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Garmin Edge 840 Solar
Introduce the rider you are today to the one you'll be tomorrow. The Edge 840 Solar touchscreen cycling computer offers targeted adaptive coaching when used with your compatible power meter and heart rate monitor. It helps you manage your efforts by providing power targets throughout a course plus stamina insights, so you know how much gas is left in the tank. Ride longer with solar charging, and get superior accuracy under dense tree cover or the urban canyon, thanks to multi-band GNSS technology. It features button controls that work in any environment matched with a responsive touchscreen so you can tap, pan and swipe on the fly. Whether you're riding roads, trails, gravel or indoor, you can benefit from insights and workouts that will help you understand your strengths and weaknesses and prepare for upcoming races or personal milestones.
Garmin Edge 840 Solar Features:
- Advanced GPS cycling computer with touchscreen and button control combines superior navigation, planning and performance tracking, cycling awareness and smart connectivity
- Battery life: in demanding use cases, get up to 26 hours or up to 32 hours with solar charging in direct sunlight (75,000 lux); in battery saver mode, get up to 42 hours or up to 60 hours with solar charging in direct sunlight (75,000 lux); during daytime rides, solar adds up to 25 minutes per hour in battery saver mode
- View daily suggested workouts and training prompts on screen; based on your event, get personalized coaching that adapts to your current training load and recovery when riding with a compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Find your way in the most challenging environments with multi-band GNSS technology that provides enhanced positioning accuracy
- See remaining ascent and grade when climbing so you can gauge your effort with the ClimbPro ascent planner, now available on every ride - no course required; view on your Edge device and in the Garmin Connect app on your smartphone for ride planning
- Classify your strengths as a cyclist, and compare your cycling ability to the demands of a specific course, so you can focus your training and improvement in the right areas, when paired with your compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Manage your efforts with the power guide feature, which recommends power targets throughout a course, when paired with your compatible power meter
- Get stamina insights while you ride, so you can keep an eye on how much longer you can really push it, when paired with your compatible power meter and heart rate monitor
- Stay on top of your training program with prompts to complete missed workouts
- Ride like a local, whatever your bike type, with improved ride type-specific maps that highlight popular roads and trails plus searchable points of interest
- Simplified setup and a streamlined interface make it quick and easy to access the information, courses and tools you need and even adjust data fields right from the Edge device or from your paired smartphone
- Through the Garmin Connect app on your smartphone, pair with your favorite apps and platforms, including Strava, Komoot, TrainingPeaks and many more
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Overall rating: 3.5 / 5 from 2 reviews.
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Solar is *not* for everyone
"I've used most of the cyclecomputers on the market at one time or another. The Garmin Edge 830 was my favorite for a long time, so I've been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the 840. I went with the 840 Solar thinking I'd need to charge less frequently and as the battery aged the computer would remain very usable. What I didn't anticipate was that the screen on the 840 Solar is dramatically dimmer and harder to read than my old 830. I'm really shocked how bad it is, and while I've seen reviews that casually mentioned that the screen is dimmer, they didn't convey the seriousness of the problem. On my 830, I never took my computer out of "auto-brightness" mode and never felt a need to tinker with the screen brightness. It was perfectly fine in my opinion. On the 840 Solar, with auto-brightness on it's difficult to read indoors or outdoors in late afternoon conditions. Don't get me wrong: It's not like it's illegible, but it takes more focus and attention to read than the casual glance that works with every other popular computer in the marketplace. I have to set it in manual mode and crank the brightness just below the battery consumption warning level to have a reasonable result. This is all without wearing polarized glasses by the way: I can only imagine how bad the experience would be with them. If Garmin released a software patch that made the auto-brightness brighter on the solar models that would help a bit. It would also consume more battery power, and you have to wonder how much of the extra power you're getting from the solar cells is going right through to the backlight. The bottom line is that the "Solar" option should be treated as a niche product and never a no-brainer. If you need every drop of battery endurance, refuse to charge from an auxiliary battery, ride in extremely bright conditions, and you're pretty indifferent about screen brightness, then this is probably a good choice, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it for the average rider. Outside of the solar/display brightness issues, it seems to be a decent (if uninspiring) upgrade. I haven't done empirical testing, but the computer seems to run faster, so for example, the latency between shifting gears on an electronic system and seeing the gear display update feels improved. The UI is not fantastic, but seems a little nicer to navigate , with a similar feel to the inReach Mini 2. Having both touchscreen and side buttons together is a welcome change. USB-C is long overdue. It is disappointing to see that Garmin hasn't added any new data field layouts, and the lack of organic Tyrewiz support is lagging the competition. If you're looking to get a first serious cyclecomputer, the non-solar 840 is probably going to be a solid choice, but if you have a 530/830, this is largely going to be a matter of incremental improvements."