(Temporarily) add someone else’s device

I want to check some inconsistencies in my Fenix 5.

I borrowed a friends forerunner 955.

Tokay I plan to do a run with both watches recording to analyse data from both.

can I add his 955 to my connect without getting his whole training history? Or worse, without him loosing all his training history?

And can Garmin Connect record and download data from both watches after the run?

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Garmin - Chris over 1 year ago +1 verified

If you are not syncing the FR955 run to your own Garmin Connect account and leave it non-Bluetooth paired to your watch, and only go by what the watch provides for the Run recording, it will simplify things…
daanbr over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin - Chris +1

Thanks for the reply's. I decided to keep it simple as to make sure he did potentially loose his history. I asked him to sync the watch as soon as I gave it back and send me the FIT file ;-)

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+1 Garmin - Chris over 1 year ago

If you are not syncing the FR955 run to your own Garmin Connect account and leave it non-Bluetooth paired to your watch, and only go by what the watch provides for the Run recording, it will simplify things.

If you pair the watch to your phone, it will show on both your Garmin Connect account and your friend's Garmin Connect account but the Run activity you record, will only sync to your account.

When done, be sure to remove the FR955 off your Garmin Connect account. When your friend receives it back, it will then continue to work and sync correctly to the Garmin Connect account your friend uses with it.

0 daanbr over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin - Chris

Thanks for the reply's. I decided to keep it simple as to make sure he did potentially loose his history. I asked him to sync the watch as soon as I gave it back and send me the FIT file ;-)