I bought this watch almost a month ago and Garmin support STILL cannot get my Spotify to work on the watch. Beyond annoying, almost fed up.

I struggled with buying this watch because of the cost but ultimately I couldn't help myself. I am so glad I did. I've never owned a watch that is so useful beyond telling time. The flashlight. The weather. Sleep patterns. Heart rate. Step counting. GPS. Compass. Plus much more. Admittedly there's a learning curve to using all the features but once you get the hang of it,there's a logic to accessing and editing features.

Obviously it's a handsome watch and so far the titanium watch and sapphire glass has held up with no scratches. I like being able to customize the watch faces too to reflect different data fields or just more appealing face/colors.

I think the option to have both the buttons and touch screen is a great option?especially during a race or riding singletrack. The UI is a nice an improvement with the added colors and features.

Works so good and extremely fast response. Also the customization between screen is so good.

This is awesome - the data on calories and liquid consumption is vital to healthy and positive training. The helps each workout build performance. Good job Garmin!

I have the 840 Solar, HRM Pro, Varia headlight and taillight radar and I've been really happy with the system. The touch screen functionality is worth the extra cost, and the spray is a really cool feature. I like seeing how much time I've gained with the solar charging. The battery life is so good that I'll probably never be in a situation where I have to rely on the solar power alone, but it's fun to track.

I have waited to review this until I had used it a while.

I am very pleased.

1. As expected, the response to inputs is faster

2. I expected to customize the display, but I haven't needed to. It works well out of the box. Information I want to see is there.

3. The colorful display is easy to read even in sunlight and is not cluttered.

4. Works better tnan the old 1000 with the Varia rear radar to warn of traffic

Admittedly I'm a Garmin fanboi. I'm fully invested into their ecosystem and I love the integrated metrics their devices provide, so I thought it was a no brainer to upgrade my Edge 530 to an Edge 840 Solar.

First, the good. The interface is great. It's very intuitive and things are as you would expect. Configuring data screens on your phone vs on the Edge itself is SOO much easier.

Full time ClimbPro, without have a route loaded. This is good, but it seems to have the bug that DC Rainmaker and GPLlama and a whole host of other Youtubers has described. It will often start well in to a climb and just be off. I'll be at a steep section and ClimbPro will show me at a mild section, and vice versa. Then I'll crest the top and it will show there are still a couple hundred feet to go. I'm confident this will eventually get fixed, but until then it's kind of just a gimmick, it used to be great when it worked.

Now for the Solar. I give Garmin a lot of credit for the innovations of adding solar, as far as I know, no one else is doing it and you can bet they are now looking at it. That said, it's not worth the premium. I live in Colorado, we have bright sun all day long here. I did a 2hr ride at dusk at 5pm, had the Edge flat like Garmin suggests, got zero solar time. Ok, so it was encroaching on evening you say? Well, I did a 2.5hr ride at 11am, in bright full sun, I got 14min back. A couple days later I did a 2hr 1pm ride in bright full sun and got 9min back. Not only that, but the solar screen on the 840 is dimmer in contrast, so you have to run a lot more brightness to see it, which sucks the battery big time. The battery widget now shows you estimated time remaining as you change brightness.

Overall, is it a worthwhile upgrade over the 530, probably, but not the solar, go with the non-solar. I do love Garmin and I was kind of sad to write this review.

i really like the Garmin, especially the solar chargin. i had an old Garmin and the battery was really short lived. one problem we had which my bike shop had trouble solving was getting the power meter to pair with the device. it still is difficult but i have found that if i turn the device off and on several times it will learn how to pair.

I traded up from my 530 and very pleased with having done so. The 530 remains a very solid computer, but the additional features on the 840 make it well worth the upgrade. For example, the computer sits between rather narrow aerobars on my tri-bike, which has alway made getting to the side buttons on the computer a challenge. The touch screen on the 840 solves that issue brilliantly and... it works in wet weather which -from what I have read in other reviews- has not really been the case with earlier models with the touch screen feature. The larger screen and improved resolution are also terrific upgrades and make it very easy to the computer on sunny days . The software improvements are almost too numerous to mention, but a special call out to the new Free-Ride ClimbPro. I rarely ride on a preloaded course and I live in very hilly area, so I rarely was able to use this feature on my 530. The Free-Ride feature permits the ClimbPro to function whether you are on a course or on a free ride. It's a very welcome addition.

I've been using the computer both indoors and outdoor for several weeks and it has performed flawlessly. Nicely done Garmin!!