Assigning default gear for individual activities

I just bought a pair of trail running shoes in addition to my road running shoes. I'd like to set up Garmin Connect such that when I choose 'run' on my Fenix 3, my road running shoes are linked and when I choose 'trail run' it knows that I'll be using the trail running shoes.

Currently I can only select 'other' when I choose an activity assigned to my trail running shoes, 'trail running' is not listed as an option under gear settings.

I have the same problem with my road and mountain bike.

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0 imthatjeremyguy 9 months ago in reply to trux

Of course everyone could do it manually, that's not the issue that you continue to come in and defend.

0 trux 9 months ago in reply to imthatjeremyguy

imthatjeremyguy said:
Of course everyone could do it manually, that's not the issue that you continue to come in and defend.

I do not defend anything. I suggested the change to Garmin through Share Ideas | Garmin myself already years ago, and would be definitely happy if it existed. I am merely telling new posters, who clearly did not see the functionality for assigning the gear manually, that it is indeed possible.

0 4025194 9 months ago

I’d like to see the ability to add gear to any activity. Currently there are only a handful of activities and “other”. I have several Snowboards and would like to connect the board I rode, to my activity. I hope you consider including this option on a future update.

0 trux 9 months ago in reply to 4025194

4025194 said:
I have several Snowboards and would like to connect the board I rode, to my activity. I hope you consider including this option on a future update.

If you mean assigning the gear manually, then it is already possible - you can do it in Garmin Connect: tap the last tab Gear, then open the "..." menu top right, and select the option "Add or Remove Gear". Frankly told, I always use the web version of Garmin Connect, where changing the gear is much easier, simpler, and quicker.

0 pistapoci 9 months ago in reply to trux

Actually it is.. Why do I have to edit all my activities in order to have GC not mess up my equipment statistics all the time?

It seems a pretty dumb feature to implement, many other apps get it right, and so many Garmin customers are asking for it. Why is Garmin so reluctant to make it right in all these years?

0 trux 9 months ago in reply to pistapoci

If you read the post, I've been answering, where the user asks how to assign several different snowboards to his different snowboarding activities, then you realize that the possibility to automatically assign gear depending on the subcategory would not help in this case. The post was originally in a separate thread, and was later merged with this one by mistake - it is actually unrelated to the demand in the OP.

0 Menno_M 9 months ago in reply to pistapoci

Hear hear, It should be really easy to implement this. Perhaps ask DV Rainmaker to push on this matter? Is there anyone who can reach him?

0 8117755 8 months ago

i dont believe that garmin realy cares about serious runners. How difficult is it to implement this feature ?

0 tomoooo 8 months ago in reply to 8117755

They do not care about runners, they do not care about bikers, they simply do not care at all.

0 00chberg 8 months ago in reply to tomoooo

They care about money. So as long as they can sell the products, although the software is such a pain, they will not invest anything.

The only way to make them change is not buying Garmin products.