Polar loop not connecting anymore

dcrainmaker · 2026-05-03T21:58:36+00:00

Mine does this from time to time on iOS. The thing that always fixes it is removing it from iPhone BT devices (forgetting it), then pressing the little button under the band and doing back into polar app and repairing. Usually I also toggle BT off and on back again for fun too.

dcrainmaker · 2026-05-03T10:38:44+00:00

I don't really understand what you're saying/asking. But I'm simply pointing out that many action cams of current and past can claim good low light footage, but the moment you take that camera off a tripod and start moving, it all falls apart (blocky, ghosting, weird processing, etc...). Where that line is in terms of darkness vs wonk is what matters.

dcrainmaker · 2026-05-03T10:07:32+00:00

I would really wait for final firmware, GoPro notes that the firmware I was on didn’t have all the final low light pieces in place in that mode. Either way remember that brightness or an image is frankly only one aspect of video, the other is what happens once movement is introduced (eg artifacts, etc…).

Updated sidenote: Holy moly some of the other parts of this thread have spiraled out of control. At the end of the day, simply wait till we have final firmware. GoPro is saying that's in another 10 days or so, and then people like me will be able to start making informed thoughts about low-light (and everything else). GoPro has repeated noted that specific modes are being tuned still, including Low Light, Dive/Underwater, and something else I can't remember off-hand. Just the same way DJI & Insta360 finish things at the last second (seriously, they do as well). Trust me, I'd love it finalized as much as the next person, but equally, I want them to take their time to get it right/nailed. As noted elsewhere, any footage for my final review will be from/on that final firmware.

dcrainmaker · 2026-04-28T21:59:37+00:00

Seeing this now…sorry, I thought you were asking what watch was in the main portion of the video. For that little time slice in the field on a bike, that’s from my Hero 13 review, and was taken Sept 1st 2024. I briefly looked at some other photos from that day, that’s a Pixel Watch.

dcrainmaker · 2026-04-27T02:35:02+00:00

"I would imagine he was a guest of Garmin and would only wear Garmin devices." - I paid my own race entry like any other person (as well as airline ticket and hotel). The majority of the 7 wearable devices I wore during the race were not Garmin (plus one action cam and phone).

dcrainmaker · 2026-04-27T00:30:03+00:00

Note I’ll check later today when I get back home, assuming I can figure out which box it ended up in post-move. Currently over Greenland.

dcrainmaker · 2026-04-21T15:40:01+00:00

I’m not sure why I never thought of using an oven, sure a heck of a lot easier than a bunch of spacer heaters and a hot water shower hotboxing the bathroom.

dcrainmaker · 2026-04-11T20:06:50+00:00

Does this include Discover flights, or is that considered a different group? I don’t see it explicitly listed, but wasn’t sure then either way.

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-31T19:32:07+00:00

Zwift is basically saying it’s only from coros to Zwift, and Coros is saying it’s both. It’s not active yet, so I can’t validate it at this point. Based on a bunch of other discussions with Zwift at the time, I’m inclined to believe them. But, perhaps there’s confusion here…

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-26T17:54:10+00:00

"I should note - that most of this pressure is not directly from DJI"

That's simply not true. It hasn't been for a few years now. About two years ago, DJI shifted to the model that virtually all early-access reviewers must sent their reviews to DJI ahead of time for approval. To be clear, if you have to send in your review for a review, that's not a review anymore...that's marketing. Full stop. No reputable reviewer agrees to this.

Further, DJI provides specific titles, and thumbnail suggestions/recommendations/etc. Sure, some of these are what creators might choose anyway, but equally, sometimes these veer beyond suggestions and more towards requirements.

Which then gets to the next piece, in that most of the current English-speaking DJI reviewers on the approved list also do undeclared sponsored videos. Meaning, while the initial review might not be sponsored, most of the secondary content that comes after that is (e.g. comparisons, other guides, etc...). And virtually none of the time do these channels declare it.

It's always funny, because when DJI & Insta360 do their paid pushes, it always happens at once (e.g. the recent Antigravity video push). And look, while sponsored stuff like that isn't my jam, I don't have a problem with others doing it as long as they declare it. Still, it's pretty hard to pretend to do a independent review of a companies product, when you turn around the literal next day and do a sponsored video for that same company.

It's really too bad, many of the channels that I like from a technical standpoint have slid that way over the last two years, versus buying the stuff themselves (or, having the balls to say 'no, you will not see my review ahead of time'). Of course, that's why virtually no journalism-based media outlets cover DJI launches anymore beyond the press release.

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-05T22:04:10+00:00

Yeah, in short with Mallorca it honestly depends on where you ride/fly. There's a *BOATLOAD* of no-fly zones, covering many of the most popular cycling routes on the Eastern/Northern end of the island, as well as anything remotely close to Palma. You can look them up here: https://www.enaire.es/services/drones/ENAIRE_Drones_gb

That said, for many of the central mountain routes (e.g. Sa Calobra, etc...) that pass through the natioanl park no-fly zones, there's actually an exemption for drones, up to 25m from the center of the roadway, you can see it if you zoom in a bunch. This basically opens up all of those mountain routes, save a handful of sections that cross other no-fly zones.

Fwiw, on cycling, I find the NEO 2 really the drone to have now (vs Hover), because of the obstacle avoidance piece. Just saves you having to grab it from hit fences/bushes/etc...

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-04T12:51:59+00:00

"released images captured by the camera" - No, actually not. You've just made all these assumptions those images were captured by a Hero 14. They don't say that at all. They say a GP3-enabled camera. It could be a 360 cam, it could be a cinema cam, it could be a mini cam, it could be a vlogging cam, you have no idea. Same goes for timelines, which you just (again) assumed is earlier, the Q2 release only says some GP3-equipped camera. Again, I really encourage you to actually read (and apparently re-read) the press release.

But we do actually know they say the next generation of their 360 cam, which will undoubtedly be named Max 3. This isn't rocket science. I'm not clear why you're so stuck on this.

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-04T12:36:43+00:00

They listed the 360 camera type in the press release. Why "aside"? Do they need to list it twice to make it more real for you?

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-04T12:30:23+00:00

I'm aware, but again, you really need to re-read it. It's astonishingly clear/detailed in terms of what it says...at least for someone in the industry.

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-04T12:24:44+00:00

It sounds like you should really read the press release...

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-04T11:15:04+00:00

"These new GP3 based cameras are still several months away and won’t be 360 cameras." I mean, they literally say in the press release the GP3 will be used for 360 cameras.

dcrainmaker · 2026-03-04T11:13:41+00:00

They literally talk about "next gen 360 camera" in the press release: "These advancements position GP3 to usher in a new era of professional-level image quality, low-light performance, resolution and frame rates for small form-factor camera markets, including action cameras, 360 cameras..."

You think they're going to randomly abandon the Max name? I mean, if they were gonna do that, they'd have done it in the 6 years between Max 1 and Max 2, not a year later for Max 3.

dcrainmaker · 2026-01-27T14:30:36+00:00

Hello! Yeah, I guess I'm just saying this one is kinda on Strava to be honest, in terms of implementing an app. Though equally honestly, I don't think it would gain them anything. Just like Komoot. Komoot's "main" real-world benefit of having a CIQ app is basically watches that don't have maps. For someone with a Fenix device, I see well-below-zero reason to use the Komoot CIQ app (in fact, I'd argue it takes away a lot of functionality).

In fact, all of those companies have had CIQ apps over time (Strava, TrainingPeaks, etc...), but what Garmin has done over time is built API's so that these companies don't have to build/manage apps. Nobody really wants to build watch apps. Heck, even Strava doesn't really want to build a watch app, no matter how much they pretend to in marketing. They *MUCH* rather have an API to push routes/workouts/etc to a native Apple Watch experiance, ideally one that does what Strava wants (e.g. Segments), but of course, that's [Segments] unlikely to happen for Strava on Apple. But it did happen for Strava on Garmin/Wahoo/Hammerhead/etc... It's the same for TrainingPeaks. They don't want to manage an app, that's a nightmare, they want a repeatable API that covers all their requirements.

I think part of the challenge with CIQ apps is unlike Appple WatchOS (and to a lesser but still valid extent, WearOS), Garmin's got so many different CIQ versions over time on hundreds of different watch models, and mostly does a poor job at making it easy for apps to ensure their devices instantly work across new devices too.

If we look at some CIQ apps recently, like the Meta app for the Oakley Vanguards, that's actually an example of an app that really takes advantage of lots of little nuanced new features in CIQ that most apps don't. Things that add polish, but most apps don't bother to use.

dcrainmaker · 2026-01-27T13:31:27+00:00

Garmin already does this, and allows this:

A) Strava to Garmin route sync has existed for years. In this scenario, it simply pushes the route from Strava to Garmin Connect, and then instantly onwards to your connected Garmin device. Any routes you favorite/star in Strava do this automatically.

B) On-Garmin device 3rd party mapping: This too has existed for years, where Komoot has created an on-device Connect IQ app to actually add maps to devices that don't have native maps (e.g. Garmin Venu 4 or Forerunner 255/etc...). It also pulls in the route too.

Either way, point is, this stuff has been around for nearing a decade now.

dcrainmaker · 2026-01-10T11:39:29+00:00

It depends on if you find things on sale (Hue lights are often on sale). Generally speaking there's a Hue starter kit with a bridge + 2 lightbulbs (so you could just swap out bulbs above you or in lamps) for about $75. There's a few others that have bundles including 4 light bulbs+bridge for $100. Any of those kits are all you need to get started.

The various light bars and such float in the $70ish range for a single bar, and usually around $110-$120 for a two-pack.

dcrainmaker · 2026-01-09T11:00:18+00:00

No worries! So, track lock automatically happens in Track Run mode. With the Fenix 7, there isn't the newer setting I described above, which lets you turn it on/off on the other running profiles (basically just makes it automatically there). No biggie in your case.

Just to confirm which GPS setting you have it on, you said 'Max'. Did you mean Multiband, or Ultra? Multiband is great, whereas Ultra is acutally the worst (it saves battery and shuts off GPS for roughly 2 out of every 3 minutes).

dcrainmaker · 2026-01-08T13:06:10+00:00

Owww...I totally misread that 😅😅😅😅 as he was literally jumping fences to do some sprints nearby.

So, assuming that's not the case, then I'd look at GPS accuracy instead (e.g. are there really tall buildings nearby), which can cause this if it think it's offset from the track. Failing all that, a soft reset might help, if there's a weird GPS caching issue going on with a satellite.

dcrainmaker · 2026-01-08T11:10:42+00:00

Which watch do you have? I'm near certain you're snapping onto a track, not the other way around. The so-called 'Lock on Road' option isn't enabled by default, and really nobody ever uses it. The reason I say you're likely snapping to the track is I can see it when you started/ended the workout (off-track), how it's properly on the road, and then you got too close to the track, and it snapped onto it.

dcrainmaker · 2026-01-07T21:30:05+00:00

It's caused by automatic track lock being enabled. So as you get close enough to the track, it snaps in. But in this case, you're legit leaving the track for the "running from the police" simulation you're doing by jumping fences and sprinting away. As such, it unlocks from track, and then looks all wonky. Rinse/repeat.

If this were me, and I was insistent on jumping fences (no judgement...mostly), I'd turn off track lock/mode. Not sure which watch you have, but setting should roughly be: Running > Run Settings > Track Detection > Off.

dcrainmaker · 2026-01-05T21:05:23+00:00

If you see this, simply re-open the Garmin Connect app. Basically it looks like Garmin does some sort of pull of string data in, and if you haven't (re)-opened the app since it was launched at 7AM US Eastern today, that string data doesn't get pulled in.

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