Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
I love mine. I got the new one (515?) just to guarantee getting a new example with a battery that hasn’t been aging on a shelf for a year. The new features are indeed uncompelling.
The bing thing is that it definitely sees cars behind me way before I can hear or see them. The only times I can look back and see them first is on LONG straights, and then still I’d have to turn and look to see them. Usually the Varia beeps at me first. It’s great.
Have you noticed how much of a drain it is on your computer battery? That's my one concern, the Garmin 130 has a pretty piss-poor battery life and if this think is a huge drain that may be a bigger problem. I know it has to drain the battery some, obv.