WF Modello GMT…what do you guys think about the WF on MIP display?

Yesterday i ran 14km easy and my watch slapped me with a 51-hour recovery time.
I feel relatively fine right now, but a little over two days of recovery seems wild. Is the Garmin algorithm actually accurate with this stuff, or is it just being overly dramatic?
For those who have seen numbers like this:
Do you actually wait until it hits 0 to run again?

What are your go-to recovery routines to help drop the timer faster?

Appreciate any insight, thanks!

Saw this bad boy today. Released in 2006.

Now this part is just me rambling about absolutely nothing until I meet my word quota. Sure hope this goes through and I don't have to type all this stuff in again. That would be incredibly frustrating since I'm just trying to share something cool that people on this subreddit would probably appreciate.

It’s called ‘Minimal Tactical PRO’

This one's been a long time coming, and most of what's in it came directly from your suggestions and feature requests. I've attached a few shots of how it now looks on both MIP and AMOLED devices.

5.0 Highlights:
• ⁠Two new hand styles (Portal Hybrid and Helix Heritage)
• ⁠A new data colour selector: complications can now have their own colour, independent of your accent colour
• ⁠Minimal AOD Mode for AMOLED: strips everything back to just the date
• ⁠Week number support, smarter moon phase and tides calculations, new complications (Wheelchair Pushes, Sleep Score), and a long list of MIP/Solar refinements

Full change-log:
• hands mechanism refactored to support two new hand styles: Portal Hybrid and Helix Heritage
• fixed skeleton hands colour on Instinct 3 + transparency option has been removed on this platform only, as it isn't supported
• new: Minimal AOD Mode toggle: hides every inner metric except the date in AOD mode: AMOLED exclusive feature, ideal for those who value maximum efficiency
• new: data colour selector: configure complication colours independently from your accent colour, available both in the native on-device UI on newer watches and in the Customise menu across all other devices
• added "Wheelchair Pushes" complication (supported devices only)
• added "Sleep Score" complication (supported devices only)
• week number added as an option for the date complication, displayed alongside the date
• fix for rare cases where the week number would display incorrectly
• improved moon phase calculation accuracy
• improved tides calculation accuracy
• more options for 12/6 o'clock hour mark visualisation choose what progress matters most to you
• long-tap the bottom or top hour mark to open its respective data field directly
• customize menu performance and copy improvements
• fixed a rare out-of-memory error in the Customise menu
• further MIP visualisation improvements: the watch face should now feel right at home on MIP/Solar devices

If you already own this watch gace, update yours now for free: grab it from Connect IQ. Modello GMT is paid and actively maintained. A free trial is available. I am a developer of this watch face – AMA.

This has genuinely been a labour of love, and updates like this is why we keep going.
Thanks for being part of it!!!

I pulled validation studies on how accurate each device's VO2 max estimate is across multiple wearable brands and any claims the brands make on their accuracy into a comparison chart. It's broken down into how each device measures VO2 max, what the company claims, and what independent studies actually found. Sources linked as well for each row if you want to check these out further. Hope you find this helpful if you're tracking it!

If the tables are difficult for mobile readers I'll also include a mobile first page with the data in the comments if you need it.

VO2 max accuracy by brand

Device	how it estimates	company accuracy claim	Independent validation	Source
Garmin (watch)	Exercise via heart rate vs pace on a run	95% accuracy and errors under 3.5 ml/kg/min	Best validated of any wearable. MAPE 7% (fenix 6) and 6.7% (Forerunner 245) but underestimate highly trained runners by 4-5 ml/kg/min	Carrier et al. 2025 & Engel et al. 2025
Apple Watch	Exercise via outdoor walk/run/hike	None published	Two studies, both show it underestimates MAPE 13.3% and 15.8%	Lambe et al. 2025 & Caserman et al. 2024
Polar	Via resting Fitness Test (HR + HRV) or a run test	Marketed as a validated non exercise estimate	Resting test overestimates (+2.2 ml/kg/min) and a CPET study found MAPE 13.7%	Neudorfer et al. 2025 & Molina-García et al. 2022
Fitbit / Google	Via resting HR & profile, refined by GPS runs	None public	Consistent as a score but overestimates the absolute number (52.5 vs 49.9 in lab)	Freeberg et al. 2019
Samsung Galaxy Watch	Exercise via outdoor run	82% correlation vs clinical equipment (company funded, Univ. of Michigan)	A study only validated its heart rate during a max test not VO2 max	Inoue et al. 2026 (HR only)
Whoop	Proprietary, passive & GPS run model	Internal MAE 3.7 ml/kg/min, MAPE 8.0%, r 0.90 vs a metabolic cart (n=248)	None independent	WHOOP (vendor)
Oura Ring	Initial reading via profile data more accurate via guided inapp 6 minute walk test	No accuracy figure published (vendor states it is less accurate than a lab test)	None independent	Oura (vendor)
Coros	Exercise via heart rate vs pace (unpublished method)	No figure published (vendor claims "very close to lab")	None independent	Coros(vendor)
Suunto	Exercise: same Firstbeat engine Garmin uses	Inherits Firstbeat (95%)	No Suunto specific study but rides on the same validation as Garmin	via Firstbeat

Additional notes

• Garmin is the only one with solid independent accuracy and a near correct vendor claim
• Resting based estimates (Polar Fitness Test, Fitbit without a run) tend to overestimate
• Every device underestimates VO2 max in highly trained people and overestimates in sedentary ones so the error depends on who you are
• Validation studies typically lags hardware so that's why some models are older
• A chest strap improves any exercise based estimate as wrist optical heart rate drifts during hard efforts.
• Only a lab CPET gives a true VO2 max
• Devices that estimate VO2 max from an actual workout were near spoton on average (bias -0.09 ml/kg/min vs lab)
• Devices that estimate it at rest overestimated by +2.17 ml/kg/min. Both still have wide error for any single person Molina-García et al. 2022

If I missed any studies please feel free to let me know!

My new watch vibration feels off. It feels like it is rattling and making rattling noise. I am new with garmin so can someone confirm is it normal or i should connect to garmin support for replacement?

Of course you could just use a regular timer and they'd cook exactly the same, but this looks way cooler.

Hey r/GarminFenix ! 

If you play pickleball, you know the pain it takes to remember the score, who is serving, whether it's Server 1 or 2, and which side of the court you’re supposed to be standing on.

Just so that I can focus on enjoying the game as a newbie, I built Pickleball Go - a dedicated pickleball scoring and activity tracking app for Garmin watches.

It’s FREE to try out currently.

Some nice features I’ve built:

• Smart Scoring & Rotation: You just need to swipe(or press) UP/DOWN for opponent/own point. The app tracks current score, active server (Server 1 vs. Server 2), and correct court positioning. It even handles the first-service exception at the start of doubles games.
• Singles & Doubles Modes: Full support for both formats with proper rule application.
• Garmin Connect : Saves not only heart rate and calories, but also game stats in Stats Tab (Winner, total points, game breakdown, and a live point-differential graph).
• Seamless On-Wrist Controls: Swipe or press a button to log a point instantly between rallies. Made a mistake? There's a one-press Undo Last Point that perfectly reverses side-outs and server changes.

You can find it by searching Pickleball Go in the Garmin Connect IQ Store or alternatively here: https://apps.garmin.com/apps/3664a87d-6d4e-4d39-9257-efb877f2db3f

If you hit any bugs, have questions, or want to request a feature, please feel free to DM!

hey people of r/autoimmune

my brother got diagnosed with POTS around 2 years back. he wears an apple watch ultra every day and tracks heart rate, sleep, HRV, all of it.

the weird thing is none of that data ever gets used. it just piles up in the health app.

every doctor visit went the same way. he'd say "my heart rate jumps out of nowhere and by 3pm i'm done for the day" and the doctor would nod and move on. nothing on paper to back it up.

so built rox

it connects to his apple watch (also works with whoop, garmin and oura) and reads the wearable data the way someone with a chronic illness would need it read.

what it does right now:

• pacing tracker that runs off your existing wearable (coming soon)
• spots patterns and catches flares before they hit
• type in your meds and symptoms, no forms or dropdowns
• puts together summaries you can hand to your doctor

(this is a free app, and I do not intend to make it paid for people who join within next 2 days)

app link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rox-chronic-illness-care/id6756538804

if it helps you out, a review would mean a lot!

sorry if this looks like a promotion, i do not intend to charge anyone, hence a helpful resource.

Recently just got the garmin forerunner 265 and I can’t get it to connect?

Any recommendations?