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Garmin 910xt pre race stress

kjc777kjc777
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IMLP coming up Sunday and I'm praying my 910xt works.  Bought a brand new one in Feb this year and sent it back about a month ago for a bunch of crazy stuff it was doing.  They sent me a refurb that worked fine up until last night.  I did a pool workout, set the watch to pool swim>25meters>start and put my head down and started stroking.  30 mins later look at the watch and the time is right but NO @#$%^ng DISTANCE.  Coincidentally, I get an email from Garmin this morning that says its time to update my software on the watch.  I am a little stressed about doing this before Placid, 

Anyone else have this issue?  What do you guys think?

Oh, and at Quassy, my HR strap didn't work.  How did I know?  At mile 26 on Rt. 109 my HR was 38.  I'm kinda fit but no Bruce Lee (got a free replacement strap, but not the sending unit)  Seems to work now but getting uneasy.

 

Thanks

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  • Darren FreemanDarren Freeman

    @Ken

    I just did a warranty replacement on my 910xt yesterday (7/22) and for $12 they are sending me the replacement overnight for afternoon delivery which I should receive today.  Originally they quoted me the shipping would case $28.  First check the firmware version on your watch and if it needs to upgraded go to 2.8.  Do a quick test and see if it solves your problem.  If you have enough time you can always do another warranty replacement but I would ask them to absorb the shipping the second time around.

  • Bob IrwinBob Irwin
    I have a 310XT and was worried about the same things a couple of weeks ago for my 70.3 race. My Garmin ended up working fine, but I brought along my old polar just in case. That would have given me at least HR on the run. I have a Garmin Edge 500 I use on the bike, and it is always solid - so I wasn't worried about the run.
  • bc4uabc4ua
    Before CdA the OWS issue surfaced with the 910. I'd go ahead and upgrade the firmware. You can always manually rotate through each leg and use it for leg time. I did this, and while you can't see total time, it also helps to distract you from thinking about total time.
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