Originally Posted by
Brian Gobrecht Alright we know there is a gps saver so what's the question?
The issue, I think, is that the GPS saver mode badly skews the distance measurement unless the wearer is travelling in a straight line. I tested it on a 2.5 mile run and only got about 2.12 tracked. What seems to me to be the logical solution would be to somehow combine both the GPS map points when they are locked while estimating the total distance based on the step counter - just like it does when tracking a run without GPS.
I tried to track a marathon a couple weeks ago. I already knew that the GPS saver mode would give inaccurate distance measurements, so I tried to test the battery limits with normal GPS mode. My Band 2 recorded 18 miles in 3h45m before the battery died. With GPS saver mode, I estimate that it would have recorded the full duration of the run and reported about 21.5 miles. At that point, it would seem more accurate to just track the run without GPS at all and let the entire distance be estimated based on my steps.