FEATURE REQUEST: How many of YOU would like to see continuous Alti-Autocalibration?

FOR SHORT: WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN ON AND OFF CONTINUOUS ALTIMETER CALIBRATION?

Long Story:

There is one feature i am missing the most. or one point that is the most annoying for me.

I miss the continuous auto calibration feature on the fenix 5x.

Suunto does it and i works like a charm.

Polar does it and it works quite well.

Garmin not. :-(

When doing a hike or a run, i always have to compare gps with the barometric altitude. and check them again and again.

a friend of mine with the suunto, hits the start button and does not care about anymore. it corrects the altitude and on the peak he is always in +/- 5 meters of the elevation of the peak. i am mostly 10-20 meters off, even when i manually calibrate it on the starting point. because the weather is changing over time.

i would like to hit the start button and forget about it.

2nd point, Storm alert would work with continuous calibration. because barometer would not be locked.

now Storm alert is only working when sitting around not when doing sports.

i cannot imagine that it would be so complicated to add this feature.

Example:

if you start an activity it looks for the GPS altitude and most of the time it calibrates it.

The Device knows how accurate the value is. (older gps devices had always a plus/minus field for accuracy).

so for example the watch calibrates at start with a worse GPS signal to a wrong altitude: 600 m. after a 20 minutes, the watch has a better accurracy lets say within +/- 10 meters and the barometric altitude is more then this +/- 10 meters off. why not recalibrate the altitude? when the gps accuracy is bad don't recalibrate.

i don't want to have this as a default. but i would really like the ability to have the auto calibration options: On Start - Continuous - OFF.

Am i the only one, looking for that? Thanks for the Info.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

I've already turned off Storm Alert permanently as it never has given me anything but false alarms. For the most part, I ignore the altimeter in the 5x because it's so clunky to use. Eventually, I will notice one of my uploaded activities is a bike ride at 20,000 feet, and I reset it to local height.

0 Sam201176 over 6 years ago

I would appreciate if Garmin adds the option to calibrate the altimeter using the DEM data of the maps. I think Fenix 5X Plus has this ability.

I just use the transparent contours map I installed... I just look at the info on the map... then manually input the altitude.... I also have GPS and watch altitude on one screen... and I can check altitude and adjust if necessary along the trail... at contour altitude reference points. I always know my altitude using the 5x.
ps Admin...... almost impossible to stay signed in and create a post as usual.

0 Mistamb over 6 years ago

Sam201176 while hiking it is not a big deal. i have more the problem while trail running. i nearly never look at the watch while running. just started the activity and let me alert for the lactate thershold.
ok, another option for a solution. :-)
Maybe it would be possible, that Garmin could add an option for a 1 button press Hotkey for recalibration baro-alti with gps alti
and another for calibration baro-alti with DEM.
i mean not a hotkey for going into the calibration options -> then choose gps or add value.
i mean long press this button if it is defined, to calibrate with gps value.
that would work while trail running.

0 Sam201176 over 6 years ago

Yes I just presumed " hiking" for some reason.... You don't want to be stood around while trail running lol...
A hotkey for instant alt DEM calibration.... would be nice. : - )

Ps.. Admin...I was signed out four times before I could create this post.

0 Mistamb over 6 years ago

Sam201176 yes i don't want to stand around anyway. :-D
all in all, i like the fact to have a tool on my wrist, which supports me while doing sports. where i press start and do my sport. which alerts me, when pushing to hard (lactate threshold) and i can look at it, when i wanna get some info. so if an auto calibration is not an option, a single button press every now and then, when you're in good gps conditions would be ok and would not really disturb you.