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Track points

I was wondering, how many track points can the instinct solar recird/store per activity. As I understand it, my touch 35 can hold 10,000. I cannot find information about the instinct solar and customer support was unsure.

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trux over 4 years ago +1
See the support document File Limitations of the Instinct. It tells the following:

When sending or creating files for your Instinct, keep in mind the following device limitations:
- 1000 saved locations
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0 trux over 4 years ago

See the support document File Limitations of the Instinct. It tells the following:

When sending or creating files for your Instinct, keep in mind the following device limitations:

1000 saved locations
30 courses - max of 50 course points
200 saved activities
Unlimited points per fit file (limited only by the storage space available on the device)

0 Touch0Gray over 4 years ago in reply to trux

Hmmmm, I guess I haven't really examined the files on the watch from my computer, I upload to my phone via Bluetooth. Been using etrex series hand helds for 15 years so I am real familiar with the unit file structure. I have the touch 35 dropping a track point every .1 mile (cycling), in the instinct system settings, I only see two options, "smart" and 1 second intervals. At 1 second, I would rack up 10k points in under 3 hours which would be fine unless it started dropping the points from the beginning (assuming I am not connected to the phone during the activity). I guess I am just trying to understand exactly where my limitations are. It isn't that unusual to do a 4 or 5 hour ride. I hate losing data. I didn't necessarily get the instinct to replace the Touch35 since the maps on the watch are fairly "abbreviated", lol.

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to Touch0Gray

Touch0Gray said:
I have the touch 35 dropping a track point every

The Etrex TIuch 35 has indeed different limitations than Instinct. See the document User Data Limitations of the eTrex Touch Series

2,000 GPX files
4,000 waypoints
No limit on geocaches (outside of max number of GPX files supported and memory available)
200 routes, 250 points per route
200 saved tracks
2,000 archive tracks
10,000 points per track
100 custom map tiles
250 BirdsEye Imagery files
Mapping segments¹ vary by model:
- eTrex Touch 25/35: approximately 4,000
- eTrex Touch 35t: approximately 3,500 (due to internal mapping)

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to trux

... otherwise, on the Instinct, you should be regularly cleaning up minimally the folder //GARMIN/Activity/ to assure sufficient room on the storage. Also deleting unused files from //GARMIN/Workouts and //GARMIN/Courses is recommended, since Instinct has a rather small storage and gets filled quickly, especially when you use the Every Second Recording and/or record long activities.