Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Multisport Watch with Music, Maps and Garmin Pay, Silver with Black Band

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Fixed an issue where the device could intermittently stop recording distance during a swim activity. Indeed that was fairly typical of the whole run, although the Suunto 9 (blue) probably was a little worse elsewhere. As shown here Garmin 935 (Yellow) – Suunto 9 (Blue) – Fenix 5S Plus (Red) Compatible Wearables: Garmin Forerunner 945, Garmin Fenix 5s Plus, Garmin Fenix 5 Plus, Garmin Fenix 5X Plus, Garmin Fenix 5X (non-Plus), Garmin Fenix 6S Pro, Fenix 6 Pro, Fenix 6X Pro, Fenix 6X Pro Solar, Garmin Epix (RIP), Garmin Descent MK1, Garmin MARQ Series, Garmin D2 Delta PX Edit: I have now completed formal tests. the OWS issue shaves been resolved. GPS only performance IS BEST. GPS+GALILEO can SOMETIMES be better than GAP-only but, more likely, will have bad periods that make the overall experience of GPS+GALILEO worse than GPS alone.

After 6 or more minutes into your run, your Performance Condition is displayed as a ‘pop up’. The higher the value, the more you can ‘go for it’ for the rest of the workout.Fixed an issue where the device could crash during a cycling activity when paired to a cadence sensor. The specialist features in the Fenix 5S Plus are what set it apart from the earlier Fenix 5 series Galileo For virtually all of Garmin’s maps included on Edge/Forerunner/Fenix/MARQ series devices, the base map itself is OSM (OpenStreetMap). What differs is some of the special sauce Garmin adds atop it (heatmap type data), as well as the exact layers Garmin does or doesn’t display (how it looks, but also things like topographic lines). Time in zone, training effect, laps, pace, stroke rate, elevation plot give just a flavour. There are many more simple stats to view; and

The cynic would say that it was either for Garmin to make more money or to silently fix a hardware issue in the 5/5s. If you are ONLY EVER going to do Open Water Swim + Road Bike + Run then you don’t need the special Garmin multisport functionality. But is that really all you are ver going to do? (Hint: it won’t be) Outdoor & Recreation Features Note:Garmin have experienced some bad OWS GPS performance in Summer 2018. This should now be resolved. However there is a new version of each of the regular Fenix 5 line ie the Fenix 5S plus, the Fenix 5X plus and the Fenix 5 plus. I’ve only seen very little info about the 5X plus and that could possibly not happen. Garmin Fenix 5 Plus The swim metrics are good and include distance, pace, stroke count/rate, lengths, calories and SWOLF. These metrics are included on many non-Garmin watches these days but Garmin have additionalswim functionality with DRILL LOGGING (you tell the watch you are doing – say 100m of drills that it would not otherwise properly recognise) and there are also extra functionalities built into rest periods between sets where, for example, you can have a countdown timer to the next rep.

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Fixed an issue where the device would appear to be frozen when the user tries to access wallet on the device immediately after deleting wallet in the Garmin Connect Mobile App.

More running watches that support music and more running-specific earbuds are in this SUPER long post about the best running watch with music: Added support for connecting to a shifting sensor (Sram Etap or Di2 bike) that supports up to 4 front and 12 rear gears.In comparisons that I have made against other devices my working assumption is that Garmin currently only support the standard SBC audio codec. A half-decent smartphone will additionally support the AAC codec. In any event, let’s install things. First, connect your Garmin Forerunner/Fenix/whatever to your computer using the USB cable it came with.

Once you’ve got it installed, open it up (again, remember to fully close Garmin Express first), and then plug in your Garmin device. It’ll show up just like below. Simply drag the gmapsupp.img file into the Garmin folder. Remember not to drag the .zip file, but rather the .img file inside the zip file. Similarly, for all its flaws, heart-rate based training is used by a VERY LARGE number of people across many sports. I use heart rate a lot and I am mostly aware of all its accuracies. However one thing I’m mildly concerned about is that many people are probably using optical heart rate and blindly assuming that it’s always correct. It isn’t.So, let’s face it that means the vast majority of those of you who are reading this will have to manually/selectively copy files to the Fenix 5S Plus using Garmin Express. #OhDear If you are racing and training at hard levels then you may want to know your Lactate Threshold HR (LTHR, AnT, LT2). Above this point things progressively go pear-shaped with your performance yet, if you are well-trained, you will be able to operate in this state for over an hour. Garmin/Firstbeat auto-calculate and update this periodically. It’s a very useful pacing tool, although I find it slightly over-estimates my LTHR. Non-Supported Wearables: Garmin Forerunner 15/20/30/35/45, Garmin Forerunner 225/230/235/245, , Garmin Forerunner 610/620/630/645, Garmin Forerunner 735XT/910XT/920/935, Garmin Fenix 5S/5 (non-Plus, non-X), Fenix 6S (non-Pro), Fenix 6 (non-Pro) Garmin Fenix 3/3HR, Garmin Fenix (original), Garmin Vivo-anything, and countless others. Consider this just a ‘starter list’ of non-supported units. As a refresher, the Fenix range is Garmin's top-end selection of watches, pulling together heaps of detailed metrics to form some of the most feature-heavy outdoor watches money can buy. The Plus series certainly doesn't lose any of that, only adding to the capabilities of Garmin's top-shelf sports watches. Fixed an issue where Strength activity summary information was displaying dashes on the Last Sport widget.