I have been trying to calibrate my watch on the treadmill but I never seem to get the option to do so. Does this watch work effectively on the treadmill?

2075319 9 months ago

I have been trying for the last 3 weeks to calibrate my watch on the treadmill and never seem to get the option to calibrate. This morning I did 2.5km and then a further 3km each time never getting a calibrate option and even on my first treadmill walk I never got an option to calibrate. I did get an option randomly once but at that stage I walked 5km and the max is 3km so that didnt work either. This is a highly frustrating process for me as I mainly workout on the treadmill and so I have had to go back to using my apple watch that gives me accurate readings.

Anyone have good experience with this watch and a treadmill or is this watch not meant for the treadmill?

Just to note that I don't run on the treadmill but walk and I do have high elevations when I walk and I need a watch that can track distance with the elevations.

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+1 Garmin-Inder 9 months ago

In order for you to see the calibration option. You would need to record a distance of atleast 1.5 miles on the watch. The treadmill will most likely be reading a lot higher at this point if the distance is reported short on the watch. If the distance on the watch is not 2.4 KM or higher, you will not see the calibration option. Steps to calibrate.

Please reach out to your local Garmin Support team for further assistance.

0 2075319 9 months ago in reply to Garmin-Inder

This is a terrible answer I have seen this in the manuals - I have done that once before and it allowed me to calibrate, unfortunately my watch is so far out on readings for to to get 1.5 miles/2.4km on my watch this means I must walk about 5km and the watch only allows me to calibrate up to 3km?? Makes no sense at all!! This is highly frustrating as I use a treadmill for workouts at least 4 times a week and 3 weeks later I still cannot calibrate my watch? Is there no way to go in after an activity and calibrate it manually? And once calibrated does this ensure that all readings are accurate even if calibration happened on a a different elevation than the walk or does a change in elevation mean the readings will still not be correct?

0 5451532 8 months ago

I join to this issue. I did 3 km. (distance on the watch) or more on my treadmill several times. When I stop training and swipe up, the training just saving and there is no option "Calibrate & Save"

0 Garmin-Inder 8 months ago in reply to 5451532

Please review this FAQ: Why am I Missing the Treadmill Calibration Option?

If you continue to experience this, you'll want to reach out to your local Garmin Support team.

0 9629144 8 months ago in reply to 2075319

And the watch needs to be calibrated every time, and it will only give you the option if you record over 2.4km on it. It sucks.