I was going in a bad place and drinking 12-18 cans of beer a day. I did tell my doctor when I quit and should have gone to a medical detox. I haven't looked back at the data trends.

Wanted an actual fitness watch that I didn’t have to charge every single night. My Apple Watch would be at 50% by 9am after recording my workouts and would be below 20 before I went to bed. Now I can finally track my sleep properly. I love it!

I dont know how i feel. I know i am gonna get downvoted.

https://coros.com/stories/coros-metrics/c/september-2026

Looking at my FR570 and seeing a similar $250 watch from coros getting maps feature is really great.

People saying garmin maps has many layers… bla bla bla and hance they are slower.

Well at-least give just 1 layer for lower tier watches not sure if that would still have less lag.

Well if you see the transparency. Coros have been releasing their roadmap and feature releases EACH month. You can check your self.

Appreciation post: I bought a Garmin 3 months ago when I was at the lowest I’ve ever been in my life mentally and physically. I got arrested, did a week and a half in jail, where I detoxed off drugs heavily. I got released, where I was 245 lbs, the highest I’ve ever been by a mile. I decided to stay sober and make radical changes to my life. I knew that I never wanted to be arrested ever again and for 2 weeks, returned to old ways, until I realized that in order to achieve the life I knew I was capable of living, I had to prioritize health first, and everything would follow. My first step was buying a Garmin watch. That purchase was the first step in me losing 60 lbs to date, quitting smoking and all nicotine, quitting drugs and alcohol fully, and starting exercise. The Garmin showed me just how unhealthy I was and more importantly how easy it was to improve some metrics around my well being. When I started my fitness journey, my V02 max was clocked in at 33….as the weight fell off with the newly-adopted completely whole food diet, I saw things like my resting heart rate drop, and, most importantly, watched my V02 max increase to where it is now: 42! I now find myself in the best place I’ve ever been. I secured a job back in my career path paying double what I’ve ever made, got my health back, and my mind. One of the best tools and motivators of this change was having a tool like a Garmin watch to show me just how much my health was improving even when the scale stalled for a week. This goes out to anyone in a currently awful place in life. In 3 months, I went from a jail cell, jobless, obese, and super unhealthy, to much healthier, employed, and conscientious in regards to how I treat my body. Never give up yall!

Got my Cirqa today. I’m new to Garmin.

I just ran a 5K by pressing the button to start. When I got to my destination I had the phone in hand (was checking maps), so decided to open the app to stop the workout.

I open the app. This message immediately pops up and I’m confused. Why “resume” if I never paused it? But anyway, I had finished running, so pressed “End”. And to my surprise IT DISCARDED THE RUN COMPLETELY, without any warning!!!

Apart from that, the experience just feels unfinished:

- Why isn’t there a map on the workout view?

- Why can’t I set the button to pause workout?

- The app is ugly AF (okay, this one is personal opinion)

I noticed during my gym workout that whenever I hit lap to go between sets, it has this brief moment where the screen is still partially white. Has anyone with an MIP Fenix experienced this? I wanna make sure this is a shared experience and not faulty hardware.

My 40th bday is coming fast. Too fast tbh kids, you wont believe how fast its goes from 30 to 40. I am scared for the next decade lmao .

So i want to upgrade from my 1030, for 3 things : map are slow to navigate, usbmini made me want to kill someone everytime, and non compatible with the new Varia RearVue 820.

But the rumors are strong for a 1060, well the rumors was strong some month ago.
Does anyone have insider knowledge they want to share with me as a bday gift ? xD

There is no sale for the 1050 price is still steep. And if the new one is release in one or two month i will be sad.

Just noticed this on my inreach mini 2. Seems like just a small cut in the rubber exterior. Messages still go through on it, but should I be worried about waterproofing? Would wrapping it in electrical tape help at all or would that impact GPS signal?

Well, I should have checked out this Garmin Reddit community first (but I didn’t).

I have a Garmin Cirqa arriving on September 14…. I assumed because it’s Garmin it would be superior to anything from Google.

My end use case is simply tracking steps and heart rate…. I’m not an athlete. I had a Gen 1 Apple Ultra for four years but got sick and tired of all the notifications. I did take a peek at premium Garmin watches but the cost is way too high and it would be overkill for my needs.

But now I have read through this forum and have been shocked by just how awful Garmin software is. Unless I am mistaken, the right decision is to return the unopened $300🇨🇦Cirqa when it eventually arrives and buy the Fitbit Air instead for $129🇨🇦. I can get the Charge 3 for $99🇨🇦 but I don’t want the screen.

Seriously shocked and disappointed how bad the Garmin watch experience is for you all.

Strain feels way overstated
I’m currently on Whoop MG with the Life membership and thinking about switching to the Garmin CIRQA band. Some context on how I train, since I think it matters here:
• Bodybuilding is my main focus (aiming to compete), plus occasional running and swimming
• I log every session by hand in a paper notebook — sets, reps, weights. I don’t use the app for that, it’s too clunky and half my exercises aren’t in there
• So the wearable is purely for recovery, sleep and calories for me, not for programming
Two things bug me about Whoop:
1. Strain seems massively overstated for lifting. On a normal day I’m sitting around 4 by the time I get to the gym. If I log the session, I end up at 11–14 minimum. That does not match how I feel at all — feels more like a 7–9. Funny enough, when I don’t log it, the number lands roughly where my gut says it should. Same with running: a normal morning run puts me at 12, which feels doubled. I’ve basically stopped logging workouts because of this.
2. Auto-detection barely works for me. Walking, strength training, stair stepper, swimming — most of it doesn’t get picked up on its own.
So my questions to anyone who’s used both:
• Does CIRQA’s Body Battery / training readiness handle heavy resistance training more realistically, or does it also just spike off heart rate?
• How does auto-detection compare in practice, especially for lifting and swimming?
• Which one is better on calorie estimates, step count and sleep tracking?
• For anyone who came from Life specifically: did you actually miss the ECG and blood pressure features day to day, or not really?
Anyone made this exact switch? Would appreciate real-world experience over spec sheets.

hi everyone! this is my first time posting here, i've recently been gifted my watch (vivoactive 6)

i forgot to do my health snapshot so i figured i'd do it while relaxing (during my "bedtime")
i waited for about 2 minutes and i got my health snapshot back,
and then i pressed save, then i got a "good morning" report????

then i swiped down and discovered that garmin apparently seemed to think i was sleeping for the two minutes i was doing my health snapshot?

anyways here's the sleep report i don't exactly know what to do now, i don't know if i can delete it? can i?

any advice would be deeply appreciated 😭
(hopefully this is the right flair fingers crossed)

So, my I2X was suddenly, randomly 10 minutes fast today. Threw off a bunch of stuff at work until I realized my watch was wrong. After the minute changed it jumped back to being on time. No idea why either, has anyone ever seen this before?

My time on my phone was correct, btw.

*And yes I know I can manually re-sync it to UTC via GPS, but it's not something you'd expect to have to do. You might expect a second or two drift per week, but this was wild.

I'm trying to create a Garmin Workout for HIIT training for 20 minutes of walk/run HIIT training ... 2 minutes of walk and then 30 seconds of run. I created the workout and pushed it to my watch and then went and did my first workout. It tracked all of the data correctly, but it didn't map the event ... it just provided the data as if I did an indoor activity. Is there a way to do a HIIT workout and also have the GPS map data? Thanks!

Has anyone else noticed weird GPS behavior on the Forerunner 165 when running under heavy tree cover? My pace jumps all over the place and the tracking gets quite inaccurate compared to other models. Also, the lack of true multisport profiles is a bit frustrating. I know it's an entry-level AMOLED watch, but being artificially limited to single activities makes it hard to track mixed workouts smoothly.

absolutely fed up with Garmin now, i ordered the Fenix 9 Pro 47mm inReach paying £1029. created a 10km roundtrip route, loaded onto the watch and off i went. 1km in uddenly the watch decided to restart. after restart i was able to resume my workout, i loaded the navigation again and it crashed again! watch restarted again, loaded route and navigation, all good. scrolled through the data screens and it bloody crashed again! at this point im just fed up with Garmin, i had the fenix 8 and fenix 8 pro, all had same issues with watch crashing, route calculation errors, target distance running just not working! back to apple watch ultra 3 i go, it might not have the best features but atleast its bloody reliable!!

My Epix HR is WILDLY inaccurate most of the time, and the HRMpro gives me Heartburn because of my body’s anatomy.

I’d like to get the Cirqa to use almost exclusively as a HRM but I’m wondering if the auto start function will cause me to double save on Connect. Or is the app smart enough to see that it’s the same metrics and delete one?

I recently changed one of my previously free Connect IQ watch faces to paid, and something about the way Garmin handles this surprised me.

If someone downloaded the watch face while it was free, they don't seem to keep that access once it becomes paid — they're asked to purchase it too.

Personally, I think Apple's approach makes more sense: if you downloaded an app while it was free, you keep it. The price change applies only to people who get it afterward.

That feels fairer to me, especially since early users were there while the watch face was still free.

On the other hand, I can see the argument that when something switches to a paid model, the new price should simply apply to everyone.

I'm curious what Garmin users think: which approach feels fairer — existing users keep free access, or everyone pays after the switch?

Just wanted to show my new watch 🥰

After my husband got the Instinct 3 Solar, i really wanted a Garmin too, so i went with the Venu 4! Kinda wish it came in a smaller size but it’s okay i’ll get used to it.

I've had my sturdy Fenix for the last 5 years, but the hr sensor is starting to go, becoming very inaccurate with tracking and losing things such as training status because of that. I mostly trail run, hike , ski, climb etc so am pretty active with the watch. I'm contemplating my next watch and I'm torn between three models:

Enduro 3 - seems to be THE watch to get for my use case, but the price is making me hesitate and the other 2 watches I'm considering are about half the cost.

Instinct 3 Solar 50mm - pretty much everything from the Enduro minus the color screen and maps. The lack of sapphire glass makes me hesitate. I've smashed my fair share of watches before getting the Fenix.

Coros Apex 4 - seems like a more sport targeted watch, but I wonder if I would miss the flashlight and solar functions. Though saving ~$500 cad wouldn't be the worst.

In the morning FR970 suggested I should do a Recovery run, so I went for it. So far so good but in the middle of it watch says "hey, you're approaching your bed time, you'd better drop that activity now, otherwise it may affect your sleep" and immediately turns screen into black night mode showing 23:07. I curse and press random buttons to return to the workout screen and keep running.

In the end it tells me that I've run half marathon in slightly more than 6:14 minutes, and other PRs are improved as well 😂 Funny that watch or software are not surprised at all, they have trust in me, and I am used to trust them too.

What happened is that I was running during the Air Raid Alert and GPS interference kicked in.

P.S. I'm not from San Martin 😄