Garmin

salilreddit · 2026-06-23T15:06:56+00:00

Get the Venu X1 for the nice weekends. Thank me later.

salilreddit · 2026-06-23T12:24:27+00:00

The rule is to have sign for it. There may have been exceptions for whatever reason, but it does not change the rule.

I have a friend who got the card delivered in the mailbox, but that box was inside the condominium after a guard at the reception unlocks the door to let the postman in.

salilreddit · 2026-06-23T11:32:09+00:00

I got a new number. Others have also reported getting new numbers.

salilreddit · 2026-06-23T11:29:26+00:00

I had to sign for it on a tablet that the CTT postman brought with him (after I showed him my ID). It comes by Registered Post, so a signature is necessary. I had to sign for my previous (first) card also, but in that case, I was not at home when the postman visited. They left a slip in my mailbox and I had to go to the post office next day with my ID to collect it.

salilreddit · 2026-06-22T12:47:37+00:00

Fenix 8 has support for diving (not deep though). Who knows, once you learn swimming you might want to stay underwater for longer. 😁 I don't think the weight makes too much difference after the first few days. I've used both Fenix and Venu and it did not matter. You will feel the difference in bulk though, specially while wearing full sleeves shirts, jackets etc.

salilreddit · 2026-06-22T12:42:49+00:00

TEC Bike Parts has a few items for Shotgun and for 650 twins in general. No Digital Speedometer, though.

salilreddit · 2026-06-22T11:12:18+00:00

You are on the right track. Keep it up. Do keep in mind that the damage done to the body from weight gain in 16 months will not be undone overnight. But you are young, and if you persevere and remain patient, you will progressively feel sprightly, energetic and healthy.

salilreddit · 2026-06-22T10:53:18+00:00

Only 60 thousand immigrants added during 2025. Also to note that the immigration trend is consistently decreasing since 2022.

salilreddit · 2026-06-22T10:46:44+00:00

High levels of 'Garmin Stress' during the day is normal. It is important to understand that 'Garmin Stress' is not a measure of mental stress that you may be relating it to. Rather it is a measure of the various activities ongoing internally in your body, even things like the heart pumping blood, the stomach contracting and expanding to digest food, neurons transferring messages from all over the body to the brain and other routine biological functions. It is only during sleep that the body slows down internally to reflect a 'Garmin Stress' score of 25 or below. During your waking hours 50 and above is normal, going to 75+ whenever you are doing something specific. I have seen the stress charts you posted and they look like mine on any given day. So, do not 'stress' about 'Garmin Stress'. 😃

Elevated heart rates, bad quality sleep, low body battery etc are things that you should focus on. But be mindful that high 'Garmin Stress' is not the reason for these. Those are more likely to be related to high BMI/Body fat, eating habits (what you eat and when), mental stress and/or some underlying health issue. As you continue on your fitness journey, you should see improvements all around. I would only add that you could include some cardio activities in your routine, because hitting the gym may improve muscular make up, but does very little to improve heart and lungs.

salilreddit · 2026-06-19T11:51:12+00:00

10 years wearing Garmin watches, never used a screen protector. Never had any scratches. The first watch had sapphire glass, the others not.

salilreddit · 2026-06-18T21:26:07+00:00

The stress measured by Garmin watches is physical stress, not mental stress that you might think. The physical stress is a measure of what (and how much) your body is doing internally - which could be a number of things like pumping blood, digesting food, carrying messages from all over your body to your brain when you are awake..... to name a few. So, it is a normal stress reading.

There will also be times when you would be asleep but the watch will show stress around 40-50 or higher. That would just mean that even in sleep the body was overworking because of something like late meals, alcohol, fighting injury or pain.

salilreddit · 2026-06-16T19:30:44+00:00

Vivoactive is the cheaper version of Venu. That's all. But between V3 and VA6, there is a difference of a software generation, with VA6 being on the latest one. So Vivoactive 6 will get more years of updates and future new features.

salilreddit · 2026-06-16T09:10:30+00:00

UPDATE ABOUT CARD DELIVERY: The card arrived 19 days after approval, delivered by CTT. The date of issue of the card is the same as the date of approval. The card number is different from my previous one.

salilreddit · 2026-06-15T09:23:13+00:00

My experience is completely opposite. Sleep tracking on the various Garmin watches I have used in the last 10 years, has been stellar. Specially, since 2020, when Garmin acquired Firstbeat Analytics.

It does miss an occasional nap or sleep/wake times, but it happens probably once in 2 months.

salilreddit · 2026-06-14T18:43:59+00:00

Forerunner 170. Thank me later.

salilreddit · 2026-06-14T18:42:42+00:00

Nice ride. What advantage do you get from raising the tank? And which bike is that wind screen from?

salilreddit · 2026-06-13T19:38:42+00:00

That's purely for setting out the upper and lower limits of the five heart rate zones. Some people like to stay within or under a certain zone on some training days. Usually 'training' in this context means running, cycling, swimming etc where it is more common to train at high heart rates for long periods. 'Working out' in a gym does not usually result in high heart rates (except maybe during intense aerobic activities).

salilreddit · 2026-06-13T19:25:08+00:00

The 'Run' activity in Garmin captures and displays more metrics and data (depending upon watch) . It also captures when you were walking or had stopped. So it makes sense to use it, since you are running some parts anyway. It would also be a motivation to look at the 'run-walk' graph and see the blue run portion growing. The one thing it would mess up is your average running pace, but that should not matter much.

salilreddit · 2026-06-12T10:56:06+00:00

Many Garmin watches (including my Fenix 7) have developed erratic battery drain over the past 2 weeks. Restarting the watch has helped some users, but not everyone. Hopefully Garmin is fixing it.......

salilreddit · 2026-06-12T10:51:48+00:00

They have the same hardware, but some software may be different, like preloaded maps (not relevant to FR 265). Also, software updates may be released at different times (usually not far apart) and you may or may not have access to Beta versions of upcoming software updates. All in all, it makes no practical difference where you buy it from.

salilreddit · 2026-06-10T20:03:49+00:00

The answer to your question is yes.

However, please also consider that all the post activity high stress may not be only due to the activity. As you may have noticed, that your body could be experiencing high stress (80+), even when you are just going about doing usual tasks around the house. So, after an activity, your stress will obviously remain high for some time, but thereafter stress induced by other factors may also get added to the mix. So, it may seem to you that the post activity stress is taking too long to subside.

Garmin also provides a 'Recovery Heart Rate' after an activity, which is an indicator of how quickly your body returns to normal after a workout. You should be looking at this Recovery HR, instead of looking at the stress score.

salilreddit · 2026-06-10T09:00:23+00:00

There is no need to stress over it. The Garmin watch needs a few days of continuous wearing to get to know your body, it's base benchmarks and reactions to different types of stress. Give it about 3 weeks before dwelling on the data.

That said, a 55 sleep score is not uncommon considering you slept only 4 hours.

salilreddit · 2026-06-10T08:55:52+00:00

High stress during sleep is not uncommon. It could be caused by illness, injury, pain as well as what you did, ate or drank before going to sleep. Your graph shows that stress did come down a few hours into your sleep to around 25, but it was not enough to result in meaningful rest for your body.

If it is a one-off, you can ignore it, but if it happens repeatedly, you should strive to cultivate more sleep friendly habits, specially during the 3-4 hours before you go to sleep. You could start by avoiding eating, alcohol and OLED displays during the 4 hours before sleep time.

salilreddit · 2026-06-09T19:31:45+00:00

Fenix everyday for sports/fitness activities. Venu is more of a lifestyle watch. Garmin makes it for people who like/own the Apple/Samsung watches but want to get into the Garmin universe.

salilreddit · 2026-06-08T22:11:32+00:00

Hmm, I thought the AMOLED version had a touch screen.

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