– Garmin Varia RCT715 Rearview Cycling Radar with Built in Camera, Built in Tail Light, Automatic Incident Capture, Visual and Audible alerts, Daylight visibility up to 1 mile

I'm really pleased with this. What I like the most is the audible alert when something is approaching from behind, very often before one hears it, so one can be prepared, also on a descent if one knows there is nothing behind one is then able to use more of the road. The only note of caution is that if then the car or bike behind then matches one's speed then it will disappear. I also tend to be given a wider berth most of the time from vehicles passing; I'm not sure why. The camera gives adequate videos for vehicle recognition, and can save "incidents", and the light is switchable and very good. It just managed to perform on a 7 hour bike ride with all functions on with daylight flash. It's paired to my Garmin Explore 2, which is good, and gives visual alerts, although I tend to look at the road and scenery as the audible alert is all I now tend to notice. Love it 😃

Great bit of kit, I bought this after so many close calls with inconsiderate drivers.The radar function is brilliant. It picks up cars from around 50 metres behind. I have linked this to my garmin edge so when cars approach you get an audible “Bleep” and will show you on the screen how far behind and how many cars there are. The recording playback is crisp and sharp.on quieter roads you can ride two or three abreast knowing is any cars approaching will be picked up early enough for you to drop into single file. It’s an expensive bit of kit but I’ve used it for around 8 months and I wouldn’t go cycling without one. I opted for the radar with camera however, you can purchase just the radar which costs less.

Works well connects to phone or cycle computer gives clear indication of vehicles approaching from behind and videos them

Love this it is easy set up. Fantastic video footage, great light. Robust bit of kit, doesn’t snap into holder you lock it in so it isn’t going anywhere. Bought this as cars were coming very very close to me in fact one day I could touch the car, freaked me out, so invested in this. It’s great for warning you how many cars are behind you especially if you are coming up to a turn and need to move to centre line. You normally take a Quick Look over your shoulder but you can never tell how many cars are there, this tells you so you can adjust your speed and manoeuvre safely. You can add the Varia app on your phone or it will sync with a Garmin 830 which I have.

The unit is compact but heavy as it has a good capacity battery and radar unit. The app for smartphone is pretty basic and not particularly intuitive to use. I have not tried it out on the road as I have a head unit from the same manufacturer. The unit is simple and fast to pair with the latter, the warnings of traffic behind are clear and accurate. The camera is clear enough to show car number plates legibly, and can be set up to record in several modes or be switched off completely. When set to record only when radar is activated, one ends up with a lot of footage of empty roads. On setting off on a bike with knobbly tyres, it gives several false positives as it seems to pick up the rear tyre as a possible threat! It's a bit annoying but these stop after a short while, this does not happen on smooth road bike tyres, but I guess it was designed with road bikes in mind. It's expensive, but is a nice bit of kit to have if you can afford it.

Excellent

Absolutely awful, does not worknas advertised so is not fit for purpose, garmin support also useless explained everything then after 25mins was advised to check all the troubleshooting the web suggested (i had clearly already done this) so no resolutikn and theirnonly answe email some videos for us to look at

Excellent unit highly recommend

Produit qui intègre à la fois une caméra, un éclairage, un radar, le tout vous permettant d’être prévenu de l’arrivée des véhicules derrière vous des 150m en visualisant sur votre compteur l’avancement des véhicules . Produit de qualité comme tous ceux de la marque GARMIN

Il 715 è sicuramente un prodotto di alta qualità e affidabile. Il costo è alto. Ovviamente da verificare nel lungo periodo

Like quality feel of Radar/Camera & audible alerts of vehicles approaching from behind. Still having pairing & set up issues as pdf instructions are vague & assume advanced knowledge of Bluetooth/wifi connectivity.

Garmin una garanzia dispositivo preciso e impeccabile. Utilissimo per chi come me và in bici dà strada. Ho deciso di prenderlo dopo aver subito un incidente e fra le altre cose chi mi ha investito é fuggito senza prestare soccorso.

Qualité et sécurité