Originally Posted by
Koyote
I've had the Varia for a couple years, and didn't know about that app.
I knew about it, forgot about it, and remembered it for this thread.
Might be kind of clever since it opens up the radar to people who don't want to buy an "expensive" head unit.
Originally Posted by
Koyote
So it looks like the Trek unit adds nothing to the marketplace.
It doesn't have to (that might not even be the intention) beyond shifting money from Garmin to Trek and its sellers.
I wonder if these are all using the same sensor. It seems likely Garmin is using an "off the shelf" component like it does for the GPS chips it uses in its head units.
Trek's product
might cause the prices of these to drop a bit.