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Multiple sleep periods

Seems to be a lot of evidence that Garmin does not want to implement this feature for some reason. For example, they recently added REM functionality, but it still measures only one sleep period per day. I find this especially mystifying in the context of a company with aviation pretensions, since pilots often have to sleep on erratic schedules. Also internationally questionable when you consider any country with a traditional siesta or daytime nap. In my own case, I think the broken sleep patterns are mostly a function of aging, but I've also noticed that there seems to be a lot of that going around.

To recap, the device should measure several sleep periods per day. My single largest annoyance with the device, and my dissatisfaction is growing over time.

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0 pshare over 7 years ago

Basically, naps disappeared when Garmin implemented automatic sleep recognition.

However even when it was there, it was very rudimentary and inflexible. You had to manually put your watch into sleep mode and then take it off when you woke up. There was no option to edit after so if you forgot either way, your result was off. Older devices still in service like my old Vivofit 1 and Vivoactive 1 still have that feature but it's pretty useless.

0 TrippyZ over 7 years ago

Log a feature request.

0 joshtee over 7 years ago

I agree, this feature is lacking w/ Garmin. My Fitbit was so much better at sleep tracking. No way should a company like Garmin take a backseat to a company like Fitbit with a feature that is this useful. It's unacceptable!

0 ASmugDill over 7 years ago

joshtee, if it's unacceptable to you as a consumer, then don't buy Garmin; if it's unacceptable to you as a shareholder(?), then raise it as a concern with the company's executive management.

It's always acceptable – legally, commercially and morally – for a consumer to not get ‘the whole package’ or the ‘best of both worlds’ in the marketplace among the offerings available for him/her to purchase, and have to choose a compromise solution or completely forgo the benefit of one.

0 joshtee over 7 years ago

ASmugDill, Wow! You should get out more.

0 RoNNoS over 7 years ago

Yes, please finally add ;)

0 shanen over 6 years ago

Closest thing to a constructive suggestion was the thing about the feature request, but I've yet to find such a place.

With regards to the "unacceptable to you as a consumer", I certainly would NOT have purchased this Garmin device had I known it had such a basic and horrendous flaw. I'm not expecting perfect, but the degree of imperfection matters almost as much as the gawdawfulness of Garmin's so-called "support" system.

Want a laugh? Go to the Garmin top page (www.garmin.com) and search for "support" from the box in the top right.

0 ASmugDill over 6 years ago

Closest thing to a constructive suggestion was the thing about the feature request, but I've yet to find such a place.

http://www8.garmin.com/contactUs/ideas/

Just don't expect that whatever you put through as a suggestion gets accepted by default into a queue for careful consideration and/or actual implementation. Think of it as a slush pile of manuscripts submitted to a publisher; it may never get properly reviewed beyond a cursory glance, irrespective of how much merit you and others may fancy it has for the best interests of the company or enterprise.

0 joshtee over 6 years ago

Closest thing to a constructive suggestion was the thing about the feature request, but I've yet to find such a place.

With regards to the "unacceptable to you as a consumer", I certainly would NOT have purchased this Garmin device had I known it had such a basic and horrendous flaw. I'm not expecting perfect, but the degree of imperfection matters almost as much as the gawdawfulness of Garmin's so-called "support" system.

Want a laugh? Go to the Garmin top page (www.garmin.com) and search for "support" from the box in the top right.

I found the sleep data my Fitbit collected very useful. Seemed very accurate. I find the Garmin sleep data pretty useless and very inaccurate. I assumed, when I upgraded to a much more expensive Garmin device, a basic feature like this would be dialed in. Maybe it's not as basic as I think, but my Fitbit is 4 years old and has had great sleep tracking from the day one. 4 years is plenty of time for a 'leading' company to catch up, so it's not a stretch to assume it would be better on a current Garmin. If I were to place a age on the tech Garrmin uses to track sleep, I would guess it is approx 8-10 years behind.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

My sleep numbers seem legit so far. I wish they would provide info on what is considered optimal as far as amount of light, deep, rem. I'm not getting much deep sleep which seems bad but don't understand how you go from light to rem without hitting deep?