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The GPS logging sounds interesting (I'm not a smartwatch/smartband user). Where do the logs go, does it get send to a companion app on the phone, or to log fil

The GPS logging sounds interesting (I'm not a smartwatch/smartband user). Where do the logs go, does it get send to a companion app on the phone, or to log files?

californical 7y ago
It all gets synced to their app. They do allow you to export your data on their website, but it's not necessarily an easy process.. but the app that can do everything from monitoring your sleep cycles and reading heart rate to recording your route (and elevation change) on a hike with the ability to navigate you back to your starting position. I have a Garmin Instinct that I bought a year and a half ago and wear it daily. It looks like a dumb-watch, and the battery lasts 2 weeks with daily tracked GPS runs... Can't say enough good things about it. Oh, it's also waterproof (I've swam and showered with it many times) and shockproof. The privacy activist in me is pretty worried about what they can do with this data, since it's all synced (sleep patterns, exercise habbits, etc...), but I have just enough cognitive dissonance to use it anyways lol
- izzydata 7y ago
  At least they aren't in the ad selling business. Leaks are always a threat, but I can't see them selling it to advertisers.
Palomides 7y ago
if you're paranoid or want to use other tools, you can also just connect garmin watches via usb and access all the log gps/activity files without their app or software
jniedrauer 7y ago
I have mine hooked up to Strava, so every time I go for a run, it automatically gets uploaded.
nradov 7y ago
The logs are stored to internal flash storage as FIT files and can then be synced to Garmin's cloud service or mobile app. You can also copy the FIT files directly from the USB storage device to analyze them yourself. https://www.thisisant.com/developer/ https://www.thisisant.com/developer/
CydeWeys 7y ago
It's not GPS logging per se, it's GPS activity tracking. You have to start a run/bike ride for it to start recording GPS, and then stop it when you're done. Then it syncs over Bluetooth to the app and I have that automatically sync to Strava. It's not on unless you want it to be, and it drives down the battery life from roughly a week to single digit hours.

The GPS logging sounds interesting (I'm not a smartwatch/smartband user). Where do the logs go, does it get send to a companion app on the phone, or to log files?

californical 7y ago

It all gets synced to their app. They do allow you to export your data on their website, but it's not necessarily an easy process.. but the app that can do everything from monitoring your sleep cycles and reading heart rate to recording your route (and elevation change) on a hike with the ability to navigate you back to your starting position. I have a Garmin Instinct that I bought a year and a half ago and wear it daily. It looks like a dumb-watch, and the battery lasts 2 weeks with daily tracked GPS runs... Can't say enough good things about it. Oh, it's also waterproof (I've swam and showered with it many times) and shockproof. The privacy activist in me is pretty worried about what they can do with this data, since it's all synced (sleep patterns, exercise habbits, etc...), but I have just enough cognitive dissonance to use it anyways lol

izzydata 7y ago
At least they aren't in the ad selling business. Leaks are always a threat, but I can't see them selling it to advertisers.

Palomides 7y ago

if you're paranoid or want to use other tools, you can also just connect garmin watches via usb and access all the log gps/activity files without their app or software

jniedrauer 7y ago

I have mine hooked up to Strava, so every time I go for a run, it automatically gets uploaded.

nradov 7y ago

The logs are stored to internal flash storage as FIT files and can then be synced to Garmin's cloud service or mobile app. You can also copy the FIT files directly from the USB storage device to analyze them yourself. https://www.thisisant.com/developer/ https://www.thisisant.com/developer/

CydeWeys 7y ago

It's not GPS logging per se, it's GPS activity tracking. You have to start a run/bike ride for it to start recording GPS, and then stop it when you're done. Then it syncs over Bluetooth to the app and I have that automatically sync to Strava. It's not on unless you want it to be, and it drives down the battery life from roughly a week to single digit hours.