Turning flashlight on/off during a workout
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@Gideon-Kaempfer i always swipe to the right to exit the menus.
plus I was referring to you mentioning the menu to select brightness.
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@Egika I get it. I was trying to avoid swipes due to sweaty fingers
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It’s being improved and known to all of us.
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On the Vertical 2, a swipe wouldn’t even do anything in activity mode, would it?
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@zhangschmidt if you are in the screen for flashlight it is two presses. Off button then swipe and you are back in the activity screen.
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@zhangschmidt yes, in the activity options touch does work.
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The tone of @Egika replies isn’t exactly the best way to have a constructive discussion about improving device usability.
The flashlight management on the Vertical 2 is inefficient. When you’re running at night during races like the TOR330 at 3000 m, the UTMB, or a 100 km alpine ultra — with gloves on, fatigue, and limited focus — needing the flashlight can be an urgent matter, and digging through menus is neither practical nor easy.
A double-click shortcut to turn it on and off could be a useful addition, and it should require minimal software effort to implement. -
@Manuel-Extreme I am sorry, if my tone does not seem suitable for you.
I tried to get the facts right. (like there’s no need to pause the activity to enable the flashlight, etc.)
To get a constructive outcome, you need to start from a common base. If this base is full of misunderstandings, I think it makes sense to get it right as a start.I see that introducing double click shortcuts could enable some features, including flashlight. Personally I would not use the watch’s flashlight for the night races you mention. I would have to hold my hand in a certain position to get light where I need it.
For these kind of activities I always use a headlamp. But this is just my personal preference.I would love the flashlight to switch on in the last state I have left it. Like when using red light one time, the next start should be with red light again.
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with garmin, i double press a button and the flashlight is on, i double click it again and it’s off. it doesn’t matter if i’m in an activity, in sleep mode, whatever - the combo always works. that’s how button shortcuts should always work. you should be able to do them blind, without looking at menus etc.
i also really like the cadence mode - when i’m running at night with garmin i can set the flashlight to my cadence, so it blinks white and red depending on my stride pattern. the light is bright so it’s almost like a bike light, so cars/etc can notice you in the darkness, and it’s less distracting/battery draining than just keeping the light on the whole time. idk if the vertical 2 allows this, but if not - it should!
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@dankcushions said in Turning flashlight on/off during a workout:
with garmin, i double press a button and the flashlight is on, i double click it again and it’s off. it doesn’t matter if i’m in an activity, in sleep mode, whatever - the combo always works.
TBF, Garmin has a dedicated light button for this…
But coming from the Epix Pro I can second that the light itself and the light button is very useful…
