Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Edge 1050 3.5" GPS Bike Computer - Black
Average customer rating
4.4
(452 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 452 reviews
5 Stars
310
4 Stars
76
3 Stars
31
2 Stars
13
1 Star
22
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Edge 1050 3.5" GPS Bike Computer - Black
Customer Rating
4
Mostly excellent
on January 9, 2025
Posted by: Cyberwalrus
The 1050 is definitely the most capable and fully featured GPS bike computer available currently. After trying a Karoo 3, the 1050 has many many more features, is more flexible and customizable in terms of screen layouts and data available (especially with ConnectIQ apps), has a bright and beautiful screen and a responsive touchscreen, and generally works very well. Top units form Wahoo and Hammerhead can’t touch the 1050 for feature richness, mapping quality, or user customization.
A few minor annoyances that Garmin will, hopefully, fix at some point:
1) Virtual Partner is an annoying and confusing feature that no one I know likes. It can’t be turned off, which is frankly absurd. Everything else on this device is user-selectable, let us turn this off!
2) Maps are not terribly readable. A purple navigation line on a map with popularity indicated by shades of purple just doesn’t pop. Allowing the user to select the color of the navigation line (e.g. red or yellow, as Karoo uses) and potentially making that line thicker, would help a lot.
3) Others have noted it, but the “upcoming elevation” trace, especially on the map screen, is a bit of a random number generator and therefore not that useful. Adding scale, and letting the user program that scale to show upcoming 100/500/1000M etc. would make it much more useful.
4) The unit does a LOT of stuff, and ships with most of its alarms and notifications turned on by default. Not a negative necessarily, but plan to spend some time learning about these and turning off stuff you don’t want/need. More customization of audio alerts would also be nice, e.g. ability to have an audible eat/drink alert but not audio turn alerts. Currently these and many other alerts turn off/on together.
1) Virtual Partner is an annoying and confusing feature that no one I know likes. It can’t be turned off, which is frankly absurd. Everything else on this device is user-selectable, let us turn this off!
2) Maps are not terribly readable. A purple navigation line on a map with popularity indicated by shades of purple just doesn’t pop. Allowing the user to select the color of the navigation line (e.g. red or yellow, as Karoo uses) and potentially making that line thicker, would help a lot.
3) Others have noted it, but the “upcoming elevation” trace, especially on the map screen, is a bit of a random number generator and therefore not that useful. Adding scale, and letting the user program that scale to show upcoming 100/500/1000M etc. would make it much more useful.
4) The unit does a LOT of stuff, and ships with most of its alarms and notifications turned on by default. Not a negative necessarily, but plan to spend some time learning about these and turning off stuff you don’t want/need. More customization of audio alerts would also be nice, e.g. ability to have an audible eat/drink alert but not audio turn alerts. Currently these and many other alerts turn off/on together.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Great features hard to connect with Apple
on January 8, 2025
Posted by: Jdjdjxj
It’s challenging to connect but once everything is working it works out. I think to improve it you should be able to sync a heart rate to Garmin edge easily with Apple watch
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
on January 7, 2025
Posted by: Dynessa N
from Corpus Christi, TX, US
It's loaded with features to track every aspect of your ride. I'm still learning about all of them, but it's easy to just hit the start button and track your ride. It syncs well with my lights and shifters. Being able to turn on and control all of them without needing my phone is great.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Excellent
on January 5, 2025
Posted by: golfforfood
Tremendous upgrade from the edge 1000. Purchased with new Trek bike. Well worth every penny.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great Display
on January 5, 2025
Posted by: MattLJ
I have the 1030, 1040 and 1050. The 1030 was fine but had a few software issues and crashes. The 1040 offered a better display, more features easier pairing and never crashed. The display on the 1050 is a big step up, the new hazard indications are nice as our some of the new screen layouts and the audio is a lot better.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Awesome large and bright screen!
on January 4, 2025
Posted by: Ridingonfaith
I've only had a few rides so far due to weather but so far I love it. Love the bright visibility of the screen. Only had one ride not record properly, still not sure what happened but all good now!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Best Yet
on January 2, 2025
Posted by: Rluvs2trvl
LOVE THE BIGGER SCREEN, VIBRANT COLORS, AND OPTIONS!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Muy buen equipo, estoy feliz con él
on January 1, 2025
Posted by: Faalcoga
Fue la mejor adquisición que he tenido. Lo recomiendo
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin