Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Edge 1040 Solar 3.5" Bike GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Average customer rating
4.5
(295 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 295 reviews
5 Stars
218
4 Stars
33
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
16
1 Star
10
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Edge 1040 Solar 3.5" Bike GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Black
Customer Rating
5
NIGHT AND DAY FROM 1030!
on May 14, 2023
Posted by: Livforgear
3 weeks with 1040 solar and could not be more impressed! Read detailed product reviews, but way too many enhancements to list. Most important, the processing is instant compared to 1030. Second would be the user friendly logical menus and general navigation through screens. The solar is a feel good, not a must. My 1030 became painfully slow to upload ride despite hours trouble shooting. Certain there is a fix that will come in time. I will keep 1030 for bike in other state and hand down 1000 to one of kiddos. I have always been Garmin loyal (despite trying wahoo and others) from marine to handhelds to Overlander in off road vehicles. I would go back to Fenix if they would incorporate cell like Apple.
So, if you like the bells / whistles, max batt life, best GPS, excellent screen functionality, and support (in my experience)... this unit should be good for 3-5 years. Unless you can't stand not having latest / greatest, although not sure what is missing on 1040!
Bravo Garmin!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Overall best I have owned
on May 23, 2023
Posted by: Jhammy
I purchased this to replace an 830 Edge. Overall love the larger screen and the battery life is awesome. The climb feature seems to need some improvement as it isn't entirely accurate on the climbs, showing it has ended when you still have .5 miles to go.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Love the solar
on June 3, 2023
Posted by: BigRayLuva
I love the solar capability in gaining life for my Garmin. Overall I like the unit and Garmin ecosystem. I rated a 4 because for the past two months, I keep having to re-pair my Garmin to my phone because the Garmin fails to sync my rides over to Strava. I have the latest update so there must be some glitch in the software. Other than that, Garmin All Day.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Amazing head unit
on June 4, 2023
Posted by: Carl2812
Coming from an Old competitors unit, I'm really enjoying the real estate on the 1040. My old unit also never calculated elevation properly. It's the small things in life people, all I want is decent elevation readings. Ha ha. Anyway this is a killer unit, integration with Garmin training was my motivation and having a complete ecosystem makes things so much easier in planning and transferring data.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Really Enjoy this Bike Computer
on June 7, 2023
Posted by: EricToby
Enjoy this powerful bike computer which is a replacement for my Edge 510. Love the Climbpro and solar features and would definitely purchase again. May be the last bike computer I will ever need.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Will not sync to my WiFi
on June 9, 2023
Posted by: Clinth
Will not sync to my WiFi no matter what I do , I updated the software, made sure it didn’t have too many WiFi networks on it and tried everything I read online , going to give them a call to figure out why .
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, September 15, 2023
Thank you for posting a review we appreciate you reaching out to our team. If you are still experiencing issues with WiFi Try using a different WiFi however, please reach out to our team again please so that we can work with you directly on the issue.
Please reach out to our team at: product.support@garmin.com
Edge 1040 Solar Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=731136&tab=topics
WiFi Troubleshooting:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=esH9GR9PDV9zmPZGzOESH9&productID=731136&searchQuery=wifi&tab=topics
Please reach out to our team at: product.support@garmin.com
Edge 1040 Solar Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=731136&tab=topics
WiFi Troubleshooting:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=esH9GR9PDV9zmPZGzOESH9&productID=731136&searchQuery=wifi&tab=topics
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Top of the line
on June 10, 2023
Posted by: Zan186
Pretty much flagship Garmin. Instructions could be simplified and better. Otherwise perfect Cylcling computer
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Wow
on June 10, 2023
Posted by: Doodles_party_of_four
Been limping along with an old 520 for years. Finally took the plunge and got a new computer. This thing tells me in more than 5 data fields that I’m pretty ok at bikes! Plus I can actually see the screen at night!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin