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Garmin Edge 500

  • 23-08-2013 9:20am
    #1
    codie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭


    Monday night when I went to take off my garmin the mounting tabs on the back of the unit broke off.I have mailed Garmin UK and phoned them this morning and as I have the unit 2 years it wouldn't be covered .A charge of £68 +postage to get it repaired .Bit steep I think.I would nearly prefer to buy a new one.Has anyone any suggestions or know is there any site where you can purchase the housing and replace yourself?I know I could glue it onto the mount but I would prefer not to .Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    ford2600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    codie wrote: »
    Monday night when I went to take off my garmin the mounting tabs on the back of the unit broke off.I have mailed Garmin UK and phoned them this morning and as I have the unit 2 years it wouldn't be covered .A charge of £68 +postage to get it repaired .Bit steep I think.I would nearly prefer to buy a new one.Has anyone any suggestions or know is there any site where you can purchase the housing and replace yourself?I know I could glue it onto the mount but I would prefer not to .Thanks in advance.

    Depending on your moral stance there is a workaaround


  • #3
    mcgratheoin
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    how about Sugru?


  • #4
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,573 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    no housings available only repair as far as i know is to send it to garmin.
    have a cracked screen cover on mine ended up buyiong new as herat rate strap conked out as well

    wonder what moral stance ford 2600 is on about.

    My weather

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  • #5
    clog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭clog


    Same thing happened to mine. I ended up making another tab from epoxy resin (araldite). I put it on in rough shape left to let harden and then filed it down to fit. Looks a bit strange but has held up so far for the last 4 months or so. See pic


  • #6
    ford2600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    ednwireland wrote: »
    no housings available only repair as far as i know is to send it to garmin.
    have a cracked screen cover on mine ended up buyiong new as herat rate strap conked out as well

    wonder what moral stance ford 2600 is on about.

    There is always a work around. ..

    Be thankful of your purer soul...


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  • #7
    codie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭codie


    mcgratheoin wrote: »
    how about Sugru?

    Never heard of it till now,found this in the meantime ,something similiar.


    http://fastfreddyfour.blogspot.ie/2012/07/repairing-garmin-edge-500.html

    Worth a shot.That sugru looks impressive.


  • #8
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    This is a known issue with the 500, you think someone would make a cheap slip-on replacement housing. Like this, only with a new mounting on it.


  • #9
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    codie wrote: »
    Monday night when I went to take off my garmin the mounting tabs on the back of the unit broke off.I have mailed Garmin UK and phoned them this morning and as I have the unit 2 years it wouldn't be covered .A charge of £68 +postage to get it repaired .Bit steep I think.I would nearly prefer to buy a new one.Has anyone any suggestions or know is there any site where you can purchase the housing and replace yourself?I know I could glue it onto the mount but I would prefer not to .Thanks in advance.


    TBH, you most probably ARE getting a brand new device from Garmin for your £68. I doubt that they will 'repair' it or replace the housing, esp as the 500 has been effectively replaced by the 510 for new sales, I'm sure they have a surplus.


  • #10
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Garmin are actually ridiculously good at this stuff, I'd take their hand off for a £70 repair. As said, they generally don't repair, the device lands back with them, they confirm it's broken and then throw a refurb in the box and send it back to you. I bought a watch just over a year ago with a year's warranty and it annoyingly died about 6 weeks outside of the warranty period. Sent it into Garmin and they sent me a new one back, no questions asked.
    It means that the one you get back will likely last you another 4/5 years, whereas the one you had probably only had 2/3 years left in it before the battery turned to crap.


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