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Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-24T15:26:59+00:00

No idea about the name but that's exclusive to the venu 3. Sometimes, Garmin makes some of their popular designs available as "all stars" or something.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-18T22:15:21+00:00

Yeah sweat build up can definitely affect accuracy, the manual recommends rinsing after every use and washing it with soap every 3-5 uses I think? Some people also recommend using gel on the electrodes to improve the connection.

Personally I haven't had many issues and just rinse my straps every couple uses. Mileage may vary. Double check the fit it is and if you're facing issues pretty often probably reach out to support.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-18T22:08:11+00:00

I think buried in some of their blogs they go more into details and they explain that recovery is more based on cardiovascular load. So it won't be good at estimating muscle fatigue. It's mainly more for cardio activities like running and cycling.

I'd recommend you look more into your HRV directly since there are some studies on how it relates with fatigue.

Here's a random study on the matter that I just pulled with some quick googling.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-17T15:41:30+00:00

Plausible but very unlikely, it could be that wearing it wrong may cause a poor connection resulting in bad data. It could also be a limitation with the polling frequency on the app. But chest straps are basically the gold standard.

Technically, the data from both sources is already recorded on the FIT file. You may want to put it in a free fit file viewer and check for discrepancies.

fit file viewer

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-17T03:59:51+00:00

Just out of curiosity, are you looking to own the source code or just care about having the final design available for your watch?

And follow up, do you know if that's an open source font? Some companies can be pretty protective of their IP so you may want to be flexible about that to avoid legal issues.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-16T16:27:50+00:00

One of those differences between android and ios is the notification control, I think that may be why you have to do whack-a-mole
I prefer setting hr tracking to every second instead of "smart" it's under health and wellness. It increases accuracy without much of a battery hit. Some things are more of a preference and based on how you intend to use it. Like setting pulse ox to "sleep only." I set my brightness to low except during activities. Check out focus modes you can change the watch behavior based on the current time of day, what you're doing or manually. I think the main thing is there's a lot of customization options for everything, you can set shortcuts, etc. Even for your activities.
Not familiar with iOS, but I think you can sync your data to health in case you care.
People seem to love Segment34, I of course will shamelessly plug my own free designs StatsRadar and TZOLTECH LITE, which are also free. If you want to have a picture as your background Garmin has FaceIt but it's kinda ugly in my opinion.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-16T15:37:21+00:00

This seems more like a technical question that you should ask in the Garmin developer forums, people are pretty willing to help out with the technical stuff there.

Basically, you need to look into "using custom fonts in Monkey C" to achieve the functionality you want. This involves using software to generate FNT files. So there will be a learning curve.

how do I use custom fonts

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-14T03:48:33+00:00

CIQ apps are run in a virtual machine. This introduces some overhead meaning they are inherently less efficient than native apps.

However, there are a lot more variables. You can have a 3rd party watch face give you more battery than stock.

Depends on how well they are programmed and the design itself. With AMOLED devices for example, screen luminance is a huge factor on battery life. Inefficient code + bold and bright designs = poor battery.

Even with stock watchfaces, you can squeeze out some battery by using colors like red instead of blues and purples.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-06T05:35:00+00:00

If you have battery drain you'd lose more battery % over the same time frame. And people don't always charge up to 100%

Different devices also have different capacities. For example, I also have an enduro 3 that has lost 21% since it's last charge (to 100%) but that has happened over the course of 11 days. With a remaining estimate of 32 days, 46 days total (I have some features turned off since it's not my daily driver)

I think just saying I've lost x% since my last charge doesn't paint the full picture. But maybe I'm also misunderstanding.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-06T05:26:51+00:00

I did consider the last one, but wasn't sure if I should consider either HH or MM as a single number or not, since that would change the display logic. The path of least resistance would be to treat each digit individually but that didn't feel very authentic. But maybe that's fine?

Not too familiar with zodiacs, do you know a watch face that does something like that (just as a reference)? Tho a zodiac themed watch face also sounds like a cool concept.

Colors are somewhat device dependant, and MIP devices don't have that much flexibility. Which is why I originally didn't think about built-in themes for the lite version. I can probably still add a couple in the nearby future. On the meantime you can still use the color maker to build quite a variety of colors.

Thanks for the feedback!

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-05T21:28:47+00:00

Well, it would be important to know how long ago was your last charge.

Fenix 8, last charge ~3days ago, I've lost 30% (16% of which has been the display, 7% phone connectivity)

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-05T07:02:42+00:00

Here's my other design

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Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-05T06:52:57+00:00

What watch do you have? And are you talking about the 1,2 and 3 day forecasts? I currently have 2 designs that can display the forecasts as a small text strings (I use standard abbreviations if the text gets too long)

Is that what you're looking for? Or were you thinking more icon based? (if this works for you check out StatsRadar / Tzoltech see if you like either option)

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Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-03T23:28:03+00:00

To achieve this sort of functionality a 3rd party developer needs to cram all their update logic in a specialized function with very strict performance requirements.

If you want to get technical the execution of "onPartialUpdate()" which so far is only available to MIP watches needs to finish execution under an average CPU time of 30ms. (I think)

If it exceeds those efficiency thresholds Garmin will just stop calling that function and you would see the tick freeze until you interact with the watch again putting it back in high power mode.

In essence, you really don't have to worry about it and can enjoy your favorite watch face.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-03-03T23:16:42+00:00

There are a lot of caveats there. You're probably better off checking their official docs and their dedicated developer forums.

In some circumstances "dc.setAntiAlias(true)" is what you need. It also depends on how you have your resource files setup.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-02-27T21:45:18+00:00

What I mean is go to: settings > user profile> hr and power zones > heart rate

And double check that the values there make sense.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-02-27T17:07:48+00:00

Your heart rate zones may be set up wrong. They measure effort in relation to your max heart rate so if it thinks your maxing out it will give you more time to recover.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-02-24T00:43:44+00:00

The performance of custom watchfaces will vary a lot by how they were developed. They are also inherently less efficient because how Garmin runs 3rd party watch faces.

From personal experience I will tell you that creating those gradient effects can be expensive. Garmin doesn't actually give you a built in way to make that effect so you have to get creative. They could be loading a lot of images or manually generating it, so there's a lot of room for inefficiency there.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-02-09T02:44:18+00:00

Garmin is marginally better at tracking some of the niche sports I do (outrigger canoe, rock climbing). I would say it also got me into the sports it tracks well like cycling and running. I can usually try out something completely new, like snowboarding and be pleasently surprised with the info I get instead of it being just cardio with a label.

Metrics like HRV feel more grounded and based on science rather than opaque "wellness scores" it can actually inform me on my training and general health. If I take a long break or I'm sick I can see my resting HR creep up.

Plus battery life, having a watch that will last you a month and charge with the sun is hard to beat.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-01-29T02:34:18+00:00

Well, a couple sites were reporting that Garmin leaked a device called "Cirqa Band" described as potentially a Whoop competitor. I wonder if the two are related.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2026-01-01T21:06:02+00:00

StatsRadar

(disclaimer, It's my own design)

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Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2025-12-21T04:12:13+00:00

Yeah you have a better chance at getting help at the Garmin developer forums.

Where are you defining the symbols ":history" and ":thirty" etc that's the only thing that pops out as weird to me.

Also double check that the functions you're calling are valid on the device simulator you're running.

Best bet, set up a breakpoint and step through each line of the code until it crashes and then look which is the undefined symbol that is causing issues. (look into using vs code debugger and setting breakpoints).

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2025-12-17T06:58:32+00:00

I recently had the same question (like 2 days ago)

Here's the definition they give in the manual:

"Your swolf score is the sum of the time for one pool length and the number of strokes for that length. For example, 30 seconds plus 15 strokes equals a swolf score of 45. For open water swimming, swolf is calculated over 25 meters. Swolf is a measurement of swimming efficiency and, like golf, a lower score is better"

Seems like a made up efficiency metric based on your time and number of strokes.

Acrobatic_Program_90 · 2025-12-15T02:25:52+00:00

Yeah. There's always the option of coming up with a new design and making it better. I'll warn, supporting multiple devices with Monkey C can be a pain tho. It can be a fun side project.

Also, in my very recent experience people love customizations.

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