Software / feature requests for hiking

Thank you. I will give this a try.

I wonder if you use a chest strap for your tours, since an accurate heart rate is essential in this case.

This from my point of view but relatively small additional consumption of calories can not be reliably recorded with an OHR.
I have included two example calculations here:

In my example, with a body weight of 80KG and a backpack weight of 8 KG, I consume 1816 calories.
If I increase the backpack weight by a full 12 KG (from 8 to 20 KG), I consume only 247 calories more.
Yes, that is an increase in consumption. But the inaccuracies of an optical HR measurement cannot make any reliable statements here in my opinion.

I don't know, but I also wonder if a 25 KG backpack influences the optical measurement even more due to its weight, strap and mass.Finally, the blood flow could be impaired as a result.

You should use a chest strap.

But another point that has much more influence on calorie consumption and which has not yet been addressed here. :

The nature of the ground.

There are many calculators that prove that the surface has a SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER influence on consumption . It makes a significant difference whether you hike on the road, or in the forest or sand or snow (Pandolf equation).
I think the surface will not be the same throughout the trekking day. Therefore, you would have to have the possibility for different sections to change the surface in the settings.

But ultimately it is the question of how far you want that. I would rather enjoy the beautiful scenery, and accept a small calorie deviation in Connect. And also a component like headwind or tailwind will have influence on calorie consumption and recovery time.

Enjoy the time.

You only live once.

https://caloriesburnedhq.com/calories-burned-hiking/

Good point.

added to my personal wish list: FGW004

repeat alarms until acknowledged

Please optionally repeat system alarm like storm alarms or low battery after a specified time unless the user actively acknowledges the alarm. This would be particularly helpful in noisy or otherwise distracting environments.

"Second: I need an option to give an interfall for warnings when I am off course. Only one notification can be missed easily. A notification every minute as long I am off course would be nice."

Not only for hiking also for biking it would be helpful.

And I would like to add a function to have the possibility to start a "detour" if you decide during your hike that you want not to follow the stored tour for a while and come back to the planned tour later at a different location.

Because than you do not want to have a warning every minute...

7333528 said:

I found these 2 datafields

Are you the developer ? ;)

I was just about to start a thread on this subject. The amount of energy used for hiking is related to the incline angle, speed and weight being carried. Garmin does not take into account the later, which has a significant impact. The steeper the incline and the heavier the weight being carried the more energy is depleted. I do a lot of running and hiking and the metrics/ effort for hiking do not align with the metrics/ efforts for running. The missing factor is weight, but I also think that hiking puts a different type of stress on the body. I think of it as the heart has to work harder to pump blood against gravity when climbing and again the metrics/ efforts do not seem to reflect this. I’m going to guess that a lot of study has been done on key metrics for running, but next to nothing has been done for hiking/ climbing. A key area for improvement!   

That will be reflected in elevated heart rate, and thus in total kcal expenditure and other metrics. 

I'd say it isn't adequately covered. My heat rate stays fairly low when hiking, but it is working a lot harder compared to running,