Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Sapphire Titanium Review

Fenix 6 pro vs fenix 5 plus.

Garmin fenix 5 plus sapphire titanium review.

The garmin fenix 5 plus is the most complete sports watch you can buy today save perhaps for its bigger brother the fenix 5x plus it s a major upgrade on the fenix 5 adding smart features such. The garmin fenix 5 plus required an update to the stryd garmin iq apps. We tested the 47mm garmin fenix 5 plus sapphire crystal titanium with solar flare orange band which has more than a touch of the hugo boss about its overall appearance. Garmin fenix 5 plus running.

However i had quite a bit of an issue getting my stryd foot pod setup. It has some of the best display quality in this review and its full color screen makes it engaging and easy to read. Fenix 5s sapphire fenix 5 sapphire fenix 5x sapphire watch face size 42 mm 47 mm 42 mm 47 mm 51 mm display size resolution 1 1 218 x 218 1 2 240 x 240 1 1 218 x 218 1 2 240 x 240 1 2 240 x 240 elevate wrist based heart rate smart notifications 10 atm water rating 100 meters. Results could be up to 5 10bps off what i got using a dedicated hrm strap.

It of course has an altimeter barometer and compass tech along with a slew of other gps fitness tracking and lifestyle features. These don t include maps wifi or music. Today garmin announced the new fenix 5 plus series which takes the existing fenix 5 5s 5x and injects full onboard color mapping onboard music and contactless payments. Additionally there s new galileo gps support for higher accuracy new smart notification privacy features.

The garmin fenix 6 pro s closest predecessor is the garmin fenix 5 plus. But at the very least they re consistent. Garmin though appears to want to keep pushing beyond that both in terms of features and specs hence the garmin fenix 5x plus which it launched alongside the garmin 5 plus and 5s plus. The fenix 6 pro has improved on a few key parameters like battery.

Includes all the maps music wifi and features that build atop those functions essentially it s as if garmin is refreshing the base fenix 5 lineup with the base fenix 6 lineup while the fenix 5 plus becomes the fenix 6 pro series. The garmin fenix 5x plus sapphire is the rolls royce of altimeter watches. There are however. The key takeaway from the above is simply that there are basically two lines of fenix 6 units.

The first activity i put the garmin fenix 5 plus to was going for a run.