F5 and 1030 not playing nice together

It baffles the mind that with an ecosystem like garmin connect, two of the latest devices from garmin (the edge 1030 and the fenix 5) do not even 'see' eachother.

If I do an activity on either device it uploads to garmin connect just fine. But if both devices are online, the activity shows twice!! (Really, how obvious is it that two activities with the same route data connected to the same account are in fact the same activity??)

What is worse, both devices seem to have their own calculation of fitness based on their own history - activities done on the other device do not count and are not taken into account when calculating tralning load etc.

Would that really be too much to ask? They have the basics down (garmin connect, wifi, bluetooth) - why would they not implement this?

Really, really dissapointing.

0 PubBike over 7 years ago

0 karlw2000 over 7 years ago

I actually like the same activities on multiple devices. That is how I compare multiple devices. Afterwards I delete the activities I don't want. Strava however will only upload the first activity and ignore any others so if I prefer a device, I save that activity first.

0 mcalista over 7 years ago

There's a rumor that better Edge and Fenix intergration will come in Q1 2018.

But at the moment, load calculation is done on the device, and just reported secondhand to GC. So if you want a full assessment of your efforts in terms of load and training status, wear and use the Fenix while riding, even if you are using the Edge as your primary display while riding.

Some people don't save their ride data on the Edge, but I think the better workaround is to have the Edge and Fenix going to different accounts (at least then the data is not lost if for some reason your primary device doesn't save).