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What sport mode is missing from our watches in your opinion?

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    Ze Stuart Gold Members @jsuarez
    last edited by 23 Jul 2024, 11:04

    @jsuarez my partner would agree with you, makes me think of the lawn mowing activities people upload to Strava.

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      mikekoski490 Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
      last edited by 23 Jul 2024, 13:22

      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Not to knock ANY of some of the suggestions here, as looks like it’s a complete brainstorming exercise, would it be possible for someone to define what some here consider a ‘sport’ activity is?

      Dictionary.com defines sport as “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess”.

      Or:

      “…a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other.”

      Question: What sport mode is missing from our watches in your opinion?

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        VoiGAS Silver Members
        last edited by VoiGAS 23 Jul 2024, 15:51

        Cross Country Skiing is a must for a finish company. I know the sport mode exists, but it should really have some unique metrics.
        Garmin has something special for XC Skiing


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          Ze Stuart Gold Members @VoiGAS
          last edited by 23 Jul 2024, 16:27

          @VoiGAS power: they show power in XC skiing, have for a while. They were very proud of it. No idea if it’s useful, though: my feet are too wide for any XC ski boots I’ve seen.

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            VoiGAS Silver Members @Ze Stuart
            last edited by 23 Jul 2024, 18:20

            @Ze-Stuart Really? How? With wrist power or Stryd? Do you have more information on it or a source?


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              Ze Stuart Gold Members @VoiGAS
              last edited by 23 Jul 2024, 18:37

              @VoiGAS they calculate XC power using the accelerometers in their chest straps, I believe.

              https://support.garmin.com/en-GB/?faq=oHbDqNJFHN2Uqyj6NS99l5

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                wmichi @Ze Stuart
                last edited by wmichi 23 Jul 2024, 19:31

                @Ze-Stuart I found it completely useless when I tried it. There wasn’t even a possibility to set the power zones at this time (FR 945, this might have changed in the meantime). Maybe it makes sense if you are just double poling. But with diagonal strides and skating… I don’t know. HR/RPE works better in my opinion.

                On topic: Maybe different activity profiles for classic and skating would be beneficial (also for roller skiing)? But differentiation with tags already works pretty well.

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                  VoiGAS Silver Members @Ze Stuart
                  last edited by 23 Jul 2024, 20:17

                  @Ze-Stuart Ahhh, I thought Suunto did it. Yes, I know Garmin is doing something special in the XC Ski mode, but I really think this should be Suunto terrain. Like diving, where Suunto was clearly ahead. At least they did catch up with the ocean for scuba.
                  Next: Nordic Sports. What about a Biathlon Multisport Mode?


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                    matthinsh Bronze Member
                    last edited by 26 Jul 2024, 07:57

                    Track please, with options to select which lane you’re in.

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                      seanvk @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
                      last edited by 26 Jul 2024, 16:54

                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

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                        Ars Vitae Bronze Member @isazi
                        last edited by 26 Jul 2024, 16:58

                        @isazi said in What sport mode is missing from our watches in your opinion?:

                        @Ars-Vitae there is actually a motorsport activity already

                        Yeah, you’re right, my bad, I wasn’t precise. But still missing some water motorsports.

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                          wargrider
                          last edited by 26 Jul 2024, 19:45

                          Snorkeling for all baro watch.

                          i just realized i have to dig out from somewhere my super old suunto core from 2012, which measured depth because my suunto baro from 2018 does not provide this metric.

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                            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @wargrider
                            last edited by 27 Jul 2024, 10:48

                            @wargrider all baro watches have that.

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                              VoiGAS Silver Members @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
                              last edited by 27 Jul 2024, 13:02

                              @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Wait, what? Suunto 9 with baro can measure depth? How? As far as I know only Peak Pro and later can record depth


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                                sky-runner Silver Members
                                last edited by sky-runner 28 Jul 2024, 00:03

                                Not an answer to your exact question, but a related topic.

                                I really dislike having a bunch of predefined specialized sport modes like Trail run basic, Trail run vertical, etc. And then a custom one doesn’t work the same way.

                                It would be much preferred to be able to just have one Trail Run that I can customize without having to create a new custom one. And then, there should be an option to restore if I want to go back to the default one. Also there should be an option to clone. That is more like how Ambit used to work and that is how other brands do it.

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                                  isazi Moderator @VoiGAS
                                  last edited by 28 Jul 2024, 10:59

                                  @VoiGAS all current watches, not old ones.

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                                    nseslija Bronze Member
                                    last edited by 28 Jul 2024, 12:17

                                    • E-Bike and E-MTB
                                    • Strength training with body weight

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                                      Mauerwegler @sky-runner
                                      last edited by 28 Jul 2024, 14:13

                                      @sky-runner said in What sport mode is missing from our watches in your opinion?:

                                      It would be much preferred to be able to hehe just one Trail Run that I can customize without having to create a new custom one. And then, there should be an option to restore if I want to go back to the default one. Also there should be an option to clone. That is more like how Ambit used to work and that is how other brands do it.

                                      +1 for the option to clone (and adapt) a default sports mode. Maybe more object-oriented sport modes where „My MTB mode“ is a child of the standard MTB mode? 🤔

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                                        Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @VoiGAS
                                        last edited by 29 Jul 2024, 08:57

                                        @VoiGAS correct. But those are supported for updates and so on. So basically all “nextgen” have this feature

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                                          Mitch9
                                          last edited by 29 Jul 2024, 09:04

                                          Running drills destroy my VO2max and other statistics. It would be nice, if we can have a sport mode for this. Or how are other runners track these kind of activities?

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