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by frankhhhhhhhhh 1256 days ago
Garmin Connect actually has all the useful (to me) features Strava has.

If all your buddies have Garmins and post public rides/runs, you get segment leaderboards, friends news feed, popularity routing, kudos, a training calendar that connects to TrainingPeaks and all the stats you could want.

Plus Garmin has very capable sports watches and smart body weight scales to consolidate all your fitness indicators in one place. Also, it's completely free.

The downside is the user base is much smaller so less segments and who knows if your KOM is the fastest time. You also won't get randos on the internet kudo'ing your rides/runs and boosting your ego. Also, no cool extensions like Elevate, StravaSauce, etc.
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iamacyborg 1256 days ago
> smart body weight scales

My experience with their index scale is that it's garbage for anything other than weight.

Agree with everything else you say though.

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frankhhhhhhhhh 1256 days ago
I had a similar experience until I learned about the importance of setting a correct Activity Class. Don't think that's actually even in the manual. https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=DJEru6ns626MZTh2kvUXZA
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iamacyborg 1256 days ago
Yeah I’ve done that, I’ve had the scale for a couple years and the issue was never resolved. If you check the garmin forums for the 7% body fat bug you’ll see it’s an ongoing issue for a lot of folks.
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