I think it will be good to have one central place to have the latest news people here about the updated release date. DCR said it looks like early March. The garmin site says 5-8 weeks but thats the default time on all new products. Everywhere I read it says "By end of Q1" which is the end of March. Rei still doesnt have it listed yet either. Has anyone heard anything more specific?
I've heard this argument before but here's what REI's actual policy says:
"Both backorder and preorder items automatically cancel if it takes REI more than 30 days to send them. We can extend that 30-day window if you call 1-800-426-4840 and ask us to."
To me, (1) that means it's possible for pre-orders to have been made greater than 30 days out (which is the only reason they would be cancelled - indeed this happened when I ordered my F3HR through them last year and (2) this speaks less to how REI makes decisions about when an item is made available for sale and more about what they'll do if the projected shipping date goes beyond 30 days. Even when this happens, they offer the buyer the option to keep their order (again speaking from F3HR experience)
mjulianb, I'm curious where you saw DCR's comment. I agree that what he says has reason to be reliable but didn't see it on his F5 page/comments - not questioning it, just checking that I'm not missing another source!
That's not how it worked on my Edge 820 my order was cancelled and I did not have an opportunity to extend or keep my order. REI'S response was that Garmin backed out of the original delivery date which put them out of the 30 day window after my order was cancelled it was removed from the website as well.
Garmin Netherlands said on their Instagram (in the replies) they expect sales to start at the end of March. Don't think there is going to be much difference between most (western) European countries.
Amazon US has the watched marked as available tomorrow....February 21st
No action here in Australia at the moment. Johnny Appleseed still have them listed as March and they are usually among the first suppliers to receive Garmin gear. Garmin Australia are listing 5-8 weeks delay. It is annoying that the USA gets everything first, but I guess it is a much larger market for them.
Just checked all the options on amazon.com (5S, 5, 5+sapphire, 5X) and they are claiming Feb 21 availability for all of them, which I find a bit hard to believe. Probably an data entry error somewhere from amazon.
