Garmin Varia RTL515 Radar Tail Light

Game changer for road cycling. battery lasts 10-12hrs. Must have for any cyclist. connects with both BLE and ANT+. picks up targets behind you traveling faster than you out to 150m. pairs with a cycling computer or cell phone app.

This unit is like having a 6th sense for traffic behind you. It does a great job of detecting vehicles, displaying how many are behind you, and showing how far away they are. It is a must-have safety device for road riders. Paired it with my wahoo bolt and it works great.

Best accessory for road cycling. Fantastic range to tell you when cars are approaching behind you. Very fast response times and easy to understand.

Wont ride without it now. I have it paired with my Garmin Edge 830 and my phone. I ride with earbuds and this allows me to have audible notification when a car is approaching.

If you rely on Garmin for cycling & athletic performance stats, you should consider relying on this small warning device. Peace of mind alerts refocus your ride when cars are approaching from behind & give proximity with rate of closure thru moving icons. Weatherproof & reliable like Garmin products are known, just another tool I don’t want to road bike without. Easy set up with numerous mounts.

This is perhaps one of the most useful tools I have obtained for my road bicycle. The unit paired seamlessly with my smartphone. No surprises anymore. A vehicle cannot sneak up on me since an audible tone alerts me to an approaching vehicle(s) along with a visual depiction of the approaching vehicle(s), and then another tone for all clear. The only drawback I have noticed is that it will signal an all clear if a closing vehicle slows to match your speed instead of passing (since it is no longer closing). I have also paired my smartphone with an external bike mounted speaker so there is no issue hearing the audible alerts and all clear signal. I can hear the tones even when the phone is in my back pocket, and high ambient noise levels and/or wind, as the tones are sent to the speaker mounted on the handle bar. Decent battery time as well. I rarely give 5 stars but the bike radar is deserving.

I didn't thing this device would have as great an impact as it actually has but now I wouldn't ever want to ride without it especially when I cycle on routes that share the roads with other vehicles. It does an amazingly accurate job at letting u know when someone is approaching from the rear and even uses color coding to tell u how fast they're approaching. The flashing LED is very bright and visible from afar even in full daylight. It's very worth its pricetag.

This light works well Independant of alerting devices that something is behind you. I am unable to connect to my Garmin bike computer.

The perfect solution for biking on the road. It provides accurate data on the traffic behind.