Charge time and charge rate of Fenix 5 plus.

Don't laugh, I'm upgrading from an Epix that served me well for many years...mainly for the heart rate monitoring. It seemed like the Epix would recharge from empty in less than an hour. I would only recharge it every week or so.

The Fenix is much, much slower. I had it plugged into a 2.4A external USB charger for about a half hour this morning and it only recharged 20% or so. I've tried several different chargers including using the USB port on my computer and they all are similarly slow. What are people seeing for charge times?

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Former Member over 7 years ago +1

I was so preoccupied with my battery's charge duration that I hadn't given the charge time much attention, but I too am noticing a longer than usual charge time. I'm not sure how long it should take to…

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0 dewarner over 7 years ago

Unfortunately my Fenix 5s plus HAS only a 1 day battery life, charged to 100% at 2300hrs yesterday, just used as watch with HR, no activities and battery at 18% at 1800hrs tonight :(

I also have a 5S Plus and have come to the conclusion that based on what Garmin has advertised and what I am seeing on mine, about 3 days between charges is what I can expect. This is roughly half of what I was getting with a 5S. I always use with HR, and during a charge cycle usually have at least 2 activities of 45 minutes for which I use GPS and music. I have been doing a soft reboot after activities, and also after charging to make sure that the 5S Plus battery meter says that it is charged to a full 100%. I am still hoping that at some point updated software will make the charge time last longer.

0 Salman over 5 years ago

I put my new Fenix 5 Plus on charge with 87% of battery. After 25 to 30 minutes it had jumped to 99%.