Got the new Vector pedals and installed them this morning. The physical installation of the pedals, and the pod is pretty easy. (definitely easier than the Look power pedals because the pods don't have to be precisely alligned.

Setting them up to an Edge 800 is another story. All the documentation relates to using them with an 810, although Garmin advertises that they are compatible with the 800.

Nothing in the Quick Start Manual, the Owners Manual, or the on line videos, tells you correctly how to set crank length on the 800. in fact the answer in the on line owner's manual is wrong.

After a 20 minute conversation with Garmin Tech support, they finally found someone who knew the correct answer.


Turns out you have to do use the provided Ant+ dongle to do a software update of the pedals, and then set the cranklength using the dongle and the computer.

This would be a deal breaker if you were planning on using them with an 800, and moving them from bike to bike with different length cranks. You'd have to use a laptop to reprogram every time you moved them.

Ironically, DC Rainmaker in his review already explained the process, better than the Garmin Tech rep, but I didn't read that far down when I read his review the first time.

I'm getting the distinct feel that this is really a Beta version of the product, particularly with regard to documentation. For example, the installation guide is misleading on torqueing the pedals. DC Rainmaker's review makes clear that the pedals need to be torqued firmly to get accurate readings. The installation guide does provide a torque spec that's pretty high, (34-40nm) but warns about over torquing and says nothing about inaccurate readings from under torquing. Also it takes a special crows foot attachement to a torque wrench, which Garmin does not supply. It really appears that the crow's foot to turn a torque wrench into a pedal wrench was an after the fact scramble by Garmin when they realized that improper torque was a problem.

And it perturbs me to have to do a software upgrade on a product that's only been released for 30 days.

You get the distinct feeling that Garmin, and its tech reps are still trying to figure out the product.

I suppose all this is to beexpected when your the first kid on the block, but something to think about if you're looking at Vector, as well as Quarq, and Powertap.