Garmin Fenix 5

Name: Garmin Fenix 5
Brand: garmin
SKU: 62d9947ef511a373508130c4
Rating: 3.2 (84 reviews)

Based on 84 reviews

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Great choice for hikers, climbers, and mountaineers

Highly durable

Provides a lot of information on workouts

Improved Altimeter accuracy with software upgrades

Good heart rate tracking

Not all regions may have maps preloaded

May be more expensive than other vendors

Battery life may not be as long as expected

Verdict

The Garmin Fenix 5 is a great choice for hikers, climbers, and mountaineers. It is highly durable and provides a lot of information on workouts. It has improved Altimeter accuracy with software upgrades and offers good heart rate tracking. However, it may come from a different region than expected, so users should be aware that they may need to purchase additional maps.

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The Apple Watch activity feature is like

I actually find the iWatch targets way easier than my previous Garmin Fenix. Garmin is oh you walked 20km today? Let’s do a marathon tomorrow oh and drink 8liters of water for 4 hours!

Positive

clickbg

2 years ago

reddit.com/r/AppleWatch

DON'T BUY IF YOU WANT ALTIMETER ACCURACY AND ALL DAY BATTERY LIFE!

I purchased this watch from REI because some Amazon vendors like GPS City were overcharging. My review is solely based on a mountaineer, climber, and hiker’s perspective. Garmin has hit a home-run with this watch when it comes to hiking, climbing and ski/board mountaineering. I can upload .gpx climb...

I second Garmin Fenix. I have a Fenix 5 and it does everything I could want. Great for Tri’s but also has everything I would want for skiing, hiking, etc. plus the general health tracking stats are interesting if your into that.

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brosef321

2 years ago

reddit.com/r/triathlon

Important Information Before You Buy!!

First, yes it is a real Fenix 5X. I love the way it looks and it is a monster of information to provide you on your workouts. What they don't tell you is that it might come from a different region; for instance the Garmin they sent me was an Asian region watch so I didn't have any US Maps preloaded ...

I had the Fenix 3 for 2 years and then the 5x for 3 years. They were on my wrist every day and I loved the simple utility as long as the incredible durability of them.

Hike/Climb Altimeter Accuracy update

This review has been updated and its rating increased from 3 to 4+ stars since Garmin Fenix 5 software upgrades have improved Altimeter accuracy (see TIPS section below for accuracy improvement settings). While I use my Fenix 5/S for all sorts of things, this review is predominately from the perspec...

COVID-19 + Oura tracking

The ring did a great job of tracking how bad each day would be based on readiness score and heart rate tracking (fed through a Garmin Fenix 5). Good job Oura but would not recommend COVID.

Positive

LArchimatect

3 years ago

reddit.com/r/ouraring

Sadly, Downgrade from Vivoactive HR

I have Vivoactive HR and decided to upgrade to the Latest and greatest Fenix 5. Received the watch and started the testing and comparison. Used Fenix5 on the left wrist, Vivoactive HR on the right. Results: GPS: Fenix 5 often showed me waking on the other side of the road. Vivoactive HR - 2 meters a...

I wear both a Garmin Fenix and the Oura. I view them as complimentary products rather than one a replacement for the other. The Garmin does my daytime and activity tracking, the Oura the nighttime metrics.

Positive

jakdak

3 years ago

reddit.com/r/ouraring

Coming from Apple Watch, what an improvement! (***with UPDATES after one month)

**UPDATES BELOW, with some more Pros and Cons. Original review: I’m 7 days into the Sapphire Fenix 5 coming from a first edition Apple Watch. Needless to say, I upgraded my analytics game. What an amazing piece of equipment. Very much appreciate the accurate insights, exercise effects, VO2 Max, Func...

Specs

Memory Storage Capacity

64 MB

Connectivity Technology

Bluetooth

GPS

Wireless Communication Standard

Bluetooth

Battery Cell Composition

Lithium Ion

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