I’ve never used back to start during an activity. However, on vacation recently we walked all around San Diego’s beaches and side streets (parking is crazy) and I used “save waypoint” and “navigate to saved waypoint” to save my parking spot! It’s helped a ton.
@@santeenl I ran with it today and it's definitely something that I have to get use to because I had a Samsung galaxy watch before it died on me. I definitely enjoying it and love that Garmin syncs with Strava perfectly.
Yeah man I think the navigation videos for the garmin are hugely helpful. I am a hardcore garmin fanboy for triathlon use but so infrequently use navi that when I do need to use it, I stumble a bit. Thanks!
Short tutorials are most welcome. I’ve not used this feature and did know it exists however you explaining what to do with it is really helpful. Keep up the good work.
This was really useful, thank you for taking the time to make these and I look forward to more. I bought a 955 based on your videos about it and have really enjoyed it the last few weeks. It's great to have videos like this showing how to use all the functions.
Great video! Never knew that holding the button brought up the nav menu. I use Navigation on my Fenix 6 a lot, just hadn't realised you could jump into a route mid-run! Thanks for showing me the way.
That was really helpful Dave, more of these types of video would be great, our watches have all these features that we could make use of, but don’t know about.
Very helpful. While on a trail run this morning i actually made a mental note to search your channel for some navigation tips as i’m new to trail running
Thanks for the helpful video and definitely a feature more people should know about - especially if you are ever running/walking/hiking without your phone in an unfamiliar place. One note, however, the Garmin Venu 2 (and I would imagine the 2 Plus) has a "Back to Start" feature for the activities I noted. No maps and no Tracbac or Routes. But, definitely a "Back to Start." When you are in a GPS activity, press and hold the bottom button and select Navigation, then Select Back to Start. A Red Arrow points you in the direction you need to head back to with the distance from the start. I've used it and it's helpful. You also can save locations and track to those locations in the same manner (though I've never tried it). So, you may want to update the title to reflect this or when you mention in your video about the Venu series put on the screen that "Back to Start" is available without maps. Thanks, again.
Great video! This is a super handy feasture and I've used it a number of times when in new places, usually for walking activites, but occasionaly for running. One thing I will add, is that on my Epix2 (I don't know if this also works on other watches as I don't have any to compare) I find the easiest way to access this back to start feature is to pause the activity and the option is just a couple of lines down, super easy 🙂
Awesome ! Thank you…didnt know about the route option. Just tried trackback and was so mad I had such a long way back to start 😂 Your the best…cheers !
Hey 🙂 thank you for this tutorial, I was out today cycling and struggled to get home. I thought that my Garmin 6x pro had this feature, but didn't know where to find it, so thank you for helping me out with this. Great video and easy to understand 😎👍🏽
A series of Tutorials on using maps to set up courses, trails and then actually use those trails on the watch in various conditions would be super helpful. Using the Web Connect page is probably the best place to show how to draw a trail, edit it, save it and send it to the watch would be useful too. I think I have the hang of it but an experience user will probably have some tricks/info worth sharing. Thanks for all your vids. I really appreciate them.
Been using 'Back to start' for a while, in longer hikes, to estimate ETA back at basecamp. TracBack (instead of Route) is helpful if the trail you were doing is not on the map, or if you were trailblazing.. the unfortunate annoying thing about it is if you turn back BEFORE you engage TracBack on the watch, it wants you to first go back to the furthest point you've reached, before turning around again to go to the beginning, whereas Route intercepts the track at your current position (or rather, routes back from it as the name suggests).
This was an issue in earlier versions of trackback but it's gotten a lot smarter on newer watches. The 955 for instance will intelligently know if you're already on your way back and won't tell you to turn around. It adjusts just like a car GPS would if you missed your turn or took a short cut.
hi Dave I stumbled across this video I have a fr935 and it works!!!! I'm glad I've got this in my arsenal just in case I had no idea !!! thanks ps I subscribed
Thanks bro! I'm from Saugus, MA. Love to see locals doing great on RU-vid! I go Snowmobile and dirtbiking and I want a watch in case I get lost in the woods. Also to plan a trip in the woods. Would you recommend these Garmin watches for my interests? Thanks!
This video answered a question I had whether the Fenix 7 would route me back to the start point using nearby trails or just show a straightline. Nice to know the watch will route me back the quickest way on the nearest trails.
Can you show to us how to create you personal workout from the app.. I’m really interesting it that specially I would like to see how to use the 3d animation for you exercise 💪🏼. Thank you so much 😊
Garmin Explore App can be very useful if you get lost with your phone. App allows to use Garmin's topographic maps offline on the phone. You can route your way back or wherever on the larger screen of the phone and sync it to your watch right on the trail. The best part is it works on my 745 which doesn't have map navigation. Explore App seems to function with some incompatible watches (like my 745).
this was helpful. i was testing out the feature on a small route i did and didn't see a difference between the two. that was probably because trackback was in fact the shortest route then. I'd like more of these video's about the navigation features on the watches. maybe use an instinct or 245 or something beside the 955 you're using to show the difference between the mappable watches and the others. 2 other questions: why are you using the buttons for the map on your watch? isn't the 955 a touchscreen model? it's way easier with the touchscreen. is your watch scratched already? how come,? i thought the new gorilla glass was very good.
I keep the touch screen turned off when I'm in activities which is why I was using the buttons here. It's also easier to film on camera without my fingers in the way or smudging the screen with my sweatyness lol. The white watch shown here is a Forerunner 255 but yes... it's got a big scratch in it. The gorilla glass isn't on the same level as sapphire unfortunately and I'm not even sure how this one got scratched 🤷♂️
Thank you for your video. Pls advice before I can use the track back functions, do I have I to start use the navigation from my starting point? Or what if am on hike and saving my battery. And middle of no where I start using the track back?
The breadcrumb navigation is similar between the two but Garmin is much easier to upload a course to using the Garmin Connect app or website. It's a little more manual on COROS. However, Garmin's big advantage is with the mapping capabilities on the Fenix 7 / forerunner 955 etc... as it's fully routeable with tons of features where COROS basemap is simply a background layer image for context. Hope that helps!
This was informative. How good are the maps for trails on the models that have trails? Also, for models that have only trackback is there a way to "bread crumb" along the way, so that you can find your way out without having to go full trackback (I'm thinking of trails that cross and loop over each other - maybe you don't want to go all the way over the ground you've covered and would like to just find a path out)?
Surprisingly good in most areas in terms of mapping. With breadcrumb watches you can only follow your breadcrumb in an activity since the track is essentially displaying what's being recorded.
Oof tough call! If you want a more rugged build the Fenix 6X is great. The 955 has better GPS accuracy with multi-band, better HR sensor, touch screen, and new software features. Personally, I'd go 955 but that's only because I kind of like the plastic built watches.
I have both and today I ran with both. The FR 955 is so accurate and has the better instant pace. This means that there were no jumps in the pace while running consistently. Also the weight was so great. The Fenix 6x was bouncing (yes I did tighten it) and I felt the weight. The built quality is better on the Fenix 6x but for me the FR955 is the clear winner.
I’m trying to decide between Garmin or Apple Watch ultra. These features seem so much better on Garmin. Looked at some videos for backtrack on apple and didn’t seem that reliable
Hey Dave, thanks for your videos. They re very helpful! Is it possible with the forerunner 955 choosing any point on the map, holding it and navigate to this point? Does it takes the shortest way? And does it fit the route, if you take an alternative way? Thanks for answering and greetings from germany.
You can do this but not by holding the screen like on the Fenix 7 oddly. On the 955 you need to click a button to select the location once you've panned/zoomed to the desired location. The watch will calculate a route to your destination using the shortest distance and by using "trend popularity" maps to know which trails/roads are most commonly used for your sport so you don't end up on an overgrown mess of a road/trail!
Hey, sry again. Now I have the forerunner but I cant select the desired location. There is no crosshairs (Fadenkreutz). Can you describe once more, how it works? :)) That would be perfect. The chapter "Save or navigate to a location on the map" does not work..
Incorrect, you can trigger a "back to start" during any activity without needing to save the location. However, on certain watches without full mapping you'll only get the option to use "TrackBack" and not routing like on the higher end models.
I used this feature a lot when I was using Garmin 245 on any vacation. Now I use epix2 and I was surprised that this feature doesn’t work if you haven’t downloaded region maps before going to vacation. I’ve tried to download them via hotel WiFi but Garmin doesn’t support any type of WiFi authorization in a browser so it sucked a lot. Basic watch could help me better and the most advanced watch didn’t
@@ChaseTheSummit good to know, maybe I tried once and just got my route by myself after the first attempt failed. Next time will either prepare and download the maps or use trackback!
"Best" is subjective but I'd say a good place to start would be the Garmin Epix Pro 51mm or Fenix 7 Pro. If those are too expensive something like the Instinct 2X might be a good fit!
So is this feature only available once you're in an activity? If you're not in an activity is there someting similar or you have to open map and manually choose where to go?
Yes, only in an activity otherwise it doesn't know your starting point. However, if you're not in an activity you could use a saved location and navigate back to that point... You'll just need to remember to store critical locations when your'e out.
Why I always got calculation error on my garmin ed830. Is it because the trail I go to has no map?? I usually like to ride my bike on trail alone. But i use my phone as manual navigation as trail in my country is sort of uncharted. So I am considering a watch so I dont have to use my phone as navigation
Does this require you to start an activity when you go into the forest? You can get a little lost when, for example, picking berries without starting an activity.
If you have a watch like the Fenix 7, 955, 945, etc... with a basemap you can navigate to a location without starting an activity because the map has routeable data. On watches that only have breadcrumb like the 245/255 there's no such feature unless you have started an activity.
How can I reset my 'back to start'? Even though I wait for GPS before I begin, my 'back to start' feature always takes me back to my home address no matter where I start from. Please help!
So let's say I drove my car to a wooded area and started to walk into the woods before I start to walk into the woods do I need to turn anything on my watch so in case I get lost it will take me right back where my car is at ? As in let's say I just started walking in the woods for a hike and got lost, will my 7x pro get me back to my starting point where I initially entered or do I need to turn on the navigation and set something so it knows where to lead me back to my car ?
So say right before you start walking into the woods, on your watch you hit walking or running or whatever activity you're doing. That starts the watch. A few hours pass and you get lost. You go into your watch like he said and you click on routing and it'll route you back to your car or the beginning of the woods area where you started. Just remember you have to start your watch with walking or running before you start walking into the woods.
On devices with mapping there's no straight line to start like on the older Fenix 3/5. However, you can download the "back to start" connect IQ data field that mimics this feature: apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/ce2cb5dc-7625-4dc1-853a-71af85b7b1e3
@@ChaseTheSummit Thanks. That data field is helpful. I have a Fenix 6x PRO with routable maps. Garmin documentation is very vague about Direct routing , it is kind of mentioned, but it is not in a place in actual watch where it should be according to the documentation. However I kind of remembered that I have done it. So the place to search for it is when you go to the activity settings->Routing->Activity. Then the first "activity" on what the route selection is based is Direct Routing. If you activate Direct routing then it should give the direct line in the future when choosing route. For me it is helpful when I just want the direction and not specific route. My 2 cents ;)
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The white watch in this video is actually the 255. But yes, scratched. Not sure how I did it but it wasn’t anything crazy. Unfortunately the Gorilla Glass isn’t on the same level as sapphire!
