Garmin 840 Solar GPS meter

Let yourself be guided by the new Garmin Edge 840 Solar GPS meter

NEW: Improve your performance every day with the Edge® 840, the touchscreen GPS bike computer that provides targeted adaptive coaching! Get the meter to prepare for your races or personal goals.

Touch screen or buttons? You have the choice: this Edge offers both.
Enjoy up to 42 hours of battery life between charges in energy saving mode.
Benefit from a higher level of precision thanks to multi-band GNSS technology.
Get insights from your Stamina1 while you ride to know how far you'll be able to go.
Improve your performance with daily training suggestions1.
Cycle like a local with maps and navigation instructions designed specifically for your activity.

The Garmin Edge 840 Solar Computer in detail:

• POWER GLASS™ SOLAR CHARGING TO EXTEND YOUR ACTIVITIES
  Get up to 60 hours of battery life in power saving mode or up to 32 hours of normal use. Save 25 minutes per hour of solar charging in energy-saving mode during daylight activities
• ADAPTIVE COACHING
  View daily training suggestions and instructions and benefit from personalized coaching for your events, which adapts to your training load and recovery level.
• MULTI-BAND GNSS
  Orient yourself with multi-band GNSS technology which improves geolocation accuracy in difficult locations.
  
• CLIMBPRO CLIMB PLANNER
  View remaining ascent and grade as you climb to better manage your efforts with ClimbPro, now available for every activity, with no course required.
  
• CYCLING LEVEL AND COURSE REQUIREMENTS
  Compare your cycling level to the demands of a specific route and focus your workouts on areas for improvement, when the device is paired with your compatible power meter and heart rate monitor.
  
• POWER GUIDE
  Manage effort with the Power Guide function, which recommends power targets throughout a course, when the device is paired with your compatible power meter
• PREPARATION
  
• TRAINING STATUS
  Evaluate your performance indicators to see if your workouts are productive.
  
• ACCLIMATIZATION TO HEAT AND ALTITUDE
  Learn how your body responds with heat and altitude acclimation data1.
  
• GROUPTRACK FUNCTION
  View the locations of others with GroupTrack and track up to 50 people at a time.
  
• ROUTES FOR ALL TYPES OF BIKES
  Get a route adapted to your bike: mountain bike, road bike or gravel bike.
  
• TRENDLINE™ POPULAR ROUTES GENERATOR
  Your Edge will find the best route across the busiest roads (and trails).
  
• EVENT OBJECTIVES
  Select a race distance and time goal, then receive daily training suggestions.
  
• GARMIN MAP CYCLE
  Ride with preloaded maps that include Trailforks data on mountain bike trails around the world.
• TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE
• CYCLING DYNAMICS - PEDALING ANALYSIS
  Advanced cycling metrics give you insight into performance in varying conditions1.
  
• MTB DYNAMICS
  Track mountain biking metrics with metrics like jump count, jump distance, and hang time.
  
• GRIT® AND FLOW™ METRICS
  Grit assesses the difficulty of a trail, while Flow measures the fluidity of your descent.
  
• DETAILED NAVIGATION
  Stay on track with turn-by-turn navigation and alerts.
  
• RETURN TO START
  Find your way or starting point if you get lost or want to return earlier than expected.
  
• FOOD AND HYDRATION ALERTS
  Receive notifications along the way so you don't forget to eat or hydrate.
  
• STAMINA
  As you ride, you can view data from Stamina1 to see your remaining energy level.
  
• SAFETY AND VIGILANCE BY BICYCLE
• COMPATIBILITY WITH VARIA™ DEVICES
  Pair your Edge with your Varia smart lights and rear radar to see and be seen.
  
• INCIDENT DETECTION
  This feature sends a message containing your location3 to your emergency contacts after an incident on or off the road.
  
• LIVETRACK FUNCTION
  Your loved ones can track your location if your device is paired with your compatible smartphone.
  
• BIKE ALARM
  A PIN-protected alarm notifies you via your compatible smartphone if your bike is moved.
  
• INREACH® DEVICE COMPATIBILITY
  Stay in touch wherever your activity takes you by pairing your bike computer with an inReach 4 device.
  
• CONNECTIVITY
  
• SMART NOTIFICATIONS
  Receive text messages and alerts directly to your Edge bike computer, when paired with your compatible smartphone.
  
• COMPATIBLE WITH HOME TRAINERS
  This Edge can be paired with a home trainer to follow your indoor activities.
  
• COMPATIBILITY WITH ELECTRIC BIKES
  Connect your device to your compatible e-bike via ANT+® or SHIMANO STEPS technology.
  
• CONNECT IQ™ SHOP
  Download data fields and get apps and widgets from our Connect IQ smartphone store.
  
• GROUP MESSAGING
  You can send a message to the group if you lose sight of it, when your device is paired with your compatible smartphone.

The Technical Characteristics of the Garmin Egde 840 Solar Meter:

• General
  
• CHARGING THE DEVICE ON THE BIKE (POWERED MOUNT AND CHARGING GARMIN BATTERY)
  
• PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS 57.8 x 85.1 x 19.6 mm (2.3″ x 3.4″ x 0.8″)
  
• TOUCH SCREEN
  
• COLOR SCREEN
  
• DISPLAY FORMAT (WIDTH BY HEIGHT) 66 mm (2.6″) diagonal
  
• SCREEN DEFINITION (WIDTH BY HEIGHT) 246 x 322 pixels
  
• WEIGHT 88.9g
  
• WATER RESISTANCE GRADE IPX7
  
• Lithium-ion BATTERY, rechargeable
  
• BATTERY LIFE up to 26 hours
  
• BATTERY SAVING MODE
• Cards and memory
  
• POSSIBILITY TO ADD CARDS
• BASIC MAP Preloaded Garmin cycling map
• STORAGE CAPACITY AND POWER 16 GB
• WAYPOINTS 200
• ROUTES 100 routes
• HISTORY Up to 200 hours
• Sensors
• GPS
• GLONASS
• GALILEO
• MULTI-BAND GNSS
• BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER
• MAGNETOMETER
• GYROSCOPE
• ACCELEROMETER
• AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR
• Sensors
• GPS
  
• GLONASS
  
• GALILEO
  
• MULTI-BAND GNSS
  
• BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER
  
• MAGNETOMETER
  
• GYROSCOPE
  
• ACCELEROMETER
  
• AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR
• Everyday Smart Features
  
• CONNECTIVITY Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
  
• CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACE, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS)
  
• CONNECT IQ™ SHOP ON DEVICE
  
• SMART NOTIFICATIONS
  
• REPLY MESSAGE/CALL REFUSAL WITH SMS (ANDROID™ ONLY)
  
• WEATHER REPORT
  
• SYNCHRONIZATION OF PARAMETERS IN REAL TIME WITH
• THE GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE APP
  
• MUSIC FUNCTION
  
• VIRB® REMOTE CONTROL
  
• COMPATIBILITY WITH iPhone®, Android™ SMARTPHONES
• Tracking and security features
  
• LIVETRACK
  
• GROUP LIVETRACK
  
• GROUP TRACK
  
• MESSAGES FROM RUNNER TO RUNNER
  
• INCIDENT DETECTION Yes (including off-road)
  
• ASSISTANCE
  
• FIND MY EDGE® DEVICE
  
• BIKE ALARM
  
• WEATHER ALERTS
  
• COMPATIBLE WITH INREACH®
• Activity tracking features
  
• CALORIES BURNED
  
• INTENSIVE MINUTES
• Training, planning and analysis functions
  
• CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES
  
• AUTO PAUSE®
  
• INTERVAL WORKOUTS
  
• ADVANCED WORKOUTS
  
• DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PROGRAMS
  
• DAILY TRAINING SUGGESTIONS Yes (event specific)
  
• MAIN AND SECONDARY TRAINING TARGETS
  
• AUTO LAP®
  
• VO2 MAX
  
• REAL-TIME ENERGY LEVEL (STAMINA)
  
• TRAINING STATUS
  
• TRAINING LOAD
  
• TRAINING LOAD GOAL
  
• ANALYSIS OF CYCLING LEVEL
  
• ANALYSIS OF COURSE REQUIREMENTS
  
• TRAINING EFFECT
  
• RECOVERY HELP
  
• VIRTUAL PARTNER
  
• VIRTUAL RACER™
  
• SEGMENTS
  
• TRENDLINE™ POPULAR ROUTES GENERATOR
  
• AUTOMATIC SCROLL
  
• PHYSIO TRUEUP
  
• UNIFIED TRAINING STATUS
• Outdoor leisure functions
  
• CLIMBPRO™ CLIMB PLANNER
  
• CLIMBPRO – COURSE
  
• CLIMBPRO – FREE DRIVING
• Functions for cycling
  
• GARMIN CYCLE MAP (CYCLE TRAI ROAD MAP) yes (multiple regions)
  
• TIME/DISTANCE ALARM (TRIGNS AN ALARM WHEN YOU REACH YOUR GOAL)
  
• ACTIVITIES (COMPARISON WITH OLD ACTIVITIES)
  
• ON-DEVICE COURSE CREATOR
  
• LOCATION SEARCH ON THE DEVICE
  
• POWER GUIDE
  
• POPULARITY MAP
  
• COMPATIBLE WITH CYCLING DYNAMICS
  
• MTB DYNAMIC
  
• INTEGRATED TRAILFORKS DATA
  
• POWER SENSOR COMPATIBLE (DISPLAYS POWER DATA FROM ANT+™ COMPATIBLE POWER SENSORS)
  
• COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ RADAR (REAR RADAR)
  
• COMPATIBLE WITH THE VARIA RADAR CAMERA
  
• COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ LIGHTS
  
• DEFINITION OF ROUTES BASED ON THE AUTONOMY OF THE ELECTRIC BIKE
• Connectivity
  
• EDGE® REMOTE CONTROL
  
• VARIA™ REMOTE CONTROL
  
• ANT+™ ELECTRONIC CHANGE
  
• SHIMANO DI2 SYNCHRONIZED SHIFTING INTEGRATION
  
• HOME TRAINER CONTROLS
  
• EXTENDED DISPLAY (ALLOWS A GARMIN WATCH TO SHARE DATA SCREENS WITH AN EDGE® DEVICE)

The contents of the Garmin Edge 840 Solar GPS meter box:

• Edge® 840 Solar GPS bike computer
  
• Supports (standard and front)
  
• USB-C cable
  
• Fixation
  
• Documentation