Garmin Varia Vue (Bicycle/Bike)

[mentadent]

New 'dashcam' for bikes just released from Garmin:

https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/1231293

Looks very interesting. Anyone tried it?

 

[Augustus]

New 'dashcam' for bikes just released from Garmin:

https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/1231293

Looks very interesting. Anyone tried it?

Geez 1.25hrs battery life recording at 4k, not much there to be seen. Garmin overpriced but there's no one else doing this at this stage is there

 

[Nigel]

Geez 1.25hrs battery life recording at 4k, not much there to be seen. Garmin overpriced but there's no one else doing this at this stage is there

6 hours recording at 4K, if you turn the headlamp off! You can always use another bike light alongside.
Looks like they are applying Trump Tariffs, that is seriously expensive for a single camera 🤔

 

[Augustus]

6 hours recording at 4K, if you turn the headlamp off! You can always use another bike light alongside.
Looks like they are applying Trump Tariffs, that is seriously expensive for a single camera 🤔

Well that's much better then haha, seeing new products get an almost price doubling under the tarrifs. Think there was a OnePlus watch that was announced a little while ago to be $300 but this week it arrived with a $500 price tag

 

[Nigel]

Think there was a OnePlus watch that was announced a little while ago to be $300 but this week it arrived with a $500 price tag

Yes, but OnePlus is not a USA company, unlike Garmin, so people like you and me won't need to pay the tariffs, we just stop buying USA produce, I think that is what Trump wants isn't it?

 

[Augustus]

Yes, but OnePlus is not a USA company, unlike Garmin, so people like you and me won't need to pay the tariffs, we just stop buying USA produce, I think that is what Trump wants isn't it?

More to it than that I think but the cards are already starting to fall:

Amazon’s Chinese sellers to raise prices or quit US market as tariffs hit 145%

“It’ll be very hard for anyone to survive in the US market,” Chinese group says.

arstechnica.com

 

[mentadent]

Plenty of people buy bicycles that cost $10,000 so maybe it will be a good premium product to go with it.

 

[Nigel]

Plenty of people buy bicycles that cost $10,000 so maybe it will be a good premium product to go with it.

Having spent $10,000 to remove every gram of weight possible and achieve a 7Kg bike, I don't think they are going to add a camera weighing 200 grams, or two weighing 400g for front and rear!

This camera costs 78% of the average UK bicycle price, that is like buying a car dashcam for £21,600!

 

[mentadent]

UK food delivery bicycles don't even have lights on and wear black like they're trying to be hidden. Scary stuff.
This could be an all in one for them.