Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal Reviews

Review score: 8.6/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £346.15 – Save 13% (RRP: £399.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal worthy of a review score of 8.6 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Garmin
• Videos
• Summary
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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal features

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 Power Meters. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal 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 Power Meters. 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 Power Meters. 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 Power Meters 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.

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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 Power Meters.

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 Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal.

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 Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £346.15 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.9 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Power Meters

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Power Meters.

We found 41 in the Power Meters category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £599.10, making it below average at £346.15.

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 Power Meters. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £1125.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £299.00.

With 41 products available we worked out that 37 cost more than Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal and 3 were cheaper.

Cost of Garmin products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 91 products from Garmin, of which 3 were in the Power Meters 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 above 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, 21 were more expensive than Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal and 69 were cheaper.

How much are Garmin Power Meters?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Garmin products that are listed in the Power Meters category.

The average price of the 3 products that match this search was £463.04, with the cheapest coming in at £346.15 and highest price was £664.99. With the average being £463.04, Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal comes in below average.

2 products that meet this search were more expensive than Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal and 0 were cheaper.

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Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal 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 Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Power Meters category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 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 Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal or another similar product, like Garmin Edge Explore GPS Cycling Computer reviews or Garmin Accessories Bands & Mount 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 Power Meters.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Power Meters. 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.

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YouTube Video of Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal. 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 8.6/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010909495
• Product ID 2: 655671UK
• Brand: Garmin
• Model number: 010-12578-00
• RRP: £399.99
• EAN: 753759187910
• Description: Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade PedalThis single Garmin Vector 3S Upgrade Pedal is designed to turn your existing Vector 3S pedal system into a dual leg power sensing system. With this latest Vector 3 model, Garmin has learnt from its developments with its Vector 2 model. Gone are the external pods, as now the ANT+ transmitter is integrated inside the pedals.Garmin Power Meter Pedal with Improved AccuracyAlso, the accuracy of the strain gauges has been improved to within +/-1% and the stack height has been reduced to improve cornering clearance. Designed to be quick to install and easy to use, the Vector 3 pedals bring you in-depth power training analysis and full integration with your Garmin cycling ecosystem.Features: ¬†¬† ¬†The cutting-edge piezoresistive silicon strain gauges are protected and sealed inside each Vector pedal spindle, requiring no recalibration or adjustment ¬†Installs like any other pedal and quickly transfers between bikes ¬†Measures total power, left/right balance, cadence and cycling dynamics ¬†Sleek design provides greater cornering clearance and improved stack height ¬†Fully integrates with Garmin cycling ecosystem for data analysis ¬†Allows for easy updates via compatible Edge cycling computers, ANT+ connectivity or ¬†Bluetooth-enabled fitness devices and Garmin Connect Mobile app ¬†Field calibration ¬†Adjustable release tension ¬†Garmin Connect compatible ¬†Battery Type: LR44/SR44 (x4) ¬†Battery Life: up to 120 hours (with LR44 battery type) ¬†Max. Rider Weight: 105kg ¬†Accuracy: +/- 1.0% ¬†Cleat Type: Keo ¬†Q-Factor: 53 mm/55 mm with supplied spacing washer ¬†Stack Height: 12.2 mm ¬†Measurement Location: Spindle ¬†Communication: ANT+ and Bluetooth ¬†Box Includes: 1 right-sided power pedal only, cleat with 6 degrees of float, documentation ¬† ¬†Weight: 316gPlease Note: This is a single pedal only and designed as an upgrade to an already existing Garmin Vector 3S pedal system.Buy¬†Garmin Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Power Meters
• Savings percentage from RRP: 13%
• Unisex
• 53.84
• Adult

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