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Active calories not calculating

Former Member over 5 years ago

I am using Fenix F and the latest version of Garmin Connect (IOS). However i found all calories burnt in Swimming were not calculating in Active calories. For example, i swam 2000m today (600 calories) which was properly recorded by both watch and the phone app, while the active calories is still 500 today.

does it mean the active calories were solely based on the heart rates? since no heart rates were recorded during swimming for technical reason.

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trux over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member +1

Trail running with INSTINCT shows 798 calories burned. Active calories for the day shows 400.

The values sound credible and correct. Do not mistake activity calories for active calories! Both terms have…

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0 9262778 over 5 years ago

I have the same issue and I am using the HRM swim. I start a swim will say 100 active calories then I swim for 1 hour. Finish with about 800 calories from the swim but active still showing 100.

I have an outstanding ticket with Garmin and have sent all my data files.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to 9262778

Same issue here so I am quite interested in a proper fix for this.

0 9262778 over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

I am still waiting on this one. I keep chasing but it is still being looked into.

0 4661470 over 5 years ago

Same here. Fenix 5 and active calories from swimming are not taken into account in the watch's widget and Connect App

0 4661470 over 5 years ago

Same here with Fenix 5. Active calories from swimming are not taken into account by the watch's widget and Connect App

0 4661470 over 5 years ago

Besides the calorie issue, swimming also doesn't effect training load. Today I swam for nearly 2 hours but my training load is the same.

0 9262778 over 5 years ago in reply to 4661470

I have the HRM swim and it gives me the training load (why i bought it) once i have download the HR data after the swim. Still doesn't give the calories or even add the heart rate data to connect (shows a gap in the data but can see it on the activity).

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

My activity cals are not being adding to my day. I see the cals in the activity but not in my day. Is there a fix for this?

0 9262778 over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

Sadly nothing yet, no further response from Garmin

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

Same issue and frustration here... I have trouble to understand how a top of the range market leading sports watch is not able to perform elementary school maths by adding calories burned during activities to the daily total of active calories. Calories should be the most basic and reliable feature of a sports watch, kinda like showing the right time for a standard watch.