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Weight: select lbs or kgs

Great to see the new features and have the site back on line, but I just have two requests for the health section.

1. Please make it possible to select the weight measurement, i.e lbs or kg.

Keep up the good work..

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BLACHANC over 15 years ago +3 suggested

hey madzng,
you can currently change your weight unit of measurement at connect.garmin.com/settings

Hi Devonbl,

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback.

the problem with you suggestion it…
seilogramp over 3 years ago in reply to anjp +1

Suggest submitting your request to Garmin via the Share Ideas | Garmin form. However, if this is deemed a broken feature (rather than a request), then submit a case using the Garmin Support site. Or just…

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0 Former Member over 15 years ago

hey madzng,
you can currently change your weight unit of measurement at connect.garmin.com/settings

+1 BLACHANC over 15 years ago

hey madzng,
you can currently change your weight unit of measurement at connect.garmin.com/settings

Hi Devonbl,

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback.

the problem with you suggestion it is that changing theses settings affect all measurement, which seems and does make sense.
But, As a canadian, I can shade some light on this Lbs/Kg request.
We officially switched to the metric system many years ago,
but for some unknown reason, we are still in hybrid mode,
wich I agree, makes little sense.
let my give you some examples:

distances and speed are in KM because all our road system is that way,
and cars/fuels pump are using metric.

people refer to their weight in pounds
Medical system uses KG for weight, but always translate it to Pounds.
indoor/outdoor temperature is in celcius
POOL/ water temp is mostly in "fahrenheit"
elevation is mesured somtimes in feet, sometimes in meter
Atmospheric pressure is in KPA
compressed air pressure is in PSI.
when I buy wood, it is in Feet and inches.

I honestly don't know if any other countries are affected by the same hybrid
approach, but being imposed to use KM/KG or MI/Pounds is an annoyance
For me.
can I survive with the actual situation, yes, but I would be happier if I could
select my unit for weight.
I hope you had fun reading my post as it does not make much sense,
but this is our reality up here....

0 Former Member over 15 years ago

ben,
Thanks for the details! I'll wrap all this up and report it to the group. If you notice, there's a statute uk option which also mixes measurement types, if you want a mix in the mean time.
Once again, thank you so much for being so detailed and courteous in you response!

Devon
Software Engineer

0 BLACHANC over 15 years ago

ben,
Thanks for the details! I'll wrap all this up and report it to the group. If you notice, there's a statute uk option which also mixes measurement types, if you want a mix in the mean time.
Once again, thank you so much for being so detailed and courteous in you response!

Devon
Software Engineer

Hi Devon,

The concept in "statute uk" is exactly what I would like to get.
In it's actual state, It just misses the MI/KM "greenbox" selection and maybe the elevation selection "Feet/Meter" "greenbox" selection
but then this would not be "statute uk" anymore , but "custom" or "hybrid" units :)

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Want kgs, not lbs

How do I change from lbs to kgs on my garmin forerunner?
I found a website to do it, but the information on the garmin itself is still in lbs. :(
And is the garmin really in the metric system?

Regards
KatW

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Ben....as a fellow canadian, I too, am fining the kg instead of pounds a nuisance! Wish I could change it over. Hopefully they'll come up with a fix!

0 Schmithy over 10 years ago

Just sent a request to the same effect in via email, but my suggestion to improve the situation was as follows:

Could we just add a decimal point to the KG unit on Garmin connect (that actually shows), so that weight could be tracked a little more precisely?

Also being Canadian and targeting a 10lbs weight loss, the KG unit makes things look like I'm not making any progress due to rounding to the whole KG. By adding either a half kg option or just opening up the entire first decimal point (ie 87.2, 76.8, etc.) it would improve data accuracy.

Ideally, Garmin Connect would be a first stop for this and the devices a second (hence the half kg suggestion, which might simplify the device upgrades). Some of the devices might even benefit from this because they use weight to calculate performance, fitness level, V02Max, etc and that extra precision would make the calculation that much more accurate.

Hope that helps.

Jack

0 Schmithy over 10 years ago

And is the garmin really in the metric system?

I would bet that all the math on the devices is done in Metric, then filtered through a conversion formula for display. The metric system is just easier to work with for the various formulas that would need to be used to calculate all the various pieces of data. Just a guess though, as someone who has done a bit of programming. It's how I would implement it.

Jack

0 jasonpz over 10 years ago

I concur. I can see my weight can be entered into Garmin Connect at 92.2 - but my Forerunner 620, the Garmin Connect app, and the Vivofit only have a resolution of 92 - no decimal point.

This is frustrating, as weight in KGs is generally tracked to one decimal point.

0 ticker18 over 7 years ago

I live in Canada, so we use pounds for weight measurements, but kilometers for distance. I'm totally inept in kilograms and miles, so I'm constantly switching between Imperial and metric to make sure my entries are correct. It'd be really nice to have the option for using pounds and kilometers. Also for the temperature, it's in Celsius.