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Fenix 5 plus - how long does it last?

Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi,

is battery life still bad on the Fenix 5 plus or has it improved in the last few months?

Is battery life also that bad on the Fenix 5x plus?

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Odie21 over 6 years ago +1

What do you consider bad? My average rate per hour is .250. It’s all going to depend on the users usage, so every answer here will be different. You also have to account for that some of the “complaints…
Former Member over 6 years ago +1

Mines good for ~7 days with 24/7 bluetooth/HRM, and this includes 5-6 hours of GPS logged runs.

No complaints here.
AllanOlesen67 over 6 years ago in reply to tenunderfour +1

Once again: I am amazed that people compare their battery usage percentages without mentioning which model 5+ they own.

The 5+, the 5S+ and the 5X+ have very different battery sizes. So if they have identical…

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0 Odie21 over 6 years ago

What do you consider bad? My average rate per hour is .250. It’s all going to depend on the users usage, so every answer here will be different. You also have to account for that some of the “complaints” that you have seen here related to battery life, are also related to user error.

The 5x+ will definitely give you more battery life, along with Pulse Ox but at the expense of cost and sizing.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

I'm getting pretty much what I should get with my F5X+. I run 4 times a week, 80-120K a week and I have no complaints at all.

0 JanH over 6 years ago

With my 5+ I have no complaints. For me, battery life was never super bad.

It got a bit better since I switched to a (Garmin) watch face without seconds & without HR. I keep BT switched off as well. Now it lasts more or less as advertised, before I had usually maximum 4-5 days battery life.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Mines good for ~7 days with 24/7 bluetooth/HRM, and this includes 5-6 hours of GPS logged runs.

No complaints here.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago in reply to Odie21

And most of those will never tell you that they've installed a third party watch face with 20 complications, and a backlight permanently on.

0 T90_winter over 6 years ago

5X Plus, 8.01 beta, almost 6 days since the last full charge. 24/7 OHR and 10+ hours of outdoor running, I'm at 30% right now. I have backlight turned off (for both running and daily life) and rarely use other functions though.

0 Krachall over 6 years ago

For reference, I completed an 8-hour mountain bike ride with GPS running and my Fenix 5S plus lasted for 7:48 of it. I was pleasantly surprised at how much GPS time I got. I expected it to die at 5-6 hours. Remember, this is the 5S (small) so the regular 5 should get significantly more GPS life.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago in reply to Krachall

Still seems a little low. Did you have maps displaying the entire time or were you using navigation?

0 Sim over 6 years ago

5+ here. I find battery life is getter better over time. In basic smart watch mode a get a forecast well in excess of Garmins figures. Typically 17+ days. Currently getting drain of 0.18%

0 tenunderfour over 6 years ago

Mine is terrible. I went from 100% to 18% on a 5 1/2 hour hike. That’s not acceptable. I need something that will last a full 12 hour day. And I’m not impressed with the UltraTrac GPS. Last time I used it was FB by over a mile on a 5 mile hike. Frustrated and ready to jump to Suunto.