When manually entering elevation data during calibration of the barometer or altimeter, why are there two prompts? In your video, you entered 0 and 45. What do both numbers represent? I’m at 89ft at home according to my phone. What two numbers should I enter? The reason I’m asking is because the watch said I climbed 500ft while sleeping. I figure it’s time to recalibrate.
Hi Jim. Love the video very detailed but one problem I have, when I manually set the Barometer I can't find a key to get to the Done window to accept my settings?
I have my borameter set to inches I guess dk really the difference in those settings the elevation is the same as my iPhone compass elevation but the rate is set to .118in per 3hr is that a good setting to get good storm warnings?
Hi! I've bought garmin instinct tactical 2021. I used trail running mode with altimeter and I found sth bad. It does not calculate height in right way. Comparing with fenix 5, instinc determined 1.5x more height than fenix 5. Did you have any issue like that? Could you solve it? Thanks a lot!
Yes however you need to remove it from your wrist for a bit to get an accurate reading. There is also an accessory you can get for constant temp monitoring without removing the watch.
Hi is it possible to see where I was at any particular point in time during an activity I just completed. Eg I went for a bike ride and the app gave me a Google maps read out of where I went. I want to see where I was at a certain time while I was riding. I can see speeds and what times they were, but I want to know where I was when I hit these speeds. Do you know what I'm talking about? Thanks for your time
If you log into garmin connect from your desktop, there used to be in the activity detail where you could get that detail as you review each point along the track. Other option is to export to gpx and import & view on garmin badecamp
@@AvoidingChores Hey Jim the desktop works great. A little bit sensitive and fiddly but its exactly what i was looking for. Great for seeing when I was at top speed and help with getting PB's and where I need to be on the workout to beat my PB. Thanks Jim looks like your the absolute manual and go to for this. Love the watch will be asking you more things the more I use it';s other functions if that;s ok with you. Cheers
Hello I would like to ask you some information on the the possible elevation accuracy issue that I heard on the web about Instinct. In general, i read on the web, the elevation accuracy issue is due to the sweat that is deposited in the small hole of the barometric altimeter. Have you had the chance to verify it? If yes, can you share the information you have obtained with me? Thank you so much
Yes - I've had some issues with elevation data. I have not looked into it deeper whether there's a setting that would work better or not. I'll have to play around with it
Hi, I have this issue also. New watch with March 2020 updates. Elevation suddenly dropped in the middle of the uphill run. I tried 3 watches, the drop happened only on Instinct. I will try to solve this somehow as I do not want to buy new watch... And as I tried more watches I know this should not happen. Especially because we, consumers, are paying extra money for Barometer/Altimeter sensor to the Garmin company.
@@budiantoachmad3590 I have an update: it seems that after Garmin's numerous updates this is now fixed. I think that update 7.0 mentioned "sudden drops of altitude" fix. Now the watch is on update 10.10 and it works better. However, when compared to other barometer watches, is not so accurate...
I assume you are talking about the ABC screen which shows (top to down) Compass, Elevation, Barometer. So you see when I'm on the dedicated Barometer screen that the pressure is constant or stable, it will point up or down if the trend was so.
@@AvoidingChores no, I didn't mean a barometer, but a compass. Regardless of where the compass is pointing, there is an arrow constantly pointing to the right, right below the QNH altimeter, if you have it turned on
thank you - yes, this is what I was saying in my previous reply. This screen displays 3 data fields: Compass (top), elevation (middle) and barometer trend (bottom). So while it appears it point to the right, what is it saying that the air pressure is steady. If a storm was coming you'd see the arrow with an angle pointing down.
Has anybody else had any issues regarding the ABC sensors? I've noticed that my compass is about 120 degrees off. I've tried calibrating and nothing happens. The altimeter seems to be incorrect also. Is this an issue with the watch? Do I need to send it back?
Id check if there’s a firmware update, then review the settings to see if it’s on auto or manual. If it’s still way off and your are still under warranty, I’d return it.
Hi @Jim Cyr Wondering why my barometer altimeter and temperature sensor on my instinct solar din't work properly after i got some update on my garmin I do have try to set and calibrate with dem or gps but still doesnt work Hopely you can help me and gave me some answer to fix this issues Thanks you for your concern Regard from Indonesia
@@AvoidingChores I do has full reset over 3 times and still not working I thought this garmin series have a bad update after I read on the website about the same issues on this problem
Every time I try to calibrate I get to where you hit the GPS button to select the elevation and it says Calibration Failed. Any ideas? Tried manually calibrating and using the GPS. Happens both ways.
Your tutorials on this watch are awesome!
Glad this was helpful
Very helpful! Thank you!
When manually entering elevation data during calibration of the barometer or altimeter, why are there two prompts? In your video, you entered 0 and 45. What do both numbers represent? I’m at 89ft at home according to my phone. What two numbers should I enter?
The reason I’m asking is because the watch said I climbed 500ft while sleeping. I figure it’s time to recalibrate.
What is the meaning of the arrowhead that showed on the three in one screen?
Pressure arrow down pressure drop or arrow up pressure up
Hi Jim. Love the video very detailed but one problem I have, when I manually set the Barometer I can't find a key to get to the Done window to accept my settings?
I have my borameter set to inches I guess dk really the difference in those settings the elevation is the same as my iPhone compass elevation but the rate is set to .118in per 3hr is that a good setting to get good storm warnings?
What's the difference between the ambient air pressure sensor in the tactical mode vs the barometer in the ABC mode
What is this 2nd compass? I cannot turn off this...
Hi! I've bought garmin instinct tactical 2021. I used trail running mode with altimeter and I found sth bad. It does not calculate height in right way. Comparing with fenix 5, instinc determined 1.5x more height than fenix 5. Did you have any issue like that? Could you solve it? Thanks a lot!
is there a thermometer on this watch?
Yes however you need to remove it from your wrist for a bit to get an accurate reading. There is also an accessory you can get for constant temp monitoring without removing the watch.
Hi is it possible to see where I was at any particular point in time during an activity I just completed. Eg I went for a bike ride and the app gave me a Google maps read out of where I went. I want to see where I was at a certain time while I was riding. I can see speeds and what times they were, but I want to know where I was when I hit these speeds. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Thanks for your time
If you log into garmin connect from your desktop, there used to be in the activity detail where you could get that detail as you review each point along the track. Other option is to export to gpx and import & view on garmin badecamp
@@AvoidingChores Hey Jim the desktop works great. A little bit sensitive and fiddly but its exactly what i was looking for. Great for seeing when I was at top speed and help with getting PB's and where I need to be on the workout to beat my PB. Thanks Jim looks like your the absolute manual and go to for this. Love the watch will be asking you more things the more I use it';s other functions if that;s ok with you. Cheers
Hello
I would like to ask you some information on the the possible elevation accuracy issue that I heard on the web about Instinct.
In general, i read on the web, the elevation accuracy issue is due to the sweat that is deposited in the small hole of the barometric altimeter.
Have you had the chance to verify it?
If yes, can you share the information you have obtained with me?
Thank you so much
Yes - I've had some issues with elevation data. I have not looked into it deeper whether there's a setting that would work better or not. I'll have to play around with it
Hi, I have this issue also. New watch with March 2020 updates. Elevation suddenly dropped in the middle of the uphill run. I tried 3 watches, the drop happened only on Instinct. I will try to solve this somehow as I do not want to buy new watch... And as I tried more watches I know this should not happen. Especially because we, consumers, are paying extra money for Barometer/Altimeter sensor to the Garmin company.
@@TeoSluga We have same issues
@@budiantoachmad3590 I have an update: it seems that after Garmin's numerous updates this is now fixed. I think that update 7.0 mentioned "sudden drops of altitude" fix. Now the watch is on update 10.10 and it works better. However, when compared to other barometer watches, is not so accurate...
@@TeoSluga I got this issues after i'm updating to 10.10 I thought it bad idea for me to buy this garmin type
what is this arrow pointing to the right on the second compass?Please explain to me
I assume you are talking about the ABC screen which shows (top to down) Compass, Elevation, Barometer. So you see when I'm on the dedicated Barometer screen that the pressure is constant or stable, it will point up or down if the trend was so.
@@AvoidingChores no, I didn't mean a barometer, but a compass. Regardless of where the compass is pointing, there is an arrow constantly pointing to the right, right below the QNH altimeter, if you have it turned on
can you specify which portion of the video you see the arrow?
@@AvoidingChores 0:24
thank you - yes, this is what I was saying in my previous reply. This screen displays 3 data fields: Compass (top), elevation (middle) and barometer trend (bottom). So while it appears it point to the right, what is it saying that the air pressure is steady. If a storm was coming you'd see the arrow with an angle pointing down.
Super! well done bro!
Thank you! Cheers!
Good video, thanks
Has anybody else had any issues regarding the ABC sensors? I've noticed that my compass is about 120 degrees off. I've tried calibrating and nothing happens. The altimeter seems to be incorrect also. Is this an issue with the watch? Do I need to send it back?
Id check if there’s a firmware update, then review the settings to see if it’s on auto or manual. If it’s still way off and your are still under warranty, I’d return it.
Hi @Jim Cyr Wondering why my barometer altimeter and temperature sensor on my instinct solar din't work properly after i got some update on my garmin I do have try to set and calibrate with dem or gps but still doesnt work Hopely you can help me and gave me some answer to fix this issues Thanks you for your concern Regard from Indonesia
Hard to say what could be a potential fix. Maybe do a full reset?
@@AvoidingChores I do has full reset over 3 times and still not working I thought this garmin series have a bad update after I read on the website about the same issues on this problem
@@AvoidingChores Hi I already fix the issues after i got some email from garmin support team Hopely it will work last and no more issues
fingers crossed - good to hear that garmin support got back to you
@@AvoidingChores Yep Thanks
Every time I try to calibrate I get to where you hit the GPS button to select the elevation and it says Calibration Failed. Any ideas? Tried manually calibrating and using the GPS. Happens both ways.
Hey same thins happens to me. Did you find any solution?
@@jameseyc happened to me too, bad sensor, Garmin replaced for free.
i bet Instinct is some failure type og garmin product perhaps Coz we have the same issues on it