GARMIN EDGE 1040 SOLAR £629.99
The Garmin Edge has long been the best bike computer series on the market. Sure, it looks pretty old-school compared to your smartphone, with a 3.5in screen and chunky bezel, but if you want guiding on a ride, only a real-life human will do the job better. The new Edge 1040 Solar takes things a step further, and we’re not talking about the solar-charging capacity.
True, the new device has something Garmin calls Power Glass, where the entire lens acts as a photovoltaic cell to give you more run time. The main body of glass is 10% reactive to sunlight, but there’s a border running round the edge that is 100% reactive that does the bulk of the work. It’ll stay alive for 100 hours in battery-saver mode,
