The Garmin Fenix 5 plus series is announced today and available to pre-order and shipping will start in late June/early July 2018. This is MUCH more than the hardware fix I expected a few months ago and incorporates new hardware competencies, new firmware and new aesthetic details. Garmin Fenix 5 plus – Common Features The…
The Fenix 5 ‘plus’ series have been known about in the trade for some time now, since late 2017. There are now many and varied sources of leaks so I will summarise the info here and add some thoughts. Why the plus series? The cynic would say that it was either for Garmin to make…
I was looking at the new beta firmware for the Fenix 5 and noticed two very highly viewed threads on the garmin.com forum. Those are some serious levels of interest: >50,000 views of ANT+ connectivity issues and >107,000 people further interested in GPS accuracy. Edit: Doesn’t quite match the F3HR altimetry (yet) I would hope…
These prices are the best you are likely to see for the next 6 months on the Garmin Fenix 5 – including Fenix 5S and Fenix 5X. They will NOT be cheaper on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. They will be the same price until 24December2017. HOWEVER there are limited stocks. First come. First served. Other Amazon…
We originally took a sneaky look at, probably unintended, gender bias in this article about the wider reporting of the suitability of the Fenix 5S to ‘various demographics’. Have a read if you don’t remember it; it probably would be classed as ‘vaguely humorous‘ by a small percentage of the population PARODY: Garmin Fenix 5…
This follows on from my highly successful series of ‘First Run With…’. We had: first run with the Polar V800 and STRYD; first run with the 935 and STRYD; first run with will.i.am and STRYD; and now it’s the turn of the Fenix 5s. With STRYD. This little ‘first’ run of 10-and-a-bit miles has the potential…
I was a little shocked to read this post on the Fenix 5/5S forum from STRYD who say they cannot at present recommend the Fenix 5/5S (The 5X seems to work fine for me and other reports suggest the 935 is fine too) STRYD SAY:Stryd is compatible with the Fenix 5 watch. However, as you…
Polar and others do a good job of teasing their new products so I thought, “Hey, I’m going to tease my review”. Here’s the draft summary of what I will hopefully publish towards the end of this week. I’ve approached the review in a different way to normal. Like with the SPARTAN SPORT review, I’ve…
The Fenix 5, 5s and 5x are now generally shipping in most countries. 5S and 5 often in stock. The 5 and 5s are now shipping from Amazon in the UK and all of the 5x, 5 and 5s from Power Meter City in the USA – if you buy through links to those stores,…
This week’s delivery of Fenix 5x devices for PowerMeterCity is shown on the right. There is little chance of finding them in stock in most places as ones that have not been pre-ordered are being snapped up, almost literally, en-route from box to shelf. So if you want one rather urgently then you have to do…
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It seems that pre-orders for the new Fenix 5 range have taken Garmin a little by surprise. There are essentially 3 model formats/types: Fenix 5s (small wristed version), Fenix 5 (normal version), Fenix 5x (larger, map version). It’s no surprise that pre-orders are at a good level. HOWEVER what is the surprise is that a…
The much hoped-for, optically enabled 935XT (FR935) sister, in 2016, did not materialise. We did get the Edge 820 and, in January 2017, we have just had the Fenix 5 collection. So we now know what is likely to be in the 930XT / 935XT / FR935 … it’s a question of WHEN not IF nor…
Bad news for non-Garmin companies. The Fenix 5 has lots and lots and lots of ‘stuff’; lots of versions available now at upwards of US$600 – maxing out at US$850. Full Fenix 5 Review (here) Here is an overview comparison; or you can page down tot he table of comparative specs at the end of this post. It…
Expect an announcement for the Garmin Fenix 5 in early January 2016, perhaps coinciding with the CES trade show. Perhaps a day or two before to steal some of the thunder. You’ve probably seen the chatter on Garmin’s own forums and elsewhere (sources below). It’s still not entirely clear if the leaked images were real…
Garmin are doing a great job of releasing a major product each month. July was the nice looking, but not earth-shattering, Garmin Edge 820. What about next month’s release? My bet would be something not so interesting. A lower key announcement such as a Garmin Swim 2. Logic (aka rampant speculation) for 2016: There’s still…
