The new Edge 1040 Solar features Garmin’s proprietary Power Glass solar charging lens, which provides a significant increase to battery power, and is compatible with the Varia RCT715 tail light, which includes a built-in camera and radar.
Garmin International has introduced two new cycling products: the Edge 1040 Solar GPS cycling computer and the Varia RCT715 rearward radar actuated tail light with built-in camera.
The Varia RCT715 Radar Camera costs Rs 40,490.
The price of the Edge 1040 Solar is Rs 72,990.
The Edge 1040 Bundle6 (non-solar version) costs Rs 67,990.
All models are available at the Garmin Brand Store, Amazon India, and Synergize.
About Edge 1040 Solar
Solar charging: The Power Glass solar charging lens improves battery life in power saver mode to up to 100 hours, providing bikers 42 minutes per hour more riding time during the day.
GNSS multi-band technology:
Even in the most difficult situations, it provides improved positioning accuracy and coverage.
Cycling ability 2 and course requirements:
As a cyclist, identify your skills and weaknesses, work on them, and prepare for the demands of a given course
Power guide: Power targets that are recommended make it easier to control efforts throughout a course.
Real-time stamina insights: During a ride, monitor and track exertion levels in real-time.
Simple installation:
Based on past Edge data, ride kinds, and sensors, custom ride profiles are prepopulated.
Cycling activity profiles can then be controlled on your compatible smartphone using the Garmin Connects smart device app.
Garmin’s Power Glass technology is featured on the Edge 1040 Solar.
In battery saver mode, it has a battery life of more than 100 hours.
Furthermore, the gadget includes multi-band GNSS technology to enable more precise GPS positioning in difficult riding settings like as crowded metropolitan areas or under dense tree cover.
The Edge 1040 Solar offers First beat Analytics data such as VO2 max, recovery time, training load, training focus, and more to help users understand how their body is responding to their training efforts.
The Edge 1040 Solar is designed to explore both cities and isolated places, and it contains powerful navigational tools such as:
Turn-by-turn navigation and notifications warn riders of impending steep turns.
To go off the beaten path, pause route guidance and of course notifications.
To return to the original route or starting point, route guidance can be turned back on at any moment.
Download the Trail forks app to see itineraries and trail data from over 80 countries.
When utilizing the Trail forks app, ForSight mode, Garmin’s built-in safety and tracking capabilities include incident detection, assistance, and Live Track, which allows loved ones to watch the cyclists’ real-time location and observe their complete preplanned route.
When riders become separated from the pack, the device’s group messaging and tracking capability allows them to keep in touch.
The Edge 1040 Solar, in addition to receiving smart notifications and instantly uploading rides to Garmin Connect, can be coupled with the Tacx|indoor trainer, allowing cyclists to ride whenever they wish.
When connected to sensors, riders may keep track of their sensors’ battery status via post-ride reports immediately on the Edge 1040 Solar and battery alarm messages between rides via the Garmin Connect smart device app.
About varia RCT715
Camera built-in:
During each ride, you may capture sharp, clear film at up to 1080p/30 fps. Automatic incident recording:
If an incident is detected, video footage from before, during, and after the incident will be saved automatically. Additional Varia app features: Easily access video recordings, transfer videos, and change camera settings like data overlays. Garmin’s Varia RCT715 is intended to provide cyclists with peace of mind on every ride.
According to the business, it continually takes sharp, clear video during a trip while still offering state-of-the-art radar technology regardless of the time of day. The Varia RCT715 is designed to enhance rider safety by providing maximum awareness and issuing both visual and auditory signals to warn motorcyclists of oncoming cars up to 140 yards away.
The device’s tail light can be seen up to a mile away, allowing cars on the road to detect the bike before the radar does.
The Varia RCT715 has several pairing options and may be used with a compatible Garmin Edge® bike computer, Garmin smartwatch, or the Varia smart device app. When used in conjunction with a compatible smartphone, the device interfaces with third-party apps such as Ride with GPS to provide riders with rearward radar notifications.
The Varia RCT715 has a battery life of up to 4 hours with the radar and tail light on solid high or night flash and up to 6 hours with the radar and tail light on day flash – all while constantly recording at 1080p. With the Garmin Varia RCT715 you can be safe and attentive.
The Varia RCT715 has several pairing options and may be used with a compatible Garmin Edge® bike computer, Garmin smartwatch, or the Varia smart device app.
When used in conjunction with a compatible smartphone, the device interfaces with third-party apps such as Ride with GPS to provide riders with rearward radar notifications. The Varia RCT715 has a battery life of up to 4 hours with the radar and tail light on solid high or night flash and up to 6 hours with the radar and tail light on day flash – all while constantly recording at 1080p
