Leafkiller Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 The free use of the beacon went live yesterday. It looks like a cool feature. My friend went for a ride and it texted a link to me. I was able to watch her ride and it seemed to update quiet well. I think I will like this feature. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Man Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I know Garmin has had that feature a long time, Ive used it a few times to tell the Mrs where on 620 I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoAmI Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 My Wahoo Elemnt Bolt does, too, and my wife uses it to time opening the garage door for me as I return home from rides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 My wife has access to my location via my phone so I never have to send her anything or enable anything. I haven't gotten the "where are you?" text in many years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 9 hours ago, AustinBike said: My wife has access to my location via my phone so I never have to send her anything or enable anything. I haven't gotten the "where are you?" text in many years. Same. When she went to android we just got life360. I'm sure I've endorsed that app elsewhere here before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRider3141 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 19 hours ago, AustinBike said: My wife has access to my location via my phone so I never have to send her anything or enable anything. I haven't gotten the "where are you?" text in many years. 9 hours ago, AntonioGG said: Same. When she went to android we just got life360. I'm sure I've endorsed that app elsewhere here before. Same, through google maps (Android and iPhone). Some people seem shocked when I tell them. It's super handy for both of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoAmI Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 22 hours ago, AustinBike said: My wife has access to my location via my phone so I never have to send her anything or enable anything. I haven't gotten the "where are you?" text in many years. You had to set it up at some point! It's the same for someone sharing their location on Garmin or Wahoo. Set it up once and forget it. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongo Loco Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Same. When she went to android we just got life360. I'm sure I've endorsed that app elsewhere here before.Life360 is great for LoJac-ing the kiddo but we use it for us too. Hilarious when a friend first introduced us to it 6-7 years ago. She gets an alert on her phone, dials her teenage son and starts grilling him on why he’s doing 60 in a 35 in a rough hood miles from her house. Kids can’t let go of that phone even when doing shit they shouldn’t. Like how it gives you the alert if they try to turn you off. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBaron Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Chongo Loco said: Life360 is great for LoJac-ing the kiddo but we use it for us too. Hilarious when a friend first introduced us to it 6-7 years ago. She gets an alert on her phone, dials her teenage son and starts grilling him on why he’s doing 60 in a 35 in a rough hood miles from her house. Kids can’t let go of that phone even when doing shit they shouldn’t. Like how it gives you the alert if they try to turn you off. I understand the desire and even benefit from Life360'ing your kid....but is damn sure prohibits "kids from being kids" these days. We've got our son(s) on find-my-friends, and I rarely want to check it. I truly TRULY want my boys out being boys....let them get in over their head in places, let them stretch their boundaries, push some limits (when nobody is watching). I like feral, wild-at-heart kids, that are more unconstrained. Let natural consequences dictate their boundaries...not mommy with the all-knowing watchful eye. Father of 3 boys. Cheers, CJB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) I have a better solution: not having kids. Never have to worry and nobody changes the radio stations in my car. Knowing how I was as a kid I knew genetically it was probably a bad call to be a parent. You’re welcome. Edited September 4, 2021 by AustinBike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBaron Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Yeah, I see that as a near-term-play....my long term strategy is to grow old with grandkids around, riding bikes and enjoying a big crazy rowdy family. Besides, I'm gonna need the prodigy to take care of me when I'm old and broken down from riding MTB too much. Cheers, CJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Man Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 11:09 AM, Chongo Loco said: Life360 is great for LoJac-ing the kiddo but we use it for us too. I got my two kids (although they arent young) on it. My wife stalks them, I hardly look. I took myself of it though so they cant see me regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 I've been a paid subscriber for a good while, primarily for the beacon feature. Now I have a Garmin Instinct watch, and I'm using the tracking feature via the Garmin Connect App. It's actually pretty cool because the way it integrates with Strava, it automatically triggers both the Garmin Tracker Email and the Strava Beaon text once I start my ride from the watch. Of course my heart rate data comes over to Strava as well now, which is nice. The only problem I'm having since switching over to the GPS tracking via the watch is that my rides are recording much greater elevation gain than what I believe to be the actual elevation. Strava has a nice feature that lets you correct the elevation from within the App once the ride is recorded, presumably based on all of its collected data for the given route. Still, I'm perplexed over why Garmin thinks my elevation gain is more than twice what it should be. I changed the settings on the watch to check GPS every second and also to supplement the GPS with Galileo. Same result today though. Anybody have insights on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 7 hours ago, throet said: I've been a paid subscriber for a good while, primarily for the beacon feature. Now I have a Garmin Instinct watch, and I'm using the tracking feature via the Garmin Connect App. It's actually pretty cool because the way it integrates with Strava, it automatically triggers both the Garmin Tracker Email and the Strava Beaon text once I start my ride from the watch. Of course my heart rate data comes over to Strava as well now, which is nice. The only problem I'm having since switching over to the GPS tracking via the watch is that my rides are recording much greater elevation gain than what I believe to be the actual elevation. Strava has a nice feature that lets you correct the elevation from within the App once the ride is recorded, presumably based on all of its collected data for the given route. Still, I'm perplexed over why Garmin thinks my elevation gain is more than twice what it should be. I changed the settings on the watch to check GPS every second and also to supplement the GPS with Galileo. Same result today though. Anybody have insights on this? Does that watch have a barometer? Is it temperature compensated? One thing that throws most of those elevation meters is atmospheric pressure change while riding and temperature change too if it’s not compensated. Finally, my old 705 would always overestimate fast descents because of the wind hitting the barometer port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throet Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 12 hours ago, AntonioGG said: Does that watch have a barometer? Is it temperature compensated? One thing that throws most of those elevation meters is atmospheric pressure change while riding and temperature change too if it’s not compensated. Finally, my old 705 would always overestimate fast descents because of the wind hitting the barometer port. It does, and I found a setting where the watch was using both the Altimeter and Barometric Altimeter in Auto mode. I set it to use only the Altimeter, which appears to be recommended for activities that involve frequent changes in elevation. Will see if that helps. Thanks for the input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Man Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, throet said: It does, and I found a setting where the watch was using both the Altimeter and Barometric Altimeter in Auto mode. I set it to use only the Altimeter, which appears to be recommended for activities that involve frequent changes in elevation. Will see if that helps. Thanks for the input! I believe it takes time to get more accurate, so if you start right away it not very but by the end of a ride its better. I always let me (520) connect to satellites while Im still getting ready to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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