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Manual Lap double tap sensitivity.

Former Member over 7 years ago

I'm having trouble getting the manual lap function to be reliable. I've enabled the feature, and I double tap like crazy and it seems to take me two or three times to get it to register. This is on an easy run too. I haven't tried this watch for an interval session yet, but as of now the feature is not good enough to use for anything other than walking.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks to get it to be more sensitive to the double tap?

0 haromT over 5 years ago

Maybe it helps someone: I use my index finger nail and tap tree times.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

Two good cracks with your fingernail seems to work really good. I don't think it relies on the touch screen to sense the double tap. Seems like it's using the IMU (motion detecting chip) inside.

0 sje76 over 5 years ago

The fingernail idea is really good to know, sat at my desk it certainly seems to be much better than a fingertip tap. This feature has been driving me nuts during intervals or track sessions, especially in winter. Just now I was looking at the price of a Forerunner to give me a proper lap button.

0 BillD500 over 5 years ago in reply to sje76

I miss having an actual lap button. For short, HIIT-style intervals, say 50 yards or so, the double tap is unreliable and slow.

0 FlowState over 5 years ago in reply to BillD500

Idk if this is helpful, but I have a free stopwatch app in the CIQ store which:

- Can record activities, just like the normal run app

- Supports "alternate controls" for VA3:

Key = Start / Lap

Double-Tap Screen = Stop

Maybe you could use this for your HIIT intervals.

Stop and Go (stopwatch):

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/38eddacd-e098-40ce-82d8-f45584b0a117