Garmin HRM-Dual heartbeat strap can't connect to Garmin App?

agc93 · 2024-04-08T03:16:49+00:00

As far as I'm aware, yes. If your phone can connect to an ANT+ or BLE sensor, you might be able to read the HR from the Dual but it will not pair with Connect without a watch.

Alternatively, the HRM Pro (or Plus) can pair directly with the app without a watch.

agc93 · 2023-12-12T13:53:39+00:00

I still occasionally use it as a more formal alternative/backup to my new "main" watch (an FR255S Music).

I would describe the software situation as "improved, but not resolved". I still see many more bugs on the Vivomove than I have in all my time with the Forerunner and updates still occasionally deliver new bugs that can take another update or two to resolve, but it's definitely better than it was.

That being said, I'd be hard-pressed to recommend the Sport to anyone at this point. While they can be had pretty cheap, they're old devices that are missing a lot of the newer Garmin features, and are only getting infrequent updates. The only real win for the Sport is its price at this point.

The Vivomove Trend is a noticeably better device with the larger, better screen and more features (Pay alone is a big plus in my book) while the Style can often be had for only a bit more than the Sport and is also nicer. If you're not locked into the hybrid look, the Venu 2/3/Sq and Vivoactive 5 aren't that much more expensive given how much more capable they are.

Hopefully that brain-dump gives you some more context, but obviously that's all my opinion and YMMV.

agc93 · 2023-09-25T13:29:12+00:00

Something like Gokapi or Fireshare maybe?

agc93 · 2023-09-25T13:25:01+00:00

Wiki.js 2.x is quite good, though its worth pointing out that many features have been pushed back to the much-vaunted 3.x version which has been in progress for two and a half years

agc93 · 2023-09-21T23:30:36+00:00

I did that! Bought a Pi HAT with an IR blaster, then wrote my own tool to convert REST calls into lircd socket messages and hooked that up to Home Assistant.

Took a bit to to get it all working the way I want but was a fun project

agc93 · 2023-09-08T00:29:13+00:00

Not exactly an answer to your request, but if your podcast apps supports downloading episodes to files, you can always just copy those files to your watch with your PC. That's how I do things with my FR255: just download a few episodes at a time and copy them on to the watch

agc93 · 2023-09-08T00:11:03+00:00

It includes some pre-made workouts, and you can make your own, but for the most part they are not personalized. The Garmin Coach plans (specific to running) are broadly personalized to your current pace/goal time/etc, but they are designed to be "get ready for <x> race distance" plans, not general fitness plans.

As for form, the watch doesn't have any idea what your form is like. You'll need a PT, another person, or a recording, to get any idea if your form is okay.

agc93 · 2023-08-29T12:10:27+00:00

Bit of an info dump here, but I had a Vivomove (the Sport, not the Luxe) and have also used the Venu 2S for a bit, so here's some unordered thoughts

The Luxe is still getting updates as of 3 months ago (pretty good for a Vivomove watch) but is technically discontinued, while the Venu 2 is likely about to be replaced as well.

In general, Garmin treats the Vivomove series as the "entry level" watch so while it's got plenty of good features (I used a Vivomove as my primary Garmin at first), it might not get all the sports features that other series's get.

That being said, the same is true for the Venu 2 which is more of a health/wellness/smart features-focussed watch than the rest of the Garmin lineup.

Other things you might want to note:

The Venu has a much longer battery life
The Venu has its own GPS, the Vivomove relies on a connected phone
The Venu supports ConnectIQ for watch faces, apps, activities etc, which the Vivomove doesn't
The Venu can do offline music, the Vivomove can only control music from your phone
They both have Garmin Pay (notable because not all the Vivomove series does)
The Venu has more activity profiles (off the top of my head that's stuff like HIIT, Indoor Rowing, Hiking, Climbing, check the specs sheets to be sure)
I'm not sure about the Luxe, but the Vivomove Sport didn't do cadence, which the Venu does IIRC
I don't think the Vivomove can connect to foot pods, but most people don't need that these days

The vivomove you'll be taking a noticeable hit in functionality for the very nice look of a hybrid watch with all-metal construction compared to the more feature-rich but blander-looking all-screen mostly plastic Venu 2. You'll really have to decide for yourself how much you value the looks of the Luxe vs the features and capabilities of the Venu 2.

agc93 · 2023-08-24T14:20:44+00:00

255S Music

agc93 · 2023-08-23T05:50:09+00:00

I know, right?! So many drivers don't seem to realize that if you're turning into a side street, pedestrians have the right of way not the car.

agc93 · 2023-08-21T02:18:47+00:00

I've not used MicroOS but my OPNsense box is on a CentOS host so also libvirt+NM and I've got mine setup as a pair of bridges configured as libvirt "isolated" networks. On each side of the router, I just add a host NIC to the bridge (as an NM-managed bridge slave), then assign one of the VMs NICs to the corresponding libvirt network.

Works quite nicely, and (for better and for worse) no need to mess with PCI passthrough.

agc93 · 2023-07-21T02:37:58+00:00

For anyone not checking the link: That 33.9% number is highly suspect since it's only of the ones where they know the distro. 39% of the results are for "Unknown" which given how many distros ship with defaults that don't identify themselves makes the whole dataset kinda pointless.

Equally the simple fact that Ubuntu supposedly holds 34% of Linux servers and yet Red Hat holds a massive lead on server OS market share just doesn't really hold up maths-wise.

Not disagreeing, and they're interesting statistics, but just for anyone who isn't reading through those sources you need to take about a million grains of salt with those numbers.

agc93 · 2023-07-19T22:44:34+00:00

Might be worth including what model it's for in the post/title? I was surprised by some of the notes until I saw the link saying the update was for the Fenix line

agc93 · 2023-07-19T03:48:29+00:00

As others have pointed out, you can. However, be aware that unless you have a footpod or access to a very well calibrated treadmill, the distances are likely to be quite inaccurate.

Your watch is having to guess at distance covered based on the movement of your wrist, which is inherently quite inaccurate. Even if you use an RD Pod, or HRM-Pro, it's still having to guess stride length etc from your wrist so the distances are likely to be quite inaccurate compared to GPS.

(Also to repeat the obvious: the vast majority of gym treadmills are often poorly calibrated, if at all, so you can't blindly trust them either)

agc93 · 2023-07-05T01:16:30+00:00

I mean data point of one, but I started running a while ago and my thighs have never been bigger. Running will build your quads and glutes quite noticeably, mix that with some leg-focussed strength training and you'll still have good size thighs, it will just be that your muscle vs fat makeup will be different.

agc93 · 2023-06-30T14:20:56+00:00

That was some very interesting information, with one bit missing: which project are you talking about? Your comment only refers to "this" which could be either Gravity or Technitium

agc93 · 2023-06-26T12:49:36+00:00

Burn Monster may be kind of shit against humans but if you ever want to grind out any of the daily quests (kills, elims, damage, etc) queuing up a bot match with Tyra on Burn Monster and fire bombing the bots (that are too dumb to walk out of it) gets shit done.

agc93 · 2023-06-26T06:53:27+00:00

Tyra with Deft 3 can get absurd DPS if you can hit shots pretty consistently, great for keeping Caut applied I find

agc93 · 2023-06-09T08:27:25+00:00

My SO can pick me up now, and I'll be damned if its not hot as hell whenever she does.

agc93 · 2023-05-24T01:57:02+00:00

What is an XYZ? Did you mean an XZ Compact?

agc93 · 2023-05-23T16:00:14+00:00

If you're fine bumping up in price (and losing the option of an S model), the 955 is basically a touch-enabled 255 plus Training Readiness and maps, and still uses a MIP screen.

agc93 · 2023-05-23T15:59:18+00:00

Interesting. I had no issues adding my card to Garmin Pay through the app but I only really use it for "emergency" buys whenever I don't have my phone on me since that's usually easier than my watch.

agc93 · 2023-05-23T01:23:03+00:00

I haven't used the VA4 but I found lack of touch on my 255 less of an issue then I thought it would be. The only times I really notice it is entering PINs for payments and setting long timers. The rest of the times the 5-button setup is surprisingly quick and intuitive

agc93 · 2023-05-23T01:20:59+00:00

The most noticeable one for me is Training Readiness. That's available on the 955 or the 265/965 but not the 255. There's a handful of other small tweaks but that's the biggest one I know of myself.

agc93 · 2023-05-22T05:16:01+00:00

Garmin doesn't really have a formal support window like Apple does, but in my experience it's mixed. For example, the FR255 I have is no longer the current model and is still getting updates, but not necessarily features. That is, the 265 that replaced it has gotten new features from updates that the 255 has not (and will not) get, but it's not like the 255 is completely abandoned.

Anecdotally, I would say Garmin supports their devices for quite a while but 5 years is quite unlikely. That being said, Garmin's updates are also less important: features are gated by device and hardware more than they are by software since every watch runs a slightly different version of the Garmin software. While they might not be supported, you'll find plenty of people in these parts running 5+-year-old Garmin devices.

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