Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Edge 1040 Solar 3.5" Bike GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Average customer rating
4.4
(316 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 316 reviews
5 Stars
228
4 Stars
36
3 Stars
23
2 Stars
17
1 Star
12
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Edge 1040 Solar 3.5" Bike GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Customer Rating
2
The sensor connection instability is tragic
on October 31, 2024
Posted by: Whalehunter
I bought the 1040 solar immediately upon release to upgrade from my 1030. If it worked reliably, it would be a marvelous training aid. However, it has been plagued by sensor connectivity issues from the start. Almost without fail, for any ride lasting more than an hour, all of my sensors will drop simultaneously after the one hour mark: heart rate, power, and cadence. When that happens, I have two options. Pull over and stop the ride, Reboot, and start a new ride, or keep writing, where the sensors will eventually return after about an hour of off time. I have created multiple tickets with Garmin tech-support, shared dates Of rides when this happens, offered to send the hardware back to evaluate, questioned whether it could have been a bad batch of circuit boards, and I am always told there is an open ticket for this and to keep up updating my software when it comes out. After a couple of years of software updates, the problem persists, so I am skeptical that it is ever going to get resolved with a software solution. This is a huge issue for analysis of workouts and events. The data are completely missing, and skew the metrics. I love the idea of this computer, but I have real angst with using it.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great features
on October 25, 2024
Posted by: BikeBob
Good upgrade from my 1000 edge. The new features are great and finding them useful.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Lots Of Choices
on October 24, 2024
Posted by: Schindatler
The one thing I have always liked about Garmin Edge computers is the availability to have different screens for different bikes. I have five bikes and each one has its own profile. The solar feature definitely extends the battery life. This my favorite Edge computer, more so than the 1050.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
Bugs in Mac Software
on October 18, 2024
Posted by: VK859
I bought a brand new 1040 Solar. Garmin connect consistently gives me error messages for the most recent ride when trying to sync the Edge unit. I escalated this issue with their support team who literally just dropped responding and has not fixed after having replaced the until once and guaranteed that would resolve it. None of their solutions have worked.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great gps!
on October 11, 2024
Posted by: SScottS
I've had my 1040 Solar for over a year now, and it does everything well. Battery life is super (30-40 hours between charges), features a great, syncing with other d vices like radar and heart and power meters is super easy.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Battery drains quickly
on October 10, 2024
Posted by: Kevino
I bought this in September 2024. Use primarily for road riding. Have SRAM power/rpm meter and HR monitor running. 3 hr ride lowers battery to low 50%. Luckily it’s been sunny on every ride I’ve been on. But this requires me to run screen brightness at full vs auto.
Bought while traveling/riding in Italy so not sure who I’ll contact to see if this is a faulty battery? Switched over from polar products and bummed they don’t share data. Especially since I’m still using Polar for other endurance sports and indoor workouts.
Bought while traveling/riding in Italy so not sure who I’ll contact to see if this is a faulty battery? Switched over from polar products and bummed they don’t share data. Especially since I’m still using Polar for other endurance sports and indoor workouts.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Disappointed
on October 8, 2024
Posted by: Rick L
I have had trouble with it and today was a perfect example, it froze up a few minutes into my ride and I wasn’t able to do my scheduled workout,
I don’t seem to gain much time with the solar function. I have ridden in a completely sunny day for over 3 hours here in Florida and only gained a few minutes.
I don’t seem to gain much time with the solar function. I have ridden in a completely sunny day for over 3 hours here in Florida and only gained a few minutes.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
The perfect bike computer
on October 8, 2024
Posted by: Anonymous
Sometimes I do very long rides and have held off using a dedicated GPS due to battery limitations. This model solves that as I can probably ride a 1200km brevet in clear conditions without needing a charge. Forget to charge between normal rides? No problem. One annoyance is that I don't necessarily have all the right data on one screen, like heart rate on the climb screen, but haven't played around with settings enough to see what customizations are possible. Highly recommend. For future versions I'd like to see somewhat more intuitive screen workflow as I have to think through how to find preloaded courses and to generally navigate the content. It's no iPhone, and I'm sure I'll get used to the UI.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin