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
Everything you need in a computer
on May 29, 2023
Posted by: Anonymous
from Aurora, CO, US
Awesome battery life great navigation on the fly climb pro and great connection to sensors
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Does everything I need
on April 28, 2023
Posted by: Spencer D
It is packed with all the features I want, and has a long battery life.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Absolutely love the 1040
on April 16, 2023
Posted by: George J
Does everything I need: speed , cadence, ascent, or whatever you set the screens to display. Works great with my SRAM AXS to show battery status of front/ rear derailleur and shifters, what gears I'm in and shows all my performance data. Displays radar data too.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Awesome.
on March 5, 2023
Posted by: Brent D
The Best bike computer on the market. Great battery life.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great computer
on February 25, 2023
Posted by: Kevin M
Love the large screen, can read it without my glasses. The solar is nice, but semi-gimicky. My 530 kept losing the connection to my ANT+ lights, but they're very solid with this computer. I rarely use the maps/routes, but when I do, it recalculates very quickly if I miss a turn.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Good velo computer, new interface is less intuitive
on February 6, 2023
Posted by: dovid D
I am using it mostly to record my rides and see my statistics (speed, cadence) during the ride.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Not perfect, but a solid computer that might have TOO many features.
on February 6, 2023
Posted by: Anonymous
The mapping functionality and the battery life are the primary reasons I bought this computer. I've previously had a Garmin 500 and a 520, as well as a Wahoo Bolt and Elemnt Roam and a Karoo Hammerhead 2. Obviously, my earlier Garmin and Wahoo devices weren't as advanced in those two areas, but I loved Wahoos for their stupid-simple operation. They didn't try to do too much. I didn't like the 520. Too much button pushing. The 500 was revolutionary for what it was. The Hammerhead...love the interface, but map integrations were lacking, so creating and loading maps was fiddly. Their own map creation software was awful. The on-screen maps were amazing, but for some reason, in spite of vehement protests from many users, they did not provide an option to turn off their auto-reroute function, and it was a complete mess for off-road rides. The battery life forced me to carry a charger on longer gravel events...
Enter the 1040. Battery life is phenomenal. I have the non-solar because I wanted a better screen, and I never ride more than 12 hours at once, so...It's pretty easy to operate once you sort through it. There are endless screen options. I'd like to see the ability to add four metrics rather than just two while running the map. I have it set up to run without sound off road, and I've turned off re-routing...because no one's rerouting works when you leave good ol' average pavement. The one thing I'm not as impressed with after the Karoo 2 is the coloration of the maps. I'd like better contrast on the colors.
Garmin devices always try to do more than I want any machine to do. I don't want a computer to try to train me. "Hangtime"...it's a little silly. Anyhow. The form factor is good...the size, the profile, the functionality, the battery life, all pretty solid. If you don't want it to do something, you can generally turn every function you don't like off.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great computer
on December 27, 2022
Posted by: Zach P
I have loved the new 1040. I thought the screen was going to be too big, but it's great!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin