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
3
Benchmark for all others
on August 4, 2022
Posted by: htim63
Previous units 1000 and 1030. Solar charging is amazing. Screen is crisper. I rode for 1 hr shakedown ride. 50% shade and 50% clear sunny day. Rode a loop. I started with 97% battery and ended with 97% battery while connected to cell phone and power meter. Con, there are two unconfigurable fields on the bottom "training" screen. Ive tried to configure on the unit and on the app, with no success. I'd like to change the fields to cadence etc and even divide the two field into 3 or 4 fields. I'd like to see a simulation of the 1040 in the app as I configue the fields. The 3/5 is also for the price and not getting HR, speed/cadence sensor. Also, I've had to unit a little over 2 wks. Garmin is good with updates and hopefully there are lots to come. I
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great product!
on August 7, 2022
Posted by: iVick
Intuitive use with a lot of features. Basics to Pro !!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Best Garmin
on August 10, 2022
Posted by: BWD ONE
This Edge 1040 have everything you need and solar power charge while you ride, sweet.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Surprisingly Awesome
on August 11, 2022
Posted by: ScaleOvenStove
I was ready for the solar feature to be gimmicky but I am surprised at how awesome it is. I love the new design language compared to 1030 and previous Garmin Edges. Works well and I am satisfied!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
WOW!
on August 11, 2022
Posted by: Bike-Dad
I was previously using an Edge 830 and didn't have anything bad to say about it. Just decided to try something different and upgraded to the Edge 1040 Solar. I've used it 3 times so far, and found it very easy to read and set up. The screen is LARGE and Crisp very easy to read. I'm still trying to get used all the features it has available and am constantly changing things to make it more personal to me. MY only complaint is that I haven't been able to figure out how to set my default mountain bike ride to "E'Bike". that is a setting available on the 830 and I've yet to figure out how to set it on the 1040. Overall its an excellent GPS unit and I recommend it to anyone in the market for a cycling computer.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Garmin 1040
on August 12, 2022
Posted by: VadimK
The lap timer does not work. It resets itself after one hour. Is there a way Garmin can fix this bug?
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, September 13, 2022
We are sorry to hear that you are having issues like that, please reach out to our team so that we can get more information from you and work on a solution with you. Thank you for posting a review.
Please reach out to our team at: product.support@garmin.com
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Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
The ultimate cycle computer
on August 13, 2022
Posted by: J222
I can’t imagine a more comprehensive computer available. Accurate, Discernable while riding, seamless link to sensors, SOLAR charging (haven’t plugged it in in 2 weeks and am still at 70%). Going to be hard to compare to others- except for price- and it’s worth it.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Love it overall
on August 17, 2022
Posted by: Ricky B
This GPS has been great, in my couple of weeks of usage. It is full of features, of varying importance to me. Most importantly, the unit has a very long life on a single charge. I go bikepacking and being able to do a week long ride on a single charge will be extremely helpful.
The only negative was the unit basically froze one day, I couldn't sync, shut off/restart for awhile and it failed on restart once. I finally managed to get it shut down, and then restarted, but it put me in panic mode. That has been the only issue over 10 or 12 rides so far so I don't have enough experience to know if this may happen more often. Without that one issue, I would have rated it 5 stars..
The only negative was the unit basically froze one day, I couldn't sync, shut off/restart for awhile and it failed on restart once. I finally managed to get it shut down, and then restarted, but it put me in panic mode. That has been the only issue over 10 or 12 rides so far so I don't have enough experience to know if this may happen more often. Without that one issue, I would have rated it 5 stars..
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