I’ll add a couple things. The jaybirds tend to fail from sweat if you run daily. I find they last 3-4 months for me. I bought the X3 and same thing, but bought an extended warranty.
They also drop out occasionally with my iPhone strapped to my waist while running, but it was tolerable.
Then I recently got the Jabra 65Ts (non athletic version as nearly identical specs to the atheltic version but cheaper) and almost no dropouts with my iPhone and I’ve been thrilled with them. I believe Jabra has a two year sweat warranty.
Then I got my Fenix 5+ and on my left wrist they drop out quite frequently (I also tried the jabird X3 and they did to), on my right it’s fine - but I wear on my left day to day and when running.
I’m really disappointed in Garmin here as it was a key added feature vs the prior version, and they had the opportunity to learn from the forerunner music implementation. Furthermore, Apple can make it work in a high end watch that costs much less.
If garmin has tuned down the broadcast strength to conserve battery, I would gladly make the trade off of inferior battery life when plays - so I actually could get some utility out of this feature.
Ill try again whenever I have a short workout given some say it’s improved with the new firmware, but this issue is a nagging regret for me on the watch.
On the plus side, GPS accuracy seems pretty good recently as long as I’m not running through areas with high buildings.
I’d really appreciate it if garmin could comment if weaker than ideal signals from the watch to headphones could be corrected with a firmware update, or is any improvement unlikely as it’s a hardware limitation.
crutlefish , bpl1972 - is that indoor or outdoor running with no drops? What kind of terrain?
I don't run inside! I ran an outdoor half marathon yesterday, listening to Spotify, heart rate strap, and in the 1hr50m, not a single drop out or hiccup. Left wrist.
If anything the headphones and watch faffed about connecting to each other before I started, but once connected there was no issue at all.
I borrowed my wife’s Powerbeats 2 today and they work flawlessly with the watch on either wrist, but I’m not a fan of the headphones. I tried my Jabra 65T that I really like with the new firmware and it drops 2-3 times a minute if the watch is on my left side - so no luck with the new firmware. It’s too bad as the new jabra are really great. I guess I’ll be taking my nano on my marathon in 2 weeks as I don’t like running with a plus size phone during a race, and I’m not comfortable with a watch the size of the 5S+ for 3 hours on my right wrist. Bit of a letdown as I was excited about the watch replacing my phone or nano for key runs.
