Got a new Garmin Edge 530 before Christmas. I've used it on 4 rides so far and really struggling to see much on it while actually riding, which makes it not a lot of use. It's clearly designed by and for folks with young eyes!
I can see the display ok when wearing my normal varifocal specs but on a ride I normally wear my wraparound glasses with a prescription insert for distance. It's even worse with the polarised lenses, I don't have to use those. I can ride with my varifocals but with the cold air at this time of year I need the wraparounds or I can't see a lot anyway at speeds over 15mph due to my eyes watering!
First couple of rides I set up the profile to a 7 field display but can't see the small numbers in the corners at all unless I really hunch down so there's no point. The bigger ones are a bit blurred but I can make out the numbers. I've set a 4 field profile which I have only tested indoors.
I'm finding the fonts are really poor for visibility actually: tall, narrow and squished together and there seem to be no settings for font size. You just have the predefined layouts for which you can select different fields.
It seems to be a combination of poor font size/choice, a reflective screen, my eyes and the prescription inserts. Unless there's a mod, or Garmin issue a firmware update with adjustable font sizes, looks like I'll have to just use the layouts with 3 or 4 bigger field which waste a lot of screen area
I can see the display ok when wearing my normal varifocal specs but on a ride I normally wear my wraparound glasses with a prescription insert for distance. It's even worse with the polarised lenses, I don't have to use those. I can ride with my varifocals but with the cold air at this time of year I need the wraparounds or I can't see a lot anyway at speeds over 15mph due to my eyes watering!
First couple of rides I set up the profile to a 7 field display but can't see the small numbers in the corners at all unless I really hunch down so there's no point. The bigger ones are a bit blurred but I can make out the numbers. I've set a 4 field profile which I have only tested indoors.
I'm finding the fonts are really poor for visibility actually: tall, narrow and squished together and there seem to be no settings for font size. You just have the predefined layouts for which you can select different fields.
It seems to be a combination of poor font size/choice, a reflective screen, my eyes and the prescription inserts. Unless there's a mod, or Garmin issue a firmware update with adjustable font sizes, looks like I'll have to just use the layouts with 3 or 4 bigger field which waste a lot of screen area