What’s the best way to make use of my ANT+ (with accelerometer) Adidas MiCoach (circa 2011) trainer “pod” with Garmin Fenix 5S?

Former Member over 4 years ago

As above but the issue really lies in how during competitive football I cannot wear my Fenix 5S. Best option I’ve been able to come up with so far is press play on a “Running” activity on my watch, take it off, play, then stop on my watch. Any suggestions?

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tmk2 over 4 years ago +1

Please be aware that the watch will lose connection to the pod once you separate them by more than 10 meters. In that case the watch won't register anything from the pod.

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0 Doktorko over 4 years ago

Good idea.

And add chest strap as you do not wear watch to have HR as well. I guess data are synchronized afterwards when pod lose connection.

0 tmk2 over 4 years ago

Please be aware that the watch will lose connection to the pod once you separate them by more than 10 meters. In that case the watch won't register anything from the pod.

0 tmk2 over 4 years ago

Doktorko said:
I guess data are synchronized afterwards when pod lose connection.

No, it won't.

0 Doktorko over 4 years ago in reply to tmk2

Ok, then it is useless. I used HR chest strap like this and it transerred data at the end when I stopped activity. Maybe there are some pods which are able to.

0 tmk2 over 4 years ago in reply to Doktorko

Some more advanced chest straps indeed do have the ability to collect data offline and upload to the watch post-workout, but no such footpod exists, simply because there is no protocol for this kind of data transfer, at least when it comes to transferring to a garmin watch.