me before turning, which in itself isn't great for safety. I then bought a small mirror for the bottom of the handlebars, which helped a bit. This is perfect though. I bought a separate bracket for it (also on Amazon), which is a lot sturdier and fits neatly under the saddle. It synced first time with the app and every time since when I ride. It is amazingly accurate, telling you how many cars are behind you and the rough distance; easily ascertained by a very quick glance on the app, but also through audio tones that you learn to recognise and trust instinctively. I just wouldnt feel safe riding without it now. Turning on the bike now means I can choose to slow down and let cars pass, waiting for the 'all clear' tone, before checking the mirror and then lastly a quick glance over the shoulder. It has never been inaccurate. My own very small point would be that it can very occasionally give a false positive if two or more cyclists are behind you, but only occasionally. I would still rather know of approaching cyclists than not know. The radar works about 140m behind you, so plenty of notice of approaching vehicles. If you are worried that this will not be a good purchase - dont!

I would recommend this light to anyone. It is a game changer for road safety. Connects to my Garmin devices easily as it should and alerts me of approaching cars. The light is powerfull and lasts for a good few rides.

Fantastic bit of kit. Find it extremely useful when cycling alone. Integrates with my Garmin edge seamlessly

OK, so lets start with the bad, it does not come with a saddle bracket which it really should given that it is A, expensive and B, it needs several inches of clearance to stop the rear wheel blocking some of the signal. I did not mark it down as this is a review of the product not the contents. Amazon do sell the bracket if you need it, I have one, reviewed and it works just fine, I actually got a spare for future proofing. Before I do the full review, I did test this with the Android app for the sake of this review and it works exactly as promised with the same level of accuracy and the noise comes through the phone just fine, there is an additional benefit that if you have vibrate on you can feel as well as, or instead of using the visual display. I do use the Wahoo Event Roam as my cycling computer although I have no reason to assume it would not work equally as well on a Garmin Unit :) :) OK on to the unit and once installed it works exactly as advertised, rather than just spout out stuff you've read before, here is a quick outing on my bike, I set of, then stopped and turned it on :), nope not making this up :) Once going I left the village on a lightly used country and when it beeped I checked and the car was a good distance away, as it got closer the display changed exactly as promised, our village idiot happened by and the display turned red as he was up to his usual speeding routine, in fairness I heard him before the unit saw him but it was a good sense check. I turned into the wind and that's when I fell in love, with no way to hear the cars over the wind it really is handy to have the reassurance of something scanning behind you, it did not replace me looking but it was nice to see to cars as they gained so I could prepare for the overtake, this is really handy especially on fast roads where vehicle speed creates turbulence as they wiz by. After a few miles I ended up in traffic where the unit was frankly less useful. it was nose to tail, so other than making noise it only helped when lights changed and cars come screaming up hoping to make the next lights before they change. Not the fault of the unit just a symptom of the congestion on the road. the obvious counter to that is in heavy traffic we are always on our guard anyway., it was then back home and again the unit worked as described. No fuss no drama it simply does what you want.

Great product easy to use, shows you when cars are approaching behind you. The light is bright so they know your there.

So impressed with this, picks up vehicles and how many of them behind. Saves you looking over your shoulder which does veer you off course slightly. Worth every penny and keeps me a lot safer than without.

Great piece of kit, one of the most useful things for the bike I have brought . Only drawback is radar loses some effectiveness in heavy city traffic.

Un accessoire haut de gamme qui remplit parfaitement sa mission : améliorer votre sécurité sur la route. La détection des véhicules est ultra-fiable, l’alerte est claire et la visibilité renforcée fait toute la différence. Le prix peut paraître élevé, mais la sécurité fait partie des investissements les plus importants pour un cycliste. Avec ce radar Garmin, je roule désormais avec une confiance totale. Un produit que je recommande sans hésitation.

J ai du attendre bien longtemps pour l avoir mais content de l avoir enfin reçu car moi qui fait du vélo taf et qui roule plus de 1000km part mois il me sera d une grande utilité car il détecte vraiment bien les voitures vélo piétons au top je vous le recommande

Werkt voortreffelijk samen met mijn Hammerhead Karoo2. Geeft een veilig gevoel door de waarschuwingen bij van achter naderend verkeer.

Heute erhalten, aufgeladen und montiert, App installiert, was nicht wirklich notwendig ist, da z.b. das von mir verwendete LocusMap das Garmin Radar als ext. Sensor erkennt und einbindet. Funktioniert besser als erwartet! Alle sich nähernden Objekte werden erkannt und angezeigt. Sogar der Querverkehr wurde registrierte. Auf oder neben stark frequentierten Straßen kann es allerdings schon etwas nerven, weil wirklich jedes von hinten näherndes Objekt mit einem Warnton angezeigt wird. Aber dort wo es für mich sinnvoll ist - auf verkehrsarmen Landstraßen, bei Abfahrten mit dem Rad, wo ich mich nach vorne konzentriete und nicht ständig im Rückspiegel prüfe ob ich nicht überholt werde, ist das Radar ein Segen! Die Angabe "bis zu 7 Stunden" ist dich etwas optimistisch... 6 Stunden sind aber realistisch. Da man das Radar im Betrieb an eine Powerbank abschließen kann , sind auch längere Betriebszeiten möglich. Gäbe es ein "mit Licht Radar" mit Brenslichtfunktion, wäre meine Wahl wohl darauf gefallen... @Garmin: Ihr habt einen Frontscheinwerfer im Programm ... warum kann der mit dem Rücklichtradar nicht gekoppelt werden um Beides gemeinsam ein-/auszuschalten?

Fungerar som den skall.