| Review | Garmin Fenix 5 | 5x | 5s | Forerunner 935 |
Garmin Fenix 5 series review and critique of Garmin Fenix 5X, 5, 5S and Forerunner 935 multisport / triathlon watches
Teaser – Garmin Fenix 5X | 5 | 5S | Forerunner 935 | Review Summary
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…
Who wore what Sports Watch? Monday night in the pool – What! no Fenix 3s!
Wednesday night was the club swim night. This post summarises some unscientific glances at everyone’s wrists over the last few weeks on those Wednesdays and the post presents an aggregate view of ‘sports watches worn’. Lane 6 is the faster lane with lanes 5/6 having some national-standard swimmers/triathletes. Swimmers in Lane 1 would be in…
| Garmin Vs Suunto | Dodgy Data | GPS + oHR | What would you do?
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…
| Garmin 935 | now available and ** IN STOCK ** at PMC (USA) and WIGGLE (UK) – as at 12June2017
The first batch of Garmin Forerunner 935 arrive at Power Meter City (PMC) in the USA on 1st MAY (today!!). 50% were pre-sold so if you want one now; do the math! Last week I alerted UK buyers to a batch of Garmin Fenix 5X on amazon and they were sold out within 5 hours,…
Garmin Fenix 5x – Amazon UK Now Shipping (via reputable sellers)
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…
Garmin Vector 3 & 3s – September 2017
With the likely announcement of the Vector 3 and 3s later this year, as an upgrade to the already sound Vector 2 equivalents, what can Garmin meaningfully add to their pedal-based power meters?
