Strava over reading?

[Flashfozzy]

I have been using Endomondo for a while and my Polar RCX5.

A mate told me to try Strava which i loaded onto my S3. Strava appears to over read by about 5% compared to the other two.

 

This week i started both Endo and strava on the phone at the same time and it recorded 34.47km on Endo and 36.0Km on Strava.

 

Is there a setting needs changing or is this why Strava is so Liked?

[Underachiever]

I've exported my Endomondo .gpx files to Strava and found the distances recorded to be slightly different. I think Strava and Endo uses different algorithms to translate GPS data into distance and speed.

 

Their elevation results differ vastly, with Strava more accurate.

[New Landy new life]

I find Endo figures to be less than my Cycle computer and the race organisers by about 2 km on an average 45 km race.

 

Might just be the blackberry GPS is not 100% good - my wife's S4 when we walk together looses signal and also zig zags the tracks all over the show - might be more a phone related issue than the app itself.

[Frosty]

The summary of my Saturday morning ride - uploaded from my device to Endomondo, Strava and Garmin Connect.

 

Major discrepencies found - (Endomondo / Strava / Garmin):

• Calories - 2925 / 1604 / no-data on Garmin
  
• Total Ascent - 512 / 316 / 420
  

I wouldn't really be too concerned with the Calories.

Garmin had elevation correction ON, which seems to be close to the average of between Endomondo and Strava.

 

 

Endomondo

 

Strava

 

Garmin Connect

Edited October 28, 2013 by geraldm24

[New Landy new life]

Man that max heart rate is high - I get scared at that figure - Hope you are fairly young

[Frosty]

220 - 40 = 180, so 187 is not so bad.

There's a better way to calculate it using Resting HR and some other stuff.

 

That max HR was me trying to bridge the gap two tandems had opened up, on a descent into a headwind.

Didn't succeed, but managed to keep the gap fairly consistent over the next 12Km.