Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Edge 1040 3.5" Bike GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Average customer rating
4.5
(398 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 398 reviews
5 Stars
294
4 Stars
48
3 Stars
29
2 Stars
17
1 Star
10
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Edge 1040 3.5" Bike GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Customer Rating
5
Love the Edge 1040
on September 19, 2023
Posted by: GWCALL49
I love my new Edge 1040! The Climb Pro is great help on the hills! Lots to learn!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
GREAT UPGRADE FROM THE 530
on September 22, 2023
Posted by: Da Goose
Had about a month, really love the larger touch screen functions and larger data characters. Makes it much easier on my 57 yr old eyesight lol
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
This is awesome! Makes my rides a lot more fun
on September 23, 2023
Posted by: Mayor
Glad I finally bought this after waiting a long time.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Amazing! Accurate! exactly what the doctor ordered
on September 26, 2023
Posted by: NAZsportsdoc
Best Garmin. Best cycling computer ever!
Finally, I'm riding at 3 to 6% grade and it reads correctly and very quickly.
Finally, I'm riding at 3 to 6% grade and it reads correctly and very quickly.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Garmin 1040
on September 28, 2023
Posted by: Ert159
The Garmin is showing a lower current speed than my bike computer by 3-5 mph.
The grade on a hill is 9% and the Garmin shows 14%.
Distance to the next turn is shown twice, once on the block for that and also at the bottom when approaching the turn. The two amounts can differ by up to .3 miles. I think one is using the uploaded tcx file and the is using satellite. Very frustrating.
Other than the above three items the Garmin functions well.
Other than these
The grade on a hill is 9% and the Garmin shows 14%.
Distance to the next turn is shown twice, once on the block for that and also at the bottom when approaching the turn. The two amounts can differ by up to .3 miles. I think one is using the uploaded tcx file and the is using satellite. Very frustrating.
Other than the above three items the Garmin functions well.
Other than these
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Worth the upgrade
on September 29, 2023
Posted by: Kaltech NJ
I have been using the 1040 for a while now, I upgraded because of the multi streaming to GPS satellites, 1030 didn't do that! This is rock solid with navigation on complex courses, multi turns, backtracking! Although the battery is not as good, died after 7 hours on one ride, going to try lowering screen, shutting off DI2 connection next time! Didn't go for solar because of what I read screen hard to read, IE old eyes. They need to upgrade the battery, all and all a great unit and good upgrade!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great Bike computer.
on October 6, 2023
Posted by: Rd115z
Average mileage per year around 3000 the Garmin computer help me do my training have a lot of information very easy to use
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
UX Design a complete failure
on October 10, 2023
Posted by: Time4aBetterUXdesign
I ride a lot 18000mi/year, and my 530 and I had ups and downs where the most annoying issue was syncing my long rides. It would take too long, fail sometimes require frequent resetup. So after some debate I decided to upgrade to the new 1040 with the new UX.
Great at first but after riding with it for a week now and about 700mi, I lost already two rides due to dumb button placement on the touchscreen. I do have fat big fingers but I can’t imagine this getting better with gloves in the winter season.
During longer breaks I usually hit stop and turn the garmin off. But turning it back on somehow discarded my ride once.
The second issue is the text message notification window close button popps up (if ride is stopped) directly on top of the Discard button.
After each ride it constantly fails to load the summary page as well, which results in nkt beeing able to look up a new route without starting a new activity first.
Long story short, please improve accidental ride “discards” with a other other button position as well as the “X” for the notifications.
Happy to follow up with details
Response from GarminBy Garmin Fitness, October 12, 2023
Thank you for posting a review we appreciate the feedback. We would encourage you to reach out to our team so that we can get more information from you and assist you further.
Please reach out to our team at: product.support@garmin.com
Edge 1040 Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=731139&tab=topics
Please reach out to our team at: product.support@garmin.com
Edge 1040 Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=731139&tab=topics
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