Garmin

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chunkywizard Jan 2022 1:33pm, 26 Jan 2022 13,360 posts	chunkywizard I just googles DC Rainmaker for info on your watch and found this in user comments on the post, it might help To manually override the altimeter information, you hold left middle once to get into settings > Sensors > Altimeter. Then in that there’s three options: Calibrate, Auto Cal, Elevation (that’s just simply setting feet or meters). So basically, two options – Calibrate. From here you get three options: A) Enter Current Elevation – Yes: You simply input the current altitude using a known value B) Use DEM: This uses a semi-known value for the point on earth C) Auto Cal: This has two options, ‘During Activity’ and ‘Not during activity’.
Oranj Jan 2022 1:43pm, 26 Jan 2022 3,016 posts	Oranj My 945, is always spot on, i cant remember any time it has gone bonkers. I wonder if there are different altitude meters in the latest watches? Yes, DC Raimaker (of course) covered some of this last year when Garmin turned off pool temperature in some watches that have a combined barometer-thermometer dcrainmaker.com [My 910XT developed a faulty barometer (probably from pool swimming) so when I got the warranty replacement I bought an old Garmin Swim 1 watch and used that just for pool swimming. It turned out to be the best pool swim watch I ever had so I've carried on with it to this day.]
Fragile Do Not Bend Jan 2022 2:18pm, 26 Jan 2022 9,154 posts	Fragile Do Not Bend I also ordered a wristband; not a flashy one but one I think might be good for me. It harks back a bit to the old Forerunner 205 straps, only without the velcro. etsy.com Thanks for the idea of looking Etsy for watch bands. I’ve been wanting a fabric one as I hate it the puddle of sweat I get under the plastic strap in the summer. I don’t wear my watch in the shower
Groundhog Jan 2022 2:19pm, 26 Jan 2022 3,543 posts	Groundhog Here's today's walk with the altitude setting on Altimeter. Again in going down and back up the same hill. There are still differences, bit not as much as yesterday's factory setting (probably Auto).
geordiegirl Jan 2022 9:37pm, 26 Jan 2022 17,110 posts	geordiegirl Question for you techy people. I was listening to DC Rainmaker yesterday and it was super useful. I didn’t change many settings but learnt about things the watch can do, last night it didn’t record my sleep abs just done a health snapshot. Yesterday it gave my my SP02 reading today it hasn’t. I’ve definitely not changed a thing since I did this yesterday. Any ideas? Thanks
geordiegirl Jan 2022 9:43pm, 26 Jan 2022 17,111 posts	geordiegirl Ok jait tried health snapshot again and it included SP02 darn thing
StuH Jan 2022 10:03pm, 26 Jan 2022 4,332 posts	StuH Tonight's run, start and finish same place.
geordiegirl Jan 2022 10:07pm, 26 Jan 2022 17,113 posts	geordiegirl Crazy!
flanker Jan 2022 12:39am, 27 Jan 2022 20,334 posts	flanker Don't think that's too bad. My guess would be the initial calibration was imprecise, and then once it stabilised after being outside it was pretty consistent. I'm assuming the spikes in the middle are hills, not random variation!?
StuH Jan 2022 7:42am, 27 Jan 2022 4,336 posts	StuH Hill reps,yes! Often see more drift than that, and spread evenly across the workout.