STRIKINGLY VISIBLE. REMARKABLY POWERFUL.
Varia RearVue 820 features our most powerful and precise radar yet with a wider field of view, giving you more reliable alerts than ever before. The tail light offers up to 2 km (1.24 miles) of visibility and has a brake light that shows when you’re slowing or stopping.
POWERFUL AND RELIABLE RADAR
With our most powerful and precise radar tracking technology, Varia RearVue 820 radar detects vehicles approaching from up to 175 meters (191 yards) away with a wider field of view.
BRIGHT TAIL LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT
Our brightest tail light means you’ll be visible from up to 2 km (1.24 miles) away. A brake light detects when you’re slowing or stopping and displays a unique flash pattern.
ADVANCED VEHICLE TRACKING
See alerts for small, medium and large vehicles, and see when a vehicle changes lanes, along with its threat level — when riding with the latest compatible Edge cycling computers or the Varia app on your smartphone.
GET ALERTS YOUR WAY
For visual and audible alerts while you ride, connect this radar to the Varia smartphone app, select Garmin smartwatches or compatible Edge cycling computers.in addition to haptic alerts on your wrist, select Garmin smartwatches can also give voice alerts for approaching vehicles — this feature is currently available in the Garmin Public Beta program for select smartwatches³.
VARIETY OF LIGHT PATTERN OPTIONS
Ride with four different light patterns: day flash, night flash, solid mode and peloton mode, which helps preserve the eyes of riders behind you. Create your own custom light patterns in the Varia app on your smartphone.
COMPACT DESIGN
A sleek, compact design and new seatpost mount means Varia RearVue 820 fits cleanly onto almost any road or gravel bicycle and is compatible with the Varia seat rail mount kit (sold separately).
General
Dimension: 3.9” x 1.0” x 1.7″ (98.9 x 25.9 x 43.2 mm)
Weight: 3.2 oz (90 g)
Light modes: solid, peloton, night flash, day flash
Custom light mode configuration: Yes (with Varia Mobile App)
Radar-only mode: Yes
Lumens: 25 solid, 8 peloton, 40 night flash, 100 day flash
Water rating: IPX7
Battery life: 10 hours solid15 hours peloton
10 hours night flash
24 hours day flash
30 hours radar-only
ANT+: Yes (radar, bike lights)
BLE: Yes (radar, bike lights)
Viewing angle: 220°
Visibility distance: 1.24 mi (2 km)
Rear tail light: Yes
Brake light: Yes
Rear radar: Yes
Lateral vehicle positioning: Yes
Vehicle size classification: Yes
Vehicle threat classification: Speed-, size- and lateral range-based
Maximum vehicle detection range: 175 m
Camera Features
Varia app compatibility: Yes
*1 When riding with your compatible Edge cycling computer or the Varia app on your smartphone.
*2 Same-speed tracking is limited or may be unavailable at slower speeds or when radar cannot detect the road (e.g., due to snow, ice, heavy rain, or other obstructions or incorrect device mounting).
*3 This feature is currently in public beta testing and subject to future enhancements.
