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Inspire 3 Not Recording Distance Correctly on Tracked Runs

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‎12-31-2024 14:51

‎12-31-2024 14:51

My Inspire 3 does not record distance correctly on tracked runs. It connects to my GPS successfully and stays connected to my iPhone 15 Pro’s GPS, but when comparing my run tracked on my Inspire vs. my run tracked on Strava (also using my iPhone’s GPS), the Inspire significantly underestimates the distance by ~25%. After the run, the Inspire tracked run map appears to match the map on my Strava account, so I’m not sure why the distance calculated is incorrect. During the run, it’s also inaccurate and consistently displays a slower pace / lower mileage than what is correct. 

I’ve had this problem for months now and have tried all typical solutions posted on the forum (e.g. restarting the Inspire, redoing the Bluetooth connection, ensuring GPS is connected the entire run, etc.). 

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‎12-31-2024 15:15 - edited ‎01-01-2025 11:03

‎12-31-2024 15:15 - edited ‎01-01-2025 11:03

That's not an encouraging observation, because Google/Fitbit reportedly uses the phone GPS, when enabled for an exercise, to fine tune the manually entered stride length to presumably make steps more accurate to measure distance when the phone GPS is not enabled. 

All bets are off if the reported distance is incorrect when the phone GPS is enabled.

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