I agree. I have 645, F5S+, F5+, and 945. The F5+ watches have the poorest tracks of the bunch but still not terrible.
I’ve been pretty impressed with the 945 GPS tracks so far even on a fairly wooded rail trail.
I also can say that the GPS at the Fenix 5x Plus is not that well than at the 945! Also in the forrest GPS and Galileo works prety well!
Hi,
I couldn't agree more, kaz911 I too got rid of my Fenix 5s Plus. Never reached up to my expectations. So sad...
I had the 5s plus sapphire (799 euro), sold it and got myself a forerunner 945. Very pleased I made that choise...
Screen is so much more clearer.
The watch is so light and comfortable to wear and to sleep with it, you just don't feel it's on your wrist. I do like the strap also, it is very soft
And then, battery life, compared to my 5s plus, is amazing.
Some very nice features also and very good GPS.
So all in all, very happy with my choice.
I was expecting a lot from my 5s plus but it didn't happend to be, really sad story Garmin, real flaw :-(
I am really not worried too much about the added feature in the 945 compared to my F5+ titanium. What worries me a bit is that Garmin appears to be moving to the Sony GPS chip for all their units. Consequently they will reduce the resources they put into the debugging/developing the GPS features of the older devices such as the F5+ (I think it was SiRF based but I am not sure). So I fear that we have now with regards to accuracy and battery consumption is what we are stuck with for the rest of the life cycle.
And that is a worry, gps on my 5x plus has got worse not better with updates,
Hi! I’m thinking of buying the 945, how has it worked out for you? I’m between the Fenix 5x plus and the 945, but after reading all this thread, probably the 945 will be the one. Any thoughts?
Horses for courses but if you were looking at the 5x+ then perhaps consider hanging on for the F6 that will (apparently) be released at the end of the month. Going by the F5+ series it'll likely be a watch that is more robustly constructed than the 945 with features that don't exist on the 945 that you might want. Of course, if the feature set of the 945 is all that you need then go that way. I like my 945. I also like my Marq Athlete too.
F5+ (I think it was SiRF based but I am not sure)
never had the 5x plus. But had/now have again 935 and got and returned 945. GPS on 945 seems worse than on 935 to me in terms of acquisition time and reliability under tree cover. May be 5X+ was worse than 935 to begin with?
I've had no complaints about the GPS on my 5x+ ..