It’s just to say that last week was tumultuous for Garmin owners, to say the least. All over the world, Garmin Watches – From our best Garmin watches to entry -level race watches like the Garmin Forerunner 55, suddenly started to get stuck in start -up mode. Even some other Garmin devices, such as cycle computers, have been affected.
We spent most of last week to report on Garmin’s breakdown, and your emails were flooded. We got at least 500 e-mails of besieged Garmin users, helping us to extend our affected devices lists and provide useful relationships on the fixes. You have also shared stories about your crash devices affecting racing clubs on weekdays and snowboard honey moons. You have intensified.
A week later, the dust moved up and the devices of people returned to normal. However, we have not heard of Garmin about what really caused the breakdown. Now that we have had a little incident space, I wanted to ask you another question, our readers, in the comments below this article – Will you get confidence again in Garmin?
Some of your emails have mentioned to go to a brand of rival racing watches, such as Suunto, Coros, Apple and Samsung. Do you always plan to change, and if so, who? Or do you consider this as an isolated incident and you want to stick to Garmin in the meantime?
For me, a usual user of Garmin, my instinct (sorry the word game) was initially to stick to Garmin. From the lifespan of the battery to the layout, a Garmin watch was my faithful companion in almost all the long distance races that I ran.
However, when I think of the possibility of such a breakdown that happens and imagining that this happens on the eve of, let’s say, the London marathon, I can imagine the thousands of panic and panicked runners who wanted them have changed brand. If this happened in the middle of a long cycle or a hike, you could end up without navigation tools but the physical things that you have brought with you and the compass app for your phone.
My way to follow will be to continue using my garmin watches and keep a Coros Pace Pro, or another of the best cheap racing watches at hand in the event of failure. However, I am in a very privileged position: if I want to test a device, I enter it from technical chests. In addition, these devices work at their best when each your main portable devices, accessing your data to tell you more about your performance.
If you are a Garmin user, what will you do?
- Stay with the brand
- Take a cheap backup watch
- Changing completely reductions (and if so, what brand are you going to pass)?
- If you plan to get a garmin and have not already done it, did this breakdown drama pushed you back?
Let us know in the comments below! I will be there, will answer your messages, and we will even present your reflections in a future article.
