Hi, thanks for the extra tip 😁 I run with a 955 solar now and with it being touch screen I can switch between a barcode and qr code with a swip across. Sometimes if the sun if causing too much reflection on the screen the qr works much better for the scanners.

Thanks Ben. I think it’s good to just have the ICE details there at the touch of a button, even for none parkrun days. Most people wear their watches all the time so it’s just one extra safety net to keep us safe 👍

Hi Aaron. Hope it all goes well with the set up of your new watch. I’m still using my watch barcode when I parkrun and there’s now an addition of a qr code. I didn’t need to do anything different, it just appeared one day. That’s worked well when it’s sunny or if it’s been raining 🙂

@@racheld1844 Hi Rachel, thanks to you. I got my parkrun code loaded. I will see if the qr code updates?

Hopefully it should work ok. Quite a lot of runners last week were using their watches and the scanners picked it up fine. As long as you have your watch you’ll never forget 😀

That’s great to hear. I sometimes barcode scan at parkrun and so many runners have it on their watch now. Depending on what model your watch is, it may also mean you’ve downloaded a qr barcode at the same time. That works really well on wet/ bright sunny days when it’s hard to get a reading from the barcode 👍

Great news! Glad it worked 😀

I’ve heard Santa’s on his way so there is always a chance 😉

45S is on the list and I can confirm that I have downloaded onto my Forerunner 45.

@@TurneyUK good news then, thanks 👍🏻

The forerunner 45 does not support any widgets. That is why I created the watch face version.

Thanks Kevin I’m glad it’s proved useful and thanks for sharing too 😀

Great news. Glad it worked 👍

Glad it helped 🙂

Hi Olga, I’ve had a little look on google as to how to find your barcode and hopefully you can use this page to help you support.parkrun.com/hc/en-us/articles/205632182-How-do-I-find-my-barcode- I think as long as you know the email address you registered with when you signed up, you should be able to retrieve it. Good luck 🤞

Thanks Michael. I’m just the same trying to squeeze everything in 😊

Glad it worked 🙂

Hi John, a few days after I made the video I realised that I could have just left it and scrolled up 🤦🏻‍♀️

I also took my usual printed barcode just in case but my watch worked no problem at all. If you wanted to give it a try before you went, if you download the parkrun volunteer app to your phone, open it and click on the barcode section of the app and hold it over your watch, you should be able to see if it reads your watch. Good luck either way 👍

@@racheld1844 certainly I will take both

You’re welcome Paul 😊

Hi Richard. Glad it’s been useful. I haven’t used my wristband barcode in over a year now 🙂

Thank you 👍

Ali B - that’s a shame. One could possibly be solved by trying one of the other widgets and as for no parkrun, I couldn’t imagine what that’s like. It’s my regular Saturday training 👍

@@racheld1844 Thanks Rachel, no pbs. I very much like your vids, keep up the good work 👍

@@Ab-qp2yu - thank you 😊

Hi John, I think to uninstall the widget just go to the Garmin IQ store, click on your device, scroll down to widgets (that are installed on your device) and click on the watch face that you’ve installed. There should be an option to uninstall. Hope that makes sense/ works 😀 Thanks for watching 👍

Hi Chris. Which watch is it that you have? Also is the widget picture exactly the same as the one on the video? Those could be the only things I could think of that wouldn’t allow you to input your details (ie your watch wasn’t compatible or the widget may have been a different one). I’ve just had a look at the widget again and it seems the same although there have been a couple of little updates since I installed mine (although that shouldn’t make any difference). I think it allows you to have a qr code on a different screen as well.

Thanks Dan. I’m keen to try it first hand hopefully next week 👍

Hi, when you search through your widgets via the edit button (where you did a long press and then scroll for widget edit) it will only be the widget logo and not your real barcode. To find it you only need to do a single down press to see it and it should open up. If it still appears as the widget logo and not your barcode it may mean your watch doesn’t support the download. Which watch is it that you have?

Thanks Hugo 😊

Thanks Roy. Merry Christmas to you too 😊

You’re welcome 👍

John wouldn’t let me put his number down so it had to be Peter’s 😂

It just looked all through my editing app (InShot) but can’t seem to find it. Not sure why I never added it in the description 🤔 Sorry that I can’t remember 😊

@@racheld1844 no worries at all, great video though

Hi Karen, I’ve just been through the list of compatible devices and it doesn’t look like this widget supports the watch.

@@racheld1844 thanks for looking.

@@racheld1844 The forerunner 45 does not support any widgets. This is why I made the watch face version. The widget is supported on every Garmin device which supports widgets.

@@JohnBigg - thanks for clearing that up John. I had some comments elsewhere and wasn’t exactly sure 🙂

Hi, I’ve just checked and unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be compatible.

Hi Emma, I going to say yes (99% sure) because I think when I barcode scanned as a volunteer a few weeks ago someone had the qr code version and it worked (might have been on their phone). I think to be certain you could try downloading the parkrun volunteer app and try scanning your own qr code within the barcode section of the app. Hopefully it’ll work first time 🤞

Hi, 2 friends used this successfully with their watches last weekend and I used the volunteer app on the video to see if it worked. Not sure on other parkruns, but ours only use the volunteer app (on individual’s mobile phone) and not the older barcode scanners that were provided. I’ll be giving my watch barcode it’s first try tomorrow 🤞

@@racheld1844 Thanks Rachel. All on my Fenix 6 now although the barcode looks different to what it does on the standard tag. I'll try it out tomorrow but with tag as a back up 🤞

@@Ecoroof1986 - did you manage to get your watch scanned? Mine worked a great so no more wrist band for me 😀

@@racheld1844 hi ya. I stuck with the plastic tab as I was too out of breath to fiddle with the watch. Glad it worked. A very windy Glossop Park run for us

@@Ecoroof1986 There are different ways to encode something in a barcode. The widgets uses the most compact method so the barcode has the best chance of being scaled up in size making scanning easier. You may notice that the paper printed bar codes use a slightly different encoding than the plastic tags. So, what you see on a watch may be different to what you see elsewhere. It will be correct assuming you entered the number correctly though. :-)