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Wow, the GPS

lindajm22
over 3 years ago

I haven't run outside with it yet, just treadmill, because I had foot surgery last June, but I was just released TODAY by my surgeon so it will be happening soon.  So I haven't had the chance to try out the new GPS/satellite capabilities.  BUT I have done the "Time Sync" with GPS from within my house and I get a lock within 10 seconds!  Inside my house!  I have never been able to do that with any Garmin, it just won't connect from within the house, I always had to go outside on the porch or the front door.  Now I can't wait to get it outside!

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Generally I was initially impressed with the speed of the GPS lock and the quality of the tracks on both GPS only and All Satellites. I did my first run after the 8.13 update using multiband and tracks were the craziest that I have ever seen. The tracks had me going backwards, zipped down unrelated straight lines, ziggig and zagging like if I was drunk. I had switched to multiband because I had one bad GPS only experience. I am not sure if this was related to the update or just another bad day for satellites. I will check today with a GPS only run and report back.

    UPDATE: I called Garmin support about the very bad GPS tracks and I was asked to do a soft reset and try again using All Satellites. I did and the tracks were near perfect. Seems like the soft reset worked, with the same 8.13. It also seems to have fixed the watch returning to sleep mode after accessing a CIQ app. I will report on this in another thread but that may have been an interesting by product of the soft reset.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to RonHi

    I did a run this morning on the 8.14 beta and my track using multiband was so perfect and I was in the woods on a trail. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    That is an absolute understatement. To wit, I ran at Harvard Stadium right after getting it.  Forerunner 745 on my left wrist and my new Epix on the right.  My head exploded when I saw the tracks side by side.  See below screenshots. I posted my experience with more detail of you want to read it.  Also, a few of those odd diagonal tracks were intentional to test how good it is to accurately track small changes.

    forums.garmin.com/.../1404268

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to net1994

    That's fantastic! I do an out and back on a trail and I have been purposely stopping then doing a 90 degree turn to walk about 10 feet to the other side of the trail and another 90 degree turn to go back the other way and my turns are precise on the GPS track.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to net1994

    That is pretty bonkers. I live in central London and, having gone through 4-5 Fenix watches and tried the Polar V800/Suunto Ambit 3 (all varied from OK to rubbish in my area), the Epix has been just excellent. I no longer have to purposefully avoid looking at Strada afterwards :D

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Also....for a thousand dollar watch, that I didn't pay for, it has exceeded my highest hopes and over delivered on the hype.  But the best part, is it movates/compels me move!  Detraining=For the love of God, don't get fat and get out there!

    BTW, I work for a global apparel and running shoes company. They reimbursed me 100% for the cost of the watch!  I could of sold it on eBay.  The scarcity results in most auctions closing at $1300!  Pure profit!

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Yep, totally better than my F6X Pro Ultra

    Only two trail runs so far, and doing he Strava True up, both were within 1 metre difference.

    Previously my f6X Pro Ultra would be 500+ metre our on this distance, sometimes more.... and it just got worse over longer distances...