Altitude data when running in heavy rain

DMytro

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos but do you know if competition has better results in such conditions?

I think it would be helpful for users to be able to switch to gps-altitude if the recognize that conditions interfere with baro measurements.

Panagiotis Kritikakos

@DMytro Generally, no I don’t know. If they have similar it doesn’t justify the result. My mate however with Garmin didn’t have such issues today.

GPS/baro switch has been mentioned before and I think would be helpful.

Brad_Olwin

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos I have had this happen as well. About the only solution is to wear under your shirt sleeve or jacket.

Panagiotis Kritikakos

@Brad_Olwin It was under the jacket, but the sleeve was not very tight to the wrist and I had headwind.

freeheeler

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos
we’ve had a windy day today, too and I’ve noticed wind effect, too.
but it is only a problem when it’s windy (and maybe really heavy rain). but I would always choose the baro sensor position like in peak and pro, over the position on the S9B.
it is the better compromise IMO

thanasis

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos said in Altitude data when running in heavy rain:

@DMytro Generally, no I don’t know. If they have similar it doesn’t justify the result. My mate however with Garmin didn’t have such issues today.

GPS/baro switch has been mentioned before and I think would be helpful.

About the switch , You mean like ambit 3 (alti-baro-automatic )?
it would be great but I don’t expect any feature-type amendments to the FW … but

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos look at the bright side … you will be adding 5K for the vertical week

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos said in Altitude data when running in heavy rain:

GPS/baro switch has been mentioned before and I think would be helpful.

I absolutely vote in favour. It would be nice to only be able to use the GPS in certain circumstances. Yesterday I was running on the plains with bora (wind gusts over 70 km/h) and the barometer went crazy.

Jeffrey Tillack

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos I have an S9B but also use a Garmin Instinct. You can turn off the baro and just use GPS when u want. Nifty feature.

Panagiotis Kritikakos

@thanasis I almost forgot about A3P switch, but couldn’t be changed during the activity. I remember having it always on automatic.
Regarding the vertical week, it’s a pitty the activity took place a day before it started

@Jeffrey-Tillack You mean on the Garmin device?

Spree

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos If you set the alti/baro to “baro” in Suunto Ambit3 Peak, it does not measure altitude via GPS only; it fixes the altitude and doesn’t change it at all, while interpreting all changes in measured absolute pressure as changes in sea level pressure.

What is requested here is rather a way to forget about the barometer altogether and using GPS for altitude (while, probably, not measuring weather at all, since that would also be very wrong)

isazi

It is an interesting idea to have a setting for altitude: baro or GPS. I will forward it to Suunto.