Lost V650 Bidon

[RobbyB]

No...wont work with Strava Beacon!

[TheoG]

I'm not sure if through Strava, the V650 has a beacon facility. If you go on-line and query your GPS device, it can send its position.

 

Thanks, I did not know this.  Would that be in Polar Flow?  If so where?  I cant find it.

Edited November 5, 2020 by Theog

[RobbyB]

Sorry, that was some bad info. Beacon (Strava feature) works on a mobile (cell phone). You activate it on your cell then go ride (with your cell). When you push the button it will send a signal to those you have linked up and advise them of your position. 

[ilubinsky]

I also have a Polar V650.  How do you locate it when no data is uploaded?  The unit don't upload GPS data automatically, have to be synced with either a phone or PC to Polar Flow and from there to Strava.

 

If this is possible, I would like to know how for incase mine also get lost.

I dont know how they did it. I was sitting in my office a week later and I got a message on strava that my ride is ready to view. I went to strava and had a look and there the ride or walk was. I looked at the satellite image and it showed me the houses next to the parking lot in Bidon Bistro. I drove out there asked the staff and no one new anything about it. I showed Garth the owner and he told his guys to find it. I also showed his guys the satellite image but no one was forthcoming. I said I will see them on Sunday and give them a reward for it lets hope I get it. When I looked in strava there were three walks that were there so I dont have a clue unless they pushed the sync button.

[Ozzie NL]

I dont know how they did it. I was sitting in my office a week later and I got a message on strava that my ride is ready to view. I went to strava and had a look and there the ride or walk was. I looked at the satellite image and it showed me the houses next to the parking lot in Bidon Bistro. I drove out there asked the staff and no one new anything about it. I showed Garth the owner and he told his guys to find it. I also showed his guys the satellite image but no one was forthcoming. I said I will see them on Sunday and give them a reward for it lets hope I get it. When I looked in strava there were three walks that were there so I dont have a clue unless they pushed the sync button.

Surely it means that the new "owner" must have also pushed start and stop three times...ie pretty familiar with how the unit works...

[TheoG]

Surely it means that the new "owner" must have also pushed start and stop three times...ie pretty familiar with how the unit works...

 

It still need to sync to ilubinsky's Polar Flow account for him to be able to see it.  If the device (phone or PC) used for syncing is not logged into his account it will not sync to his account but rather to "the new owners account" (if he have/created one).

 

I fail to see how this is possible.  Would be glad to be enlightened.

 

PS, I will phone the guys at IHF (the Polar agents in SA), maybe they can explain to me how its possible.

Edited November 6, 2020 by Theog

[ilubinsky]

It still need to sync to ilubinsky's Polar Flow account for him to be able to see it.  If the device (phone or PC) used for syncing is not logged into his account it will not sync to his account but rather to "the new owners account" (if he have/created one).

 

I fail to see how this is possible.  Would be glad to be enlightened.

 

PS, I will phone the guys at IHF (the Polar agents in SA), maybe they can explain to me how its possible.

I think the children of the workers picked it up at Bidon Bistro and switched it on while they were playing. It did sync on three occasions to Polar and to Strava thats how I located it to be there. The battery is probably flat now so no more new sync's. I asked the staff this weekend again if they had asked the kids but no one has found it. Discovery are paying out and should have a new one this week.