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Garmin

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jelly (limegreenjelly) Dec 2021 7:27am, 22 Dec 2021 1,955 posts	0 jelly (limegreenjelly) My alert to let my husband know I’ve fallen has gone off twice this month when I’ve been clapping! He says it’s good that it’s working, I’m thinking it’s a bit over sensitive but I’m not sure if I can adjust it somehow?
chunkywizmas Dec 2021 7:50am, 22 Dec 2021 13,148 posts	0 chunkywizmas No, there is no adjustment. Mine can be set off by clapping as well. You can cancel it before it sends though by holding down a key for a few seconds.
Oranj Dec 2021 8:09am, 22 Dec 2021 2,967 posts	0 Oranj That seems a bit daft when my Garmin is sensitive enough to work out the difference between a press up and a sit up when I'm doing circuits. Impressive when your wrist hardly moves in a press up.
Snail Dec 2021 11:59pm, 22 Dec 2021 724 posts	0 Snail I'd never swum with my Garmin as I was never sure it was waterproof. Well I now have the cleanest Garmin as it accidently went in the washing machine with my sportswear!!! So not only is it clean, but so far it seems to have passed the waterproof test too! Might even give me an excuse to do a bit of swimming too.
chunkywizmas Dec 2021 7:44am, 23 Dec 2021 13,153 posts	0 chunkywizmas Oranj, as it’s a safety feature I guess they don’t want to give control to the users as if they set the sensitivity low then have an accident and it does work they might get sued/ bad press.
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Dec 2021 10:01am, 23 Dec 2021 40,625 posts	0 Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) I turned the feature off. My wife never answers her phone anyway. My Facebook friends would have to be doing a plea for information on a mountain rescue mission before she'd notice I was gone!
Fragile Do Not Bend Dec 2021 10:42am, 23 Dec 2021 9,032 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend The incident alert thing has gone off on my watch a couple of times when using a hand dryer in public toilets 😅
Christmas’ Dad Dec 2021 10:12pm, 23 Dec 2021 1,867 posts	0 Christmas’ Dad Dangerous things, those hand dryers! 😂
gt Dec 2021 8:15pm, 25 Dec 2021 50 posts	0 gt Bargain Instinct here: garmin.com Solar model for £96
Badger Dec 2021 9:10pm, 25 Dec 2021 14,552 posts	0 Badger Wow. That is a lot of watch for the money! Must have a lot of stock to offload (rumour is new versions coming in January)