I had the 5 plus and now own a 5X plus. The 5x will definitely get you better battery life. I preferred the 5’s size. Ultras might require the extra juice of the 5X.
don't buy the 5x plus. I am the one who wrote the following post:
https://forums.garmin.com/forum/on-t...of-the-5x-plus
Fenix 5 may be better.
Why did you switch from the 5 Plus to the 5X Plus?
If in doubt switch everything unneeded off for it, so..
Stop wifi
Yes, trolling seems really to be your main goal in this forums unless nonsense negativity and false advices are your fuel in life.
You are just thrashing a watch that you don't know how to use, period. It is obvious just by reading your posts.
This is just pure trolling.
The 5 Plus got the same battery life as the 5X.
The 5XPlus with Oxmeter got a much better endurance, around 0.3% used by hours in ABC mode with all the extra on, including bluetooth.
BTW Wifi is only used on demand/trigger, it's not a permanent link like bluetooth.
5XPlus is really amazing in its general speed and stamina.
On the previous serie 5 (not plus), the 5X was less good than the 5 in battery life.
But it did not have any cartography only the 5X was equipped with cartography.
On the new 5 Plus serie, they all have cartography. Here the 5X Plus shines with its bigger battery for almost 3 weeks without thinking about recharging. And it can be done on any small powerbank even the solar powerbanks.
You mileage may vary but right now mine has used 0.2% of juice in the last hour. And yes I got a watchface with the seconds shown, bluetooth on and it has alerted me of coming messages !!
Have you had any issues with battery like many others in forum?
The funny thing is back in the day, as in 2004, I remember taking my suunto x6hrm on a trek in Nepal/annupurna mountains, and recording hrm from chest strap, altitude ect ect for c10-12 hours a day for 13 days on a single charge.it made it to day 14..i still have the data in their pc app.
Yes we have more sensors packed in... But just shows you how bad the battery industry is (not garmin) in advancing at the same pace.
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Nemo: it seems you spend way too much time on this forum yourself. are you an employee of theirs? granted I was not aware that Garmin changed the protocol they use from USB mass storage to MTP and I am sorry if that hurt your fragile feelings. Moreover, when I spoke to tech support they wanted me to use a web updater that didn't work obviously because of Macs not allowing MTP devices to mount. They should have known that instead of suggesting a solution that won't work. Now leaving that MTP thing aside, that doesn't explain why Bluetooth would stop working. So, since it seems you know everything, can you explain why would Bluetooth stop working on 2 different devices. the only available explanation is bad design or manufacturing. I would like to hear yours.
