Here you go and hope this helps. Went out for a short ride around my bros and love the big screen.
The solar version while probably unnecessary is pretty cool. It works ok on my Tactix 7 but can see it working really well here.
Unit came with out front mount, mtb mount, stem mount/bands, plastic protector, cables, keeper.
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Mineās just arrived at home, looking forward to getting out of the office now 
I have been using an 810 since Christmas 2014 and the battery life is maybe 12-13 hours at this stage, plus the rubber on the on/off button has cracked so I am worried about water ingress.
Saw the battery life on the 1040 solar and decided to go for it, I am riding a 600k audax this weekend (and a 1500 in August), and I had been worrying about how to keep the Garmin charged up (as will require v long days in the saddleā¦). Figure the 1040 will get through the 600k without needing any charging, and I might only need one proper charge during the <125 hours of the 1500, depending exactly on sun and my actual finish time.
Related Q - if I turn the device off and on during a long ride (for example, lunch, or during an audax, when I am napping for an hour or twoā¦), does it keep the ride running? I know my 810 does keep the ride running, but I have always been wary about saving the ride if I have to charge the device etcā¦ So I have always saved the rides separately then merged later using a fit file merger (if I have needed to charge the garmin mid ride).
Bahahah it looks hot but I am in WA State with no humidity where in GA where I live it is hot and humid so feels good.
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When you want to stop, hit stop on the ride and then put the Garmin in sleep mode. When you want to go again then turn the Garmin on and just hit start. Donāt click on save or discard when you hit the stop buttonā¦ Pro tip is to then leave the Garmin in the sun whilst you have lunch and itās sleeping so it charges up from the solar.
The battery life is stellar on these. Hopefully Garmin will migrate the SatIQ feature they just introduced on the multi band watches to increase that even further.
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Ideal, thatās basically how the 810 works but I havenāt tried connecting it to a charger while switched off mid-ride.
Yeah itās mainly the battery life that I am interested in. ~12-13hr is obviously fine for normal use, but when itās a 2-5 day audax it will help not to have to worry about it.
First real ride this morning with 1040 solar. Sun not fully out so only 2 min extra back on 18 mile loop and registered avg solar intensity of 3% during ride but at least it is there.
Probably my favorite thing though is the bigger screen vs my 530 and even the touch screen is pretty awesome.
Now if I can get some strava segments to come up I would be happy. They show on the unit but no pop ups but more than likely it is because did not have any starred here as I only ride this one once a year while back.
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āNow if I can get some strava segments to come up I would be happy. They show on the unit but no pop ups but more than likely it is because did not have any starred here as I only ride this one once a year while back.ā
Yes it should pop up for you once you star the segments. I rode with hubby over the weekend and we both have 1040s. He had a bunch of segments starred that I donāt and his were popping up for him. He said the info on the segments is better than what showed on the 1030 so I need to get some segments starred so I can check it out.
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Was really wanting to wait for the 840/540 to come out, but caved to my own desires for a new toy and picked up a 1040 this week. Did first ride today and for the most part I like it so far.
I will say as a previous 500, 510, 520, & 530 owner the thing looks huge to me on my bars. I was on my MTB today which probably added to that āit looks out of placeā feeling. Iām guessing Iāll get used to it over time. I figure Iāll run it until the 540/840 comes out and if Iām not that into it Iāll sell it and pick up one of those.
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Welp, first ride was mixed, got it out the box, updated the firmware and pushed a random ride to it.
Had some loops on it and I had to cut one out for time purposes, the ārerouteā option came up so I pressed it to see what happens, and it promptly crashed and restarted. Didnāt lose any data but annoying, and I never got any rerouting.
Also asked it to generate me 3x40k routes to see how that worked and it took literally minutes to generate each route. Maybe 12 minutes total. So nothing like the āinstant routingā @dcrainmaker mentions in his review. I donāt know if thatās just because it is brand new and hadnāt downloaded all of the map and heatmap data yet.
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Iāve just tried to load my 611k audax route for the weekend and it immediately crashes. Wonāt load it at all. Stupid bloody thing.
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OK now it wonāt even load properly. It freezes on the home screen with the ālast course addedā showing:
It is stuck completely frozen on this screen.
I donāt know what to do! It was sort of working before, I could scroll through the route stats etcā¦
But now it is completely bricked.
Need to try a factory reset I suppose.
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Sorry this is happening to you. Historically, it takes several months before new Garmin models settle in and become reliable. Due to a previous horrible experience, I didnāt buy a 1040+ until May of 2021. I hope youāre not waiting that long.
Try exporting the route in different formats and load the one with the smallest file size. I had an issue with a .fit or .gpx file loading a few weeks back. Despite being the same route, the file sizes were vastly different, and (unsurprisingly) the much smaller file loaded without issue.
Just finished a 1600 km long course i did over 8 days. 1040 is absolutely awesome. Had varia, rally pedals and heart rate monitor connected.
Awesome device and navigation is great.
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Maybe you got a bad unit. I just had mine create a random route and it created three 50mi routes from scratch in less than 45 seconds total. And with all the crashes, Iād reach out to Garmin. Mine has been flawless since Iāve had it. Iāve purposely gone off route many times and itās almost instantaneous to get a reroute. Sounds like there is something wrong with yours.
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The size is big but for me is a good change. I have good eyesight but appreciate being able to clearly see everything.
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Did you load that as one 1600k route?
Iām trying a factory reset on mine and will set it up again today. Rather hoping that helps, otherwise iāll be taking my 810 this weekend and dealing with charging issues which is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
That sounds more like what I expected from DCRās review, I would be happy with that!
I didnāt know if it was possibly some kind of sync issue or something. Iāve done a factory reset and will try again todayā¦ If that doesnāt work itāll be back to Garmin.
OK edit to avoid keep spamming the thread - factory reset seems to have helped, seems to be working smoothly, built-in route creation was quick and easy, and it loads shorter routes no problem. Iāve also tried searching for addresses and creating routes, that also seems to work fine (even routing to my brotherās house 250km away).
However the Audax route (611k) wonāt load when you select ārideā, it seems to come to the ānavigate to start?ā option, does the beep as that comes on screen then locks upā¦ I have tried leaving it to think but it doesnāt help. I am going to break it down into sections (part 1 is 355k, then a ~3hr sleep, then 255k to finishā¦), see if that works, and if not break it down further. [another edit - this does seem to work no problem, both sections are loadingā¦ I am going to take my old 810 as a backup device but fingers crossed!]
I never had maps on my old 810 so I never used to deal with this (just followed the breadcrumb trail). The reason I wanted to upgrade was because it kept corrupting route files on the device, skipping the first 100km or drawing random scribbles, which is obviously a big risk when you have such a long route to follow.
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