Tom Tom watch or Strava

[west4]

Hello all. My Tom Tom watch measures differently from Strava on my phone. 6k on the watch is 6.5k on the Strava app. That's a big difference! Which one do I believe? Has anyone else had this issue?

[linda9389 Graduate]

It's a pain isn't it. All these gadgets have their own GPS sensors and software. I gave up recording on my phone and my watch at the same time - I stick with my watch data and automatically download it to strava. Right or wrong, at least it should be a consistent measure.

You could have a look at the maps from each and see where they differ. It could just be one specific GPS black spot.

[Tasha99 Graduate]

Can’t you sync them? The watch will be right

support.strava.com/hc/en-us...

[linda9389 Graduate in reply to Tasha99]

Interestingly this study just popped up on my FB feed (no coincidence of course, talk about FB is watching you!!!)

trainingpeaks.com/blog/how-...

[west4 in reply to linda9389]

Interesting but yes it is still a pain. I think the best way is just to choose one and stick with it. I’m reluctantly going with tom-tom on my watch because I’m used to it now and I like to watch the heart rate

[Tasha99 Graduate in reply to west4]

Garmin all measure heart rate. Go garmin!