GARMIN 010-10725-00 Handle Bar Mount by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of GARMIN 010-10725-00 Handle Bar Mount
Digital camera Review: Terrible mount for great bike computer
Summary: 1 Stars
I guess Garmin isn't reading reviews on Amazon or just doesn't care that they're making a piece of junk. If the only way to secure a very expensive computer to a bicycle is with a cheap piece of (overpriced) plastic, then the computer should at least come with a short tether, so it doesn't get lost when the plastic attachment unit inevitably breaks. If I didn't like everything else about the 705 so much, I'd advise against buying one, just for this reason.Digital camera Review: Works Well ... So Far
Summary: 4 Stars
OEM bracket broke after 1 year - for whatever reason. This one work fine so far, but I don't get the same level of reassuring click when the unit engages, so I always pull on the unit to make sure it really is in. So far it is ...Digital camera Review: An embarrassment to a great bike computer
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm both a frequent rider and consummate gadget freak. I love the 705. It is a superbly-designed product. When you get past the premium price, the ability to track everything and to connect to ANT+ devices (like my PowerTap) make it indispensable.
The problem is that whoever designed the bike mount should (literally) be fired. I've gone through three in just the past year. I vowed after the first one broke that I'd be more careful, but it doesn't help. If you take your computer off every day (to record its voluminous data capture), the mount will eventually break. And when I say eventually, I mean about three months. That's what I've averaged.
If it weren't frustrating enough that they break, it's just plain a pain to get the computer off the bike! You have to push and wiggle, all while depressing the flimsy tab, and eventually, the computer pops out, with the mount often cutting into your hand in the process.
Not sure how to get through to Garmin on this, but FIX YOUR MOUNT!
Until then, I will keep buying new mounts. Just ordered three for my two bikes (I cannibalized the last good one off my other bike). $14 each. Sigh. I love incenting them to NOT fix the mount!
Digital camera Review: Very Poorly Designed!
Summary: 1 Stars
I have now gone through FOUR of these Garmin Edge handlebar mounts. My Edge 705 flew off the bike on one of the mounts while riding down the road as the little tab suddenly broke during a cold weather ride. So I installed a second one that came with the 705. That one broke inside of 2 months. I had 2 more from my old 305, so I put another one on..that one broke, and I put the last one on yesterday, and it broke today. This is ridiculous. They all break at the same point, the small plastic tab that you push down to release the Edge from the mount, breaks. It's a very poor design as all the force is applied at the hingepoint of this tab, which is the weakest point in the design and subsequently breaks. And what is really bad, is that Garmin wants $13.50 for a replacement.
I called Garmin Support today about this and spoke to Steven at Customer Service. Told him the problem and he said that he'd had the same problem with his own 705 mount breaking at the same place. He said that Garmin had had some problems with early mounts and that they had come out with a new mount that was more rigid. But when I asked if I could send them 2 of the broken ones for a replacement, he backpedaled saying that the tab was still on the new mounts and that they had strengthened a different area that was causing a problem, not the tab (which still breaks). I said, so will you send me 2 new ones?? Nope...not for free. So I'm out, 4 of these poor mounts and if I want to put the Edge on any of my 3 bikes, then I need 3 of them...at a cost of $13.50 each plus shipping. The Garmin guy tells me "well it's a small plastic tab and if you put a lot of force pushing down on it, it's going to break cause it's plastic!!". I said, look, I've gone through 4 of them, after the first one, I thought the same thing, and now I barely push down on the release tab and it doesn't matter...the hinge of the tab is the weak point of the design and it's going to break. Then he says " you probably shouldn't use the Edge in cold weather, as plastic breaks in cold weather". Where do they get these people???
Kind of gives me a bad taste in my mouth for Garmin.
Digital camera Review: Better than original equipment.
Summary: 5 Stars
This unit is much more solid than the one that came with the computer. Obviously, Garmin made some engineering changes.