Only 8MB Memory instead of 16MB?

Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi

I recently noted that after some months of use my watch's memory was full. While copying files from the watch on a PC I noticed that Windows Explorer reports my Instinct's memory to be ~8MB. After a factory reset the watch is still shown as having ~8MB memory with ~3.5MB being used by system files (see attached screenshot).
While I did not expect to be able to use the full advertised 16MB, I'm surprised the "real" storage is only half of the advertised.

Is this the case with all Instincts or a problem with mine?

Maybe I'm also missing some sort of "internal" memory not visible trough USB, but I could not find any indication on the watch or in Garmin Connect that would show the storage areas or storage utilization of the watch. :confused:

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0 pprimoz over 5 years ago in reply to mad_hungarian

If your needs are so big, then you will not benefit from either 8MB or 16MB, and in this case, Instinct is just not for you!

0 mad_hungarian over 5 years ago in reply to pprimoz

Apparently. Everything else about it is exactly what I need. Too bad the memory is the size of one of those musical greeting cards. In a day in age where 32MB class 10 memory is 4 bucks, this seems like a stupid design decision on their part.

0 pprimoz over 5 years ago in reply to mad_hungarian

32GB card cost 4 bucks! 32MB card can no longer be purchased

Maybe it's not very smart what Garmin did with the Instinct, but all the technical specifications of all Garmin devices are available online, so nobody can accuse them of being misled.

I'm sure that Instinct truly has 16MB of space, but 8MB is used for some system data.

In any time you could decide and buy more expensive device that even has 16GB (or more) space. For instance, I use Descent MK1 in addition to Instinct.