I took my Garmin Vivosport off. In fact, I’m done with it.
Posted: April 4, 2018 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: #Vivosport, Fitbit, Garmin, Sync Leave a commentYes, the Garmin Vivosport can still record information, and if you recharge on a computer, you can sync the information. However, that is not what a fitness tracker is made for.
As it sits back on my desk, my Vivosport is a brick. A $200 brick actually a $169.99 brick if you go to the Garmin Vivosport website. I rounded up……
I flew to a different time zone. I landed and missed my first meetings because I did not realize my Vivosport did not automatically update. I did make happy hour!
I spent 20 minutes getting the date changed. I have four watches at home; it would have taken 20 seconds to change the date on them. I normally change the time when the plan leaves the runway. I’m ready when I walk down the gangway to be where I need to be when I need to be. I got use to my fitness trackers updating the time.
Upon arriving home, I quickly changed the Vivosport back to the right date.
I then synched my Vivosport, and it fixed the date automatically, there went 35 minutes of frustration, but then I did not pay to have a watch only be correct when it is hooked to a machine.
I took it off. It is plugged into my desk, still with the wrong date on it; it did not update for daylight saving’s time. If I sync it, it probably will. However, there is no reason to sync it.
The Garmin Vivosport is not my first fitness tracker. I had a Fitbit for 20 months. However, it literally fell off my wrist. The band where it connected to the Fitbit just disintegrated. Fitbit still works, but there was nothing I could do to put it back on my arm. Hence, the reason why I purchased the Garmin Vivosport. Never had a Garmin product fall apart, so it had to be better.
Fitbit for $100 for 20 months. Garmin Vivosport for four months for $200. Not thinking I made the right move.
Synching a fitness tracker is like watching a friend’s vacation photos, not videos, photos! At best, it is a history that I no longer recognize or know about. I know I’ve been there done that it’s just too late; it no longer has interest 2-4 days later.
What it is not doing, what I paid the money for it to do, is tell me in real time what I am doing, or not doing. Yes, it still comes on and says to move, but how much? What I have I done today, how long have I been sitting, how much more do I need to do? Is today a good day or a bad day, do I need to change some things around to catch up? My working Vivosport answered a lot of questions that I enjoyed and wanted to know. Now, it answers nothing. It provides no information without the manual and smaller fingers to help you learn how to find it.
I’m spoiled. I like a screen that I got to know that said to get off your butt and do something. It also told me how much of that something I needed to do.
I’m going to start working to send it back. It might be a hurdle, but between persistence and my law degree, I’ll get my money back. When I do, I’ll tell you how I got it done so you can get your money back also.
Unless you like your paperweight.
Update on my Garmin 1000
Keeping it plugged into a computer all the time, catching the occasional update also does not work. It just doesn’t seem to like it. When I check to see if it is charged and up to date, Garmin Express can’t find it, and the Edge 1000 needs to be turned off, reset or restarted.
So now it sits on my desk, with me hoping to remember to plug it in before in enough time to top off the charge and catch any updates.
Both situations seem to need software fixes. The Velosport I can understand dealing with Verizon, I don’t like Verizon either half the time. The Edge, I don’t understand why they can’t fix that issue. I know Garmin knows about it.
What do you think? Leave a comment.
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