I have set up an alert to eat every 30 minutes, but it is not working. Any suggestions on what is going wrong?
I have set up an alert to eat every 30 minutes, but it is not working. Any suggestions on what is going wrong?
Where do you set up custom alerts? Connect Web, mobile app? I only have Til sunset/rise, and Hourly (Clock -> Alerts on the watch)
You can setup various type of alerts (eat, drink, go home, speed, HR freq, etc) from within a standard Garmin activity directly on the watch. I've never used them, so I can't say if they work or not on my F5+
Although not good I am happy to hear I’m not the only one with this issue. I also noticed that when trying to configure a multi-sport activity the same thing happens...nothing. It’s almost like I cannot “save” the specified settings.
I think I now get what you mean, its even more weird:
Custom Alerts were not shown on my watch, just Time, Distance and others.
I restarted the watch and then Custom Alerts are shown in all activities I checked.
When I tried to setup a Custom Alert, nothing is saved!
Then I entered another activity and Custom Alerts are again NOT shown. After a reboot it appears again in the menu.
Other alerts can be saved and changed afterwards. I just checked a time alert in an indoor activity and this works. So a workaround is possible, but of course not ideal. I think for eating you can use a calories alert.
Thanks - I should have RTFM! I don't see eat or drink, and adding a Custom one does not work (isn't saved, just as the OP mentioned), but I just discovered a super useful feature.