I have the first gen Garmin. For years it wouldn’t connect properly to the wifi network and the support site is littered with threads of folks unable to connect, and Garmin just did nothing.

It finally seems to have been fixed after five years of ownership, by giving it its own network, which is hidden. So now it’s connected.

Then there’s the info it provides. On Saturday I did a 2:45 hour turbo session followed by an hour treadmill brick. I lost 2.3 kg from the day before (not before session / after session). I assume the vast majority of that was water as the floor under the turbo was a lake and humidity here drops from 90% to 80% during the day with 30°C. Well, Garmin had my “body water” increase for the lower weight right after training. I was really flattered the weight loss came from BMI change and losing over half a KG of muscle mass and some bone mass, which I miraculously put back on the next day… If only I could gain muscle mass like that! I’d quit sports for bodybuilding.

It’s basically a lying scale and I’m not even sure if the weight is accurate. I assume it is but I’m not stepping on several scales to verify it…

The Smart Scale was why I vowed never to buy another Garmin product again, something which I went back on and own a FR945, and now Epix Pro. Damn you, Garmin. Damn you.