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Elevation in rainy conditions

When it rains, the Edge barometer is often blocked by water, so that the elevation is not measured correctly. See this example of a route elevation vs. elevation measured by the Edge:

Is there any possibility to advice the Edge to calculate / record the elevation based on map data instead of the barometer, if the rider wants that in rainy conditions? (I want to fix it during recording, so that correct elevation is transferred to Strava. Elevation Correction of the Connect Website doesn't help.)

Best solution would be if the Edge detects automatically if the barometer-elevation doesn't fit to the map data elevation and suggests a correction based on map data in such case...

0 nradov over 4 years ago

You can also manually correct the elevation in Strava. (I agree it shouldn't be necessary.)

0 aweatherall over 4 years ago in reply to nradov

Contact Garmin support with the serial number for the unit. A change was made in the port design early in the build process to address possible blockage from water. It could be that you have a unit that was built before the change went in.

0 FelipeSerra over 4 years ago in reply to aweatherall

Can you be more specific, location of the wrong port? Of the correct one? I'm having the same issues and garmin suggest manual calibration of the elevation or new beta sw.

0 Sim-MH over 4 years ago

Good question!

I sent an e-mail to the German Garmin support regarding this issue (i.e. the question if I have an early produced unit without this design change) and one further issue on December 23rd 2019. Up to now, I did not receive any feedback...

0 MacStar over 4 years ago in reply to aweatherall

Many thanks for the info. I have contacted the german garmin support with my serial number and I will get a replacement unit.

0 FelipeSerra over 4 years ago

if there are defective units because they do not make a recall.

0 MacStar over 4 years ago in reply to FelipeSerra

I don’t understand what you mean

0 FelipeSerra over 4 years ago in reply to MacStar

that if garmin knows that they sell defective units, they should make a recall.

0 Sim-MH over 4 years ago

I got a new unit from Garmin because the barometer was considered to be defect. But I did not get an information if I had an early produced unit with "old" design. Up to now, I did not do a ride with the new unit in the rain.