The existing Garmin Fenix 5, 5S and 5X have JUST had GALILEO support rolled out in beta. It doesn’t yet appear to be available for the Forerunner 935 but will surely follow in due course. To be clear: This is NOT the Garmin Fenix Plus (review ed here) series. It’s the regular 5 Series This…
My Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Review is still a few weeks away but you will have already noticed that the Fenix 5 Plus series has hit the shelves. Like me you are probably WOWED by the marketing and WOWED by the new features. But, like me, you are probably also WOWED by the price tag…
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…
OK let’s go. more to follow later today. Big changes but not that interesting from a sports perspective Don’t panic…Train as usual. 3x plus versions. music, pay, routable colour topo maps, 5S might have larger screen size Not mentioned of course…no connectivity issues 😉 These are not my images, they click through to the source…
Garmin have just released their Fenix 5 Plus models just over a year after the release of the original Fenix 5, 5X and 5S. We see the Fenix 5S Plus, the Fenix 5 Plus and the Fenix 5X Plus as well. The initial specs of the Fenix 5 Plus, however, include much of what I…
IronCloud T1 : Garmin Fenix 5 Wannabee
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…
Garmin have requested the approval of a change made to at least some of the Fenix 5 range with this request to the FCC for a ‘permissive’ change (Source: https://t.co/XAS419ZPNj via R Black) A Class II Permissive Change is requested for this product because the 2.4 GHz antenna was redesigned to provide higher EIRP for…
Garmin Fenix 5 Review – The Honest Approach Most reviews of the Garmin Fenix 5 start out with a quote along the lines of, …it’s fair to say that the Fenix 5 is the best watch Garmin has ever made… I’d prefer to say it’s their most feature-full watch ever made. Which is not quite…
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…
I’m the first to moan when a sports watch vendor introduces a new data metric and suddenly the watch becomes “Version 3” rather than a miniscule/incremental improvement on “version 2”. I suppose “Version 3” sounds better than “Version 2.01” for the marketeers. Back to the Fenix 5; here (link to: the5krunner.com) we guess there will…
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…
Garmin Fenix 5 Review DETAILED | Fenix 5X, Forerunner 935| 5S Accuracy Comparisons Mapping and In-Depth Discussion of Features **BEWARE PITFALLS**
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…
OK here is a test from yesterday on my MTB on a trail. I was specifically looking at how optical HR handled a bumpy but flat hardened, mud/grass trail. The vibrations can cause problems for optical HR in general, so that is what I was looking at ie a demanding scenario. The Edge 820 is…
FENIX 5X NOW ON AMAZON UK FROM A REPUTABLE SELLER The Fenix 5, 5s and 5x are ALL now generally shipping from Amazon UK. WARNING: All Fenix 5Xs currently listed on Amazon UK (as of 26April) are from 3rd party sellers most of whom DO NOT HAVE THE PRODUCT IN STOCK with lead times currently…
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,…
