Poor Bluetooth signal compared to old Fenix and Forerunner series?

Hi.
One thing I loved with my FR935 was that I was could have my phone almost anywhere in the house and even though I was in another room or went down the stairs, it kept having Bluetooth connection with the watch With the new Fenix 5+ and 5s+, the Bluetooth connection is just awfully bad. I mean, it's probably not more that 7-8 meters.

Does anybody else experience the same problem