Garmin

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chunkywizard Jul 2020 5:51pm, 21 Jul 2020 9,239 posts	chunkywizard I have one of their smart helmets which they are already not doing firmware fixes for, even though they acknowledged the bug I found and have rolled it out for other helmets. Not impressed.
flanker Jul 2020 9:53pm, 21 Jul 2020 19,312 posts	flanker It’s all the surrounding infrastructure that’s why a Garmin is double the price or a Coros despite them being roughly feature-compatible, not that I rate Connect as any use at all. That and a dominant market position. And I speak as a Garmin use of close to 20 years. Not sure I’d make the same choice if starting anew. And maybe even not for the next one.
oumaumau Jul 2020 9:01pm, 22 Jul 2020 1,643 posts	oumaumau They are by no means perfect - remember when recording an activity in another timezone caused the 310 to corrupt itself when it finally sync'd - but their large market share does mean they can afford to support older kit for longer. Had an update on my fenix just yesterday
chunkywizard Jul 2020 9:12am, 23 Jul 2020 9,280 posts	chunkywizard Is Garmin Connect down for anyone else? I can't get access to the website and my watch isn't syncing...
Rrunner Jul 2020 9:13am, 23 Jul 2020 551 posts	Rrunner Yup, been down all morning: connect.garmin.com
um Jul 2020 9:14am, 23 Jul 2020 3,001 posts	um Per Garmin Connect site : We’re sorry. Something went wrong, and our site is temporarily unavailable. We’re already working to get things back on course. Origin DNS error You've requested a page on a website (sso.garmin.com) that is on the Cloudflare network. Cloudflare is currently unable to resolve your requested domain (sso.garmin.com).
chunkywizard Jul 2020 9:17am, 23 Jul 2020 9,281 posts	chunkywizard oh well. manual upload to Fetch it is then!
SPR Jul 2020 9:28am, 23 Jul 2020 30,528 posts	SPR Just wait?
Oranj Jul 2020 9:31am, 23 Jul 2020 2,136 posts	Oranj drums fingers
chunkywizard Jul 2020 9:41am, 23 Jul 2020 9,282 posts	chunkywizard SPR Yep, could do but I'm impatient!