I ran some short (30 sec) hill repeats today. The elevation profile on Garmin Connect looked ... good? I was surprised enough to pull off the peaks and valleys of the altimeter-based elevation to see how consistent they were. My start/stop positions were pretty consistent. Here's what I got... Top of the hill: 641, 640, 640, 640, 639, 641, 640 (all in feet). Bottom: 605, 606, 604, 605, 605, 604, 604. Maybe someone will report a standard deviation or some such and report that this is terrible performance - but I was super impressed. I'm not quiet about the failings of my 920XT (I'm looking at you, barometric altimeter that has failed once (Garmin replaced with a refurb) and failed a 2nd time (restored by some Garmin tech support magic reset)), so I thought that I'd offer a little positive shout out here.
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Re: Garmin 920XT barometric altimeter ... impresses? [giorgitd]
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I've had several 910 and 920xt.
The barometer was always good.
Until it went wrong. Which it did.
That's where i think everyone's moans are. The ongoing failures across multiple watches and the best part of a decade.
The barometer was always good.
Until it went wrong. Which it did.
That's where i think everyone's moans are. The ongoing failures across multiple watches and the best part of a decade.
Re: Garmin 920XT barometric altimeter ... impresses? [giorgitd]
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If your experience ends up anything like most of us, after a couple of months of swimming the barometric altimeter will become completely useless. Mine always says I'm at 50,000 feet
Re: Garmin 920XT barometric altimeter ... impresses? [jhammond]
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Nce you get to 50000 feet, Garmin sends you a new one. I have upcycled through failures from a 910 to 920 to 935. Garmin support is awesome.
jhammond wrote:
If your experience ends up anything like most of us, after a couple of months of swimming the barometric altimeter will become completely useless. Mine always says I'm at 50,000 feetI can beat that.
Two of mine got to something like 63k and a bit. Then slowly counts down to zero. Then straight back to 63xxx feet, and repeat.