Garmin lastly provides a digital camera to its Varia bike radar

For the primary time since Varia units launched seven years in the past, Garmin has added a built-in digital camera to its much-loved rearview radar lineup. The Varia RCT715 not solely makes highway cyclists extra seen and warns them of approaching autos, it robotically information any incidents that may happen. Meaning safety-minded bicyclists now solely have to fret about mounting and charging a single system as a substitute of two.

The Varia RCT715 (the RCT stands for Radar, Digital camera, Taillight) contains a 1080p/30fps digital camera with a 140-degree subject of view. A built-in accelerometer triggers computerized incident detection to seize video footage from earlier than, throughout, and after an incident. Video will also be set to report constantly, providing you with about 4 hours of battery life with radar enabled and the glowing pink taillight set to a strong excessive.

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The taillight is seen from as much as a mile away in the course of the day, in line with Garmin, and the rearview radar will warn riders of approaching autos from as much as 153 yards (140 meters) away when paired with a suitable Garmin biking pc, Garmin watch, or the Varia app. These alerts might be lifesaving when using mountain switchbacks or remoted stretches of highway, particularly when exhausted or in any other case distracted.

Garmin is promoting the Varia RCT715 at present for $399.99. However first you would possibly need to try some early critiques from the likes of DC Rainmaker and DesFit who complain about false positives on incident detection and buggy software program out of the gate.