Garmin

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flanker Apr 2022 5:07pm, 19 Apr 2022 20,519 posts	0 flanker Still a bit convoluted
Rossco Peeko Apr 2022 1:29pm, 28 Apr 2022 194 posts	0 Rossco Peeko I was alerted to the smell of burning whilst charging my Garmin (Forerunner 235) last night - watch itself was smoking and the charging cable was too hot to touch. Watch was clean and dry at the time. I can only assume the battery failed and caused a short. Bit worrying though - I'm pretty sure this would have caused a fire if unattended.
Fitz Apr 2022 2:51pm, 28 Apr 2022 2,681 posts	0 Fitz 😨
Ness Apr 2022 2:53pm, 28 Apr 2022 21,124 posts	0 Ness Have you contacted Garmin about it Rossco Peeko ? Hopefully they'll replace it!
hellywobs Apr 2022 3:00pm, 28 Apr 2022 83 posts	0 hellywobs I was alerted to the smell of burning whilst charging my Garmin (Forerunner 235) last night - watch itself was smoking and the charging cable was too hot to touch. Watch was clean and dry at the time. I can only assume the battery failed and caused a short. Bit worrying though - I'm pretty sure this would have caused a fire if unattended. That is worrying. I had a Fitbit Ionic and there was a recall because of something to do with the battery burning people. I'd had it nearly four years and still got over £200 back. It might be that Garmin needs to consider doing the same, definitely report it to them. It seems like gadgets work very well generally - it's the battery or charging that lets them down!
Rossco Peeko Apr 2022 7:04pm, 28 Apr 2022 195 posts	0 Rossco Peeko Email sent last night, awaiting response. Watch was ~3 years old and out of warranty but, as I pointed out, hardly an acceptable failure mode either from a reliability or product safety point of view.
Sigh Apr 2022 7:10pm, 28 Apr 2022 13,557 posts	0 Sigh Email sent last night, awaiting response. Watch was ~3 years old and out of warranty but, as I pointed out, hardly an acceptable failure mode either from a reliability or product safety point of view. They'll also have strict liability for ten years under the Consumer Protection Act 1987, had any damage arisen (i.e. injury, damage to property - not damage to the device itself). legislation.gov.uk legislation.gov.uk legislation.gov.uk
Snoot Apr 2022 7:49pm, 28 Apr 2022 4,802 posts	0 Snoot Updated in 2015 to the Consumer Rights Act. Products need to be: Of satisfactory quality, as described, fit for purpose and last a reasonable length of time. Essentially the more you spend the longer it should last. So 3 years for a Garmin isn’t reasonable moneysavingexpert.com Hope you get sorted with it 🤞
Sam Jelfs Apr 2022 10:00am, 29 Apr 2022 1,135 posts	0 Sam Jelfs Quick question - Dows anyone know how to remove all routes from a Fenix 6? I have 50+ courses, most of which I will never do again, or at least not for a long time so would like to remove them. Going through one by one and deleting them seems like a tedious task.
larkim Apr 2022 10:13am, 29 Apr 2022 17,747 posts	0 larkim I've wondered the same about my 645 - its easy to push stuff over onto the watch, but there's no interface in GC or on the website which says "delete these from watch".