Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 Reviews
Review score: 8.5/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £129 – Save 1% (RRP: £129.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 worthy of a review score of 8.5 out of 10.
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Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 features
Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Lights found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Feature 1
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Rearview radar provides awareness of vehicles approaching from behind up to 140 metres away Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Pairs seamlessly with your Edge® bike computer, smartphone, select Garmin wearables or the radar display unit Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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The Varia™ smartphone app provides graphics, tone and vibration alerts Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 4
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Varia™ radar integrates with third-party smartphone apps such as Ride with GPS to overlay your maps with rearview radar alerts Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Compact vertical design mounts easily to most road-use bicycles Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 6
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Battery Life: Up to 7 hours Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Dimensions: 40x72x20mm Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 8
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ANT+®: Yes Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 9
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BLE: Yes Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 10
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Water Rating: IPX7 Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 11
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Weight: 51g Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Price
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£129 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Lights. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Lights. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Lights. Brands like Garmin are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Lights category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Lights.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £129 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.5 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Lights
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Lights.
We found 327 in the Lights category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £63.00, making it above average at £129.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Lights. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £425.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.99.
With 327 products available we worked out that 50 cost more than Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 and 276 were cheaper.
Cost of Garmin products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 91 products from Garmin, of which 5 were in the Lights category.
For now though we’re looking at Garmin branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £227.73 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Garmin product we found was £8.89 and the highest price we could find from them was £849.99.
Of the 91 from Garmin, 57 were more expensive than Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 and 33 were cheaper.
How much are Garmin Lights?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Garmin products that are listed in the Lights category.
The average price of the 5 products that match this search was £155.20, with the cheapest coming in at £129.00 and highest price was £199.00. With the average being £155.20, Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 comes in below average.
4 products that meet this search were more expensive than Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 and 0 were cheaper.
Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Lights category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.0 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 or another similar product, like Garmin Handlebar-Rollbar Mount for VIRB reviews or Garmin Forerunner 735XT reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Lights.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Lights. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Garmin, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315 reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.5/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 26505927393
- Product ID 2: 796311UK
- Brand: Garmin
- Model number: 010-02254-00
- RRP: £129.99
- EAN: 753759242176
- Description: Garmin Varia Rearview Radar RVR315Designed to complement your Garmin Edge cycling computer, the Garmin Varia radar sensor will help you to be safer on the road. This advanced unit will send information to your display to let you know of upcoming vehicles from the rear. The Varia has a 140-metre range, so you will be made aware of any possible dangers well in advance.Garmin Device and Smartphone Compatible Cycling RadarIn addition to being compatible with your Edge computer, the Varia radar device can also pair up with your smartphone. The Garmin Varia smartphone app provides sound and vibration alerts, plus bold graphics to inform you of the speed and position of any vehicles that are approaching.Bike Safety Radar With Long Battery LifeWith its compact, vertically mounted shape, the Varia mounts easily on the seatpost of most bikes. It also has a long battery life, lasting up to 7 hours between charges.Features Rearview radar provides awareness of vehicles approaching from behind up to 140 metres away Pairs seamlessly with your Edge bike computer, smartphone, select Garmin wearables or the radar display unit The Varia smartphone app provides graphics, tone and vibration alerts Varia radar integrates with third-party smartphone apps such as Ride with GPS to overlay your maps with rearview radar alerts Compact vertical design mounts easily to most road-use bicycles Battery Life: Up to 7 hours Dimensions:¬†40x72x20mm ANT+:¬†Yes BLE:¬†Yes Water Rating:¬†IPX7 Weight:¬†51gPlease Note:¬†This particular Varia rear unit does not have a rear light beam, it is just a radar sensor only. If you would like the Garmin radar and rear light combined, please see the Garmin Varia RTL515 model on our website.Buy Garmin Lights¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Accessories > Lights
- Savings percentage from RRP: 1%
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