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Vertical Speed Unit

Former Member
Former Member over 4 years ago

Hi, when I received my Instinct the Vertical Speed Unit was set to Feet/Min. I use Metric System and I would know from you what is the Metric Unit for Vertical Speed.

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Where exactly do you see the Vertical Speed in feet/min? On the watch, on the phone GCM app, on GC Web, or on all of them? What activity type? If on the watch - a custom screen with the data field, or a built-in one?

    I just tried it with the Floor Climb activity, adding the Vertical Speed as a custom field, but it does not show any unit, just a number and an arrow down or up. On the other hand, I have no idea what the displayed value represents - I got values like 250 and 350, while climbing approximately 16m/minute, so the value looks neither like m/min, nor like ft/min.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    I see it in the Unit Settings of the watch.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member
    I see it in the Unit Settings of the watch.

    In that case I do not understand what the problem is. You cannot change the units to m/min, m/s, or m/hr?

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    Yes, my question was: which unit (m/s, m/min, m/h, ft/s, ft/min, ft/h) is the standard one in the Metric System?

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member
    my question was: which unit (m/s, m/min, m/h, ft/s, ft/min, ft/h) is the standard one in the Metric System?

    I am not quite sure whether the question is serious or a sarcastic one (in that case I do not understand why), but here you go:

    Metric is anything using the SI units. In this case m/s, m/min, and m/hr are all metric. Modes using feet are imperial (Statute).

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    ... and if you want to be a purist, then the m/s is the most SI-conform unit for speed, since the second is the basic SI time unit, though minutes and hours are external, but accepted by the SI system too.

    However, all the three modes using meters are still metric measurements anyway, and are all being used. The choice depends more on the discipline you want to use it for. If the speeds are lower than 1m/s, it makes more sense using m/min or m/hr