Thanks for the heads up - I bought a couple of these and fitted one to my commuter today. Will see how it goes this week. Like most people I will turn and look anyway, but this will be good when I'm moving off at traffic lights, and for when motorised devices zoom up from behind on the shared paths.
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Re: Don't leave home without...
Postby am50em » Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:42 pm
The charging port on my Varia RTL515 mechanically failed when I went to charge it after this mornings ride. Don't like riding without radar so wanted to get one before the weekend. The local 99bikes has RTL515 at $299 or Magene L508 at $168 so went with the cheaper option. As well as being cheaper it has USB C charging which should be better. The Magene has quarter turn mount but is oriented 90° to Garmin (why?). The current mount on the bike (not the rubber band mounted type) allows for the inner lock to be rotated 90°, and had the structure to hold it but needed to drill the holes out for vertical orientation. Installed app on phone and updated the firmware and turned off modes I don't want. Paired with Garmin 830 and all looks good.
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