SURVEY for Fenix 6 users : how accurate is your accelerometer?

Since the Fenix 6 are often measuring shorter distances, I would like to check if the accelerometer could explain it.

Could you start a treadmill activity (to make sure the GPS is turned off), and run a few laps on a 400m (or any other measured distance) track, and see what is the distance given by the Fenix ?

Mine was too short, and significantly. I'm curious to know if it's the same for ALL users, or if on average, the accelerometer is giving the right distance. It's supposed to autocalibrate from the GPS, but how good is this calibration ? that's what I'm curious about. In my case, after running a month with my Fenix 6, 5 laps on a 400m track gave 1.730km for instance. A significant difference.

Thanks in advance for those who will try that !

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0 gaijin over 5 years ago in reply to C.sco

C.sco said:
PEople who are disappointed that it does a poor job of that need to understand why it's not working well, and why it never could possibly work well, and what you can do to resolve it (ie, get a footpod)

Since Garmin have discontinued their Footpod and it is no longer available, do you have any good alternatives? I don't want to spend as much as a Stryd costs.

TIA

0 C.sco over 5 years ago in reply to gaijin

gaijin said:
Since Garmin have discontinued their Footpod and it is no longer available, do you have any good alternatives?

While not the perfect solution, there are lots of the discontinued Garmin footpods available on eBay. Hopefully Garmin puts out a new one before eBay runs out of the old ones.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to C.sco

Garmin Foodpod is good only for pace, but not for distance!

0 eezytiger over 5 years ago

There is an old article here which compares GPS and footpod accuracy from several devices. Unfortunately it is no longer maintained, but if looking for an older footpod at reduced price maybe it will help the choice. Possibly accuracy has improved with firmware updates since testing. Maybe not. At least it is a place to start.

fellrnr.com/.../GPS_Accuracy