Garmin Edge Explore 2, Easy to use GPS Bike/Cycling Computer, eBike Compatability, Maps and Navigation, Additional Cycling Safety Features and more, Black

If you just want a GPS device for your bike without all the nonsense and the ridiculous price, this is great. You can connect heart rate & cadence sensors if you wish, but it doesn’t give all the training data that the high end devices do. However the mapping and data logging is pretty much identical to the higher end devices. You can add or take away data screens and customize them to show exactly what you need/want to see and the mapping is the usual Garmin quality. Battery life is good, but not exceptional, the UI easy to use and it connects to your phone via the Garmin connect app so all your stats are displayed for post ride analysis. Does navigation, data logging and basic sensor connectivity for 25% of the price of top end Garmin units.

Decided to update my road bike Garmin when I purchased a new bike. Very impressed with the device, the screen is bigger and the font larger also so even if your vision isn't perfect you can still see the screen details well enough. Nice and easy to install and use and would definitely recomend.

I bought this for long distance bicycle tours, I don't need all the athletic performance stuff. I feel that Garmin's designers are all young dudes obsessed with sport training and no idea about other kinds of cycling. THis is possibly the best touring GPS device but it's well short of ideal. I used to use a Garmin eTrex hiking computer which was pretty good, but this has a much clearer display. It's annoying on a long tour that it has a built in rechargeable battery as the eTrex used AAs which are so much more pracical on the road. I really like the way I can export routes direct from Ride With GPS to the device via my phone. You can customise it so you have a map/route display and a computer display and can swipe easily between the two (once you've got rid of the endless techy fitness displays) Annoying things include: 1. The climb displays just don't reflect the actual gradients you encounter, so they are pointless. 2. The device is too eager to re-route me when I've chosen my route with care and really want to be in control of my journey, not have some stupid American robot make my decisions. You can turn this off but it's easy to forget to do it. 3. The interface is a mess, it's a complex device and a lot of the complexity is stuff I don't want, but when there is something I want to change or set up and I have previously seen that setting screen, it's often impossible to find my way back to it. There's a weird kind of context-sensitive thing that means something that might be visible in one situation disappears in another, it just needs a more straightforward menu system. 4. It's definitely not a touring device even though it's promoted as such. It would be great to have a tour mode with only those features that you would want when navigating a long tour. 5. There's a REALLY weird thing that when you stop the display changes to show a huge 'Pause' symbol obscuring the map display. (Hey Garmin I know that I've stopped, I don't need you shouting at me about it). Then when you start it obscures the display again with a big 'Play' symbol for several seconds. This is just at the moment you may need to see the map and your route ahead very clearly, maybe at a complex road junction. 6. Finally it's always extremely unclear whether you are actually 'navigating' the route you have set. I'm never sure and I've often found that the computer is not actually recording the trip data, presumably I've not pressed the right button. Because you don't know what's going on you may actually stop navigation when you mean to start it.

Upgrading from a 520+, there is a massive difference screen resolution is much better and larger. So easy to set up just bluetooth to the phone and all data from your accessories ported straight over, everything worked however it picked up the radar but not the light but was simple to correct. You get the usual low quality Garmin (rubber band) mount, I prefer to buy a third party version. The maps are really impressive with plenty of detail I really liked the warnings for dangerous roads etc whilst riding, battery life is brilliant and I found the accessories connected far quicker than my old 520+. I did have an issue fitting this onto my existing bike mounts as it is quite large and it fowled on stem bolts and lights I had, so I ended up spending more money on mounting options. I did like the idea of a bike alarm built in which is great leaving it out of sight at cafe stops, the only disappointment was only three profiles. Although you can rename them the one that is 'indoor' has limited functionality it will not record any elevation only speed and distance as it's to be used on a trainer, so it only has two! Pro's 1. Large display with good resolution 2. Easy setup 3. Bluetooth connection very quick and solid 4. Mapping and guides 5. Touchscreen 6. Long battery life 7. Bike alarm 8. Road danger warnings 9. USB type 'C' Cons 1. Can be difficult to mount due to being large 2. Updates from the phone over bluetooth takes ages 3. Only two profiles 'road' and 'off road' 4. Low quality mounting kit

So, I've owned the Explore ONE since 2019. I used it extensively (4,000 miles per year) since then, but unfortunately it was damaged in a crash. Bike was written off too 😭. Because I loved it, I brought the explore TWO. I was surprised by the increased speed in navigation, a few extra features (like music control and climb pro) and the better responsen to touch. No it will not have the premium data fields the a training cyclist might want and need (I previously own an edge 500 series model). However, if you're not training for races and want a fantastic navigation system that's easy to use and shows the majority of fields. This is it. Speed, grade, elevation, cadence (need sensor), weather, power (if you own a power meter you can definitely afford the more expensive edge), heart rate (need sensor), time elapsed, distance are all shown. There really isn't anything else needed. In my opinion, this unit is better for navigation than the 500 and 800 edge series. For the price, compared to all the other cycling computers out there, this is the best bang for buck for navigation purposes.

I'm very happy with this garmin model. The pinch and zoom feature is a game changer, I can easily zoom out to get some context to where I am rather than l Iimited to thr next turn only. There are a lot of settings you can fiddle around with so take time to learn how to change things, eg min speed when auto pause kicks in, various alerts for various situations (too many audible beeps for my requirements) a huge bonus is that it synchs with my garmin rear radar light so I get a little graphic on the screen alerting me to cars approaching behind me, particularly useful for electric cars. I also recommend a mount that can take the GPS on top and a light underneath so it's all neatly contained in one place. Finally, i dont track my performance eg cadence, watts etc, so this is why I went for this model because I didnt want to pay more for a load of extra features that I wont use.

I'm a dinosaur! I never wanted any of this electronic stuff distracting me from enjoying a ride. I'm now fully converted. Bought this for a trip to France so we could go off exploring on the bikes. I was able to pre plan routes through garmin connect and had no worries about getting lost. GPS is accurate. Very tough quality build. The maps look a little basic but very usable and probably for the best when you're looking down on the move. Couple of annoying niggles but I'm sure that is more from me needing to learn the settings more. I love how simple it is. I didn't want something that even told me the gas pressure in my bowels. Just a sat nav, for my bike. That's all I wanted,and that is what this is. Battery life is great, IF you aren't on full brightness. The attachment isn't that great, I bought an out front one off temu and it's rock solid. Overall it's brilliant and great value.

The screen is very difficult to see if the lightning conditions are not just right, i.e. good light, preferably direct sun from directly above. Only solution is to turn screen brightness up to max, which dramatically reduces battery duration. Navigation in cities/towns using the garmin map is not easy at all - I switched to using the komoot map to solve this problem. Rerouting to get back on-route after a deviation is good. One annoying thing is that when screen lock is on and it’s raining, if you receive a notification but need to wipe the rain off to read it, the Garmin puts up a message that screen lock is on, and by the time this message has gone, so too has the one you wanted to see! The killer for me though is that when following a planned route the Garmin would often cut-out without warning and then it would take five minutes to restart, reload the route and get going again. I sent it back and have bought a Wahoo Roam v2 instead: £100 more expensive, but it is so much easier and nicer to use and doesn’t glitch out!!