Garmin tempe sensor discontinued! Alternatives? Perhaps Ruuvi sensor?! Come on Garmin, give us the Tempe sensor back!!!

Because Garmin unfortunately discontinued the Garmin tempe sensor (bad move, Garmin!), I looked around what maybe could replace the tempe sensor. I stumpled about the Ruuvi Sensor (the sensor is using an bt connection), which is available with different functionalities (2in1 (temperature, motion), 3in1 (temperature, humidity, motion), 4in1 (temperature, humidity, pressure, motion): Ruuvi - Ruuvi and I found a widget from a iq developer for serveral Garmin devices: Connect IQ Store | Watch Faces and Apps | Garmin

In theorie the widget/app (not availabe to add to the widget list) should look like this on the wearables:

  

but it looks like this on my F8xAmoled:

I have already written to the developer, but there are some comments and this issue seems to exists longer (?). Although it was only recently added for use in the F8 series. He will try to fix it with the next build. Update (fixed): forums.garmin.com/.../1875256

The developer has provided the code, maybe someone can develop something, maybe even a data field (with all the data)?

The Ruuvi sensor is a real beast compared to the Tempe sensor and has 36 grams (Tempe about 9 grams)- but for attaching at a backpack, it would be ok for me. 


You have your own little personal weather station with you (if it would be displayed properly on the Garmin wearables).
Ruuvi has its own app for the iPhone, where you can even set alarm areas for the various sensor functions.
    
So I will use it while hiking connected to my Iphone (I have 2 Garmintempe sensor left for my wearables). The Ruuvi seems to be intended for stationary mounting (two screws for mounting are included), but I will give it a try while doing a hike etc. Why do they make the sensor cover also black? I have paid € 53 for the 4in1.
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Btw: Temperatur accuracy:
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Ruuvi : absolute accuracy ±0,1 °C, output resolution 0,01 °C (see specs in Ruuvi link above).
Garmin Tempe: within 1 to 2 degrees (https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?
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For clarification: the Ruuvi sensor values aren’t integrated into the activity files. Therefore I think we need a iq data field with appropriate programming.
    1. As you could see I am not a tailor, I am a cutter https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14114802/ :-) . And involving heat opens a new world for Tempe lovers.

    I saw this type of station  years ago and that was a modified home made version where the layers were made of plastic (???) plates  as if they had been used for soup. 

    Are you sure it provides a good shade also if it is not in full vertical position?

    When I was thinking about the design my approach was to have a small shield which could be positioned in any angle.  The real question is that is it enough to have 2-3 layers of plastic in order to avoid “overheating”. I say 2, because at some places I cut  out some plastic, so from these 3 layers only 2 work at that area.

    EDIT: forgot to mention that  for my shading thingamy the total cost of plastic jars was just EUR 2.

  • I failed. The webshop owner did not react to my order, but on my inquiry he confessed he did not have any and referred to an IT mistake in the inventory software as if he had tried to avoid a legal process. :-)

    Knowing that I decided to remove one Tempe from one of my bikes, because I capsulated the “hiking Tempe” into this white box quite well. 

    Unfortunately  it was foggy last two days, so I coulld not test the shield. But I can say that the signal is much worse, sometimes I have to wait more than a minute to get a value with the ciq df I mentioned while it had never taken more than 15 seconds earlier. Classic trade off.

    What about your source of Tempe? Did they ship it?

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member 6 months ago in reply to Tisztul_A_Visztula

    It took a while (holidays) and I just received it! I bought it at "A.S. Adventure":(hope that posting the URL is OK): https://www.asadventure.nl/ and it shipped from Belgium. Let me know if you need more information. 

  • Thx a lot. I bought one, and the shipping cost to Hungary was quite fair, I mean EUR 5 is OK to me.

    Interestingly even after my order they have some “Laatste stuks”. It seems that AS Adventure is the cover name of Garmin’s European secret warehouse. ;-)

    EDIT: after I had bought I realized there was an English language version of their website and one could check which stores had this product. They list 8 stores from their appr. 50 where one can physically collect a Tempe within 5-6 hours. Wow!!!

  • Race has started….. :-)

    Btw congrats for the win of this killing race. ;-)

  • After I bought  and ruined two of them I had to buy  the same volumetric jar, but from another pharmacy. It had smaller top and height which created a lot of problems during the manufacturing. So I swore to all gods that I would never fabricate a version 3 unless version 2 would be perfect and version 3 would be a simple

    And since I am obsessed yesterday a new top half using the top cover of the jar I used for the outer layer of the bottom half. And I relied more on spacers from the gray insulator than the curvy forms cut by scissors. So the top half is really nice and it perfectly slips to the bottom half.

  • Unfortunately they don’t deliver to GermanyFrowning2

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member 6 months ago in reply to Tisztul_A_Visztula

    I think I will copy your design, after unsuccessfully struggling with yoghurt containers. There are a couple of spray canisters in the house with white protective caps that look excellent for the job, but it's better to keep those caps on. There are white plastic jars with white caps available online meant for cosmetics, they are cheap, I'll get a few of those in various sizes to experiment. Not that a Tempe sunshade is needed right now, there is absolutely no sun whatsoever, just grey skies.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member 6 months ago in reply to Volker

    I can't find a way to post the links, but summiteers-cycles and mediamarkt (DE) list have Tempe's on their sites, and Bever Zwerfsport (NL) may be able to ship it to Germany,

  • No, but in the notification email the links are properly shown.