08-18-2020, 10:44 PM
Its the little things that "get my goat". One of the things that constantly frustrates me about VZFIT Explore is unexpected resets. They happen when I least expect it...and the seem to follow no pattern that I can understand.
For example... yesterday, Something dropped from the counter next to my bike. It might have gotten in the way or caused problems, so I took the headset off (still running, no menu open), to pick the item up and put it back on the counter top. When I put the headset back on just a few seconds later... Explore had completely turned off. When I turned it back on...I had to go back through the start menu and everything (Time, spins, etc.) was reset to zero.
About 15 minutes later I lifted up the headset to answer a question my son had asked me. The headset sensor must have been a fraction of an inch too high off my face, because the headset shut off. When I turned it back on...it went straight to the main menu and Time, spins, etc were again reset to zero.
There have been times when I took the headset off my face to wipe it down, and even though I try to keep a finger over the sensor... it shut off and progress was reset. Other times in the same circumstances the headset stays on...or turns back on...it goes straight into explore and my progress continued. There have been times where I have put the headset down to fill up my water bottle, took longer than expected, but came back and it was still on and running explore...others where I was out and back quickly and it reset. I've tried menu open... I've tried no menu... this has happened to me in comfort mode, country mode, etc. Sometimes I just wait until a certain time or number of spins and just manually close the Explore App, knowing that it is easier to keep track of my progress if I manually restart later.
On the positive side...it has been a while since something like this happens and my progress was dumped. That has happened to me several times where I am say... 44% through a ride, and come back to find that I am only 32% through it now. In some cases... on some of my longer rides, The difference could be 50 plus miles or more.
I still wish the unexpected resets could be addressed. I know in the past I asked for a pause button to pause the clock/progress, but was told that was not possible due to online matchups. My fitbit allows me to pause my exercise... life happens especially when I am working out at home, hehe.
I think I would be less frustrated if there was at least some consistency... like... if I knew that being away for 5 minutes would cause it to reset. As it is now....I could be away for 15 seconds or 15 minutes...and it might be reset or still running either way...
For example... yesterday, Something dropped from the counter next to my bike. It might have gotten in the way or caused problems, so I took the headset off (still running, no menu open), to pick the item up and put it back on the counter top. When I put the headset back on just a few seconds later... Explore had completely turned off. When I turned it back on...I had to go back through the start menu and everything (Time, spins, etc.) was reset to zero.
About 15 minutes later I lifted up the headset to answer a question my son had asked me. The headset sensor must have been a fraction of an inch too high off my face, because the headset shut off. When I turned it back on...it went straight to the main menu and Time, spins, etc were again reset to zero.
There have been times when I took the headset off my face to wipe it down, and even though I try to keep a finger over the sensor... it shut off and progress was reset. Other times in the same circumstances the headset stays on...or turns back on...it goes straight into explore and my progress continued. There have been times where I have put the headset down to fill up my water bottle, took longer than expected, but came back and it was still on and running explore...others where I was out and back quickly and it reset. I've tried menu open... I've tried no menu... this has happened to me in comfort mode, country mode, etc. Sometimes I just wait until a certain time or number of spins and just manually close the Explore App, knowing that it is easier to keep track of my progress if I manually restart later.
On the positive side...it has been a while since something like this happens and my progress was dumped. That has happened to me several times where I am say... 44% through a ride, and come back to find that I am only 32% through it now. In some cases... on some of my longer rides, The difference could be 50 plus miles or more.
I still wish the unexpected resets could be addressed. I know in the past I asked for a pause button to pause the clock/progress, but was told that was not possible due to online matchups. My fitbit allows me to pause my exercise... life happens especially when I am working out at home, hehe.
I think I would be less frustrated if there was at least some consistency... like... if I knew that being away for 5 minutes would cause it to reset. As it is now....I could be away for 15 seconds or 15 minutes...and it might be reset or still running either way...