GARMIN EDGE 850

The head unit specialist is back - and its latest release is bristling with new features

- Aaron Borrill

Garmin knows how to create cycling computers with visual drama and the new Edge 850 has taken things to another level. The device features beautiful sculpted shapes, chamfered corners, bevelled edging, and is finished in a combination of textured, matte, and glossy black plastics.

Like earlier generations of the Edge 800 range, it utilises a touchscreen interface and physical buttons, giving users a choice of how to operate things. There are seven buttons in total: three buttons on the left side (power at the top, scroll buttons below), two buttons on the right (return and a button to open the main menu) and a couple on each side of the USB-C charging port on the bottom (lap/back and start/stop).

It's longer than before but also narrower and thinner in profile; at 112g (actual), it's 27g heavier than the 840.