Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
I own a 1040 Solar as well as the Enduro 2 watch and I can’t imagine replacing the 1040 with the watch. The solar is a nice feature especially if you do multi day trips or just don’t feel like charging it frequently. It charges in standby as well so as long as it’s exposed to the sun it is charging so there is that.
I'm not saying people like you don't exist, I'm saying for every one of you there are 100 cyclists riding 5 hours a week. The non solar 1040 gets 40? hours to a charge, that's more than a month for the average cyclist. And also that a lot of people expect more from the solar than it can reasonably deliver and wind up being disappointed.
It's great that Garmin has a range of things to cover every type of cyclist and runner.