This is a copy of what I?ve sent to the beta team
Hello Garmin team,
This is a bug report but from a really disappointed (not to say pi.sed) user. Hence a longer version.
So far I considered the 5x a tool, but after my yesterday 100k mountain trail race I see it?s no more than a toy - moreover a toy that can?t even deliver what?s its advertised as.
I?m not going to blame the watch (faulty software) for not finishing my race ? that?s entirely on me. I should have spent more time studying maps and trails ? and I wouldn?t get lost. My bad. I put my trust where I shouldn?t.
Fenix 5x can?t follow a course a properly. To be more specific it has no clue to that one might be already on a course when it?s started and it insists to navigate you to the start.
That?s what happened yesterday. I had my course prepared. All waypoints ? valleys, summits, refreshing points, control points added with special care ? manually of course and using 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] party developed software, because that?s something that Garmin can?t sort as well. But that?s a different story.
I used an official track taken from trace de trail ? all good and legit. Due to safety reasons starting point was moved by 120m as opposed to what was set in the gpx course. This messed all the navigation. When I started to run, all navigation specific data screens where useless. Navigation bug was pointing me to the official (120m difference!!) starting point and Fenix wouldn?t switch to ?on course? status even thou I was closely following the pink line shown on map screen.
I hoped it will rethink it at waypoint one, but that didn?t happen.
The only thing that was left, was the map screen with it?s pink course line. Without waypoints and alerts. And yes, I tried stop to course and start it again hoping watch will figure out what?s going on. It didn?t.
This is a bug. A serious and utterly stupid one. I believe it?s been introduced recently as I used navigation features before and didn?t had similar problems. I?m no software developer but I find amazing how one can brake different things while trying to fix others ? in a ?stable? version?
Seriously If I where new into gps devices I would conclude that that?s the way it works now period. But your own devices from 10-15 years ago work so much better! Not to mention they are more ?feature-rich?. You know ? basic stuff ? like zoomable elevation screen or ?ascent to waypoint? data field.
Also, you should do something with battery use. 8 hrs of constant activity (1sec recording, no Glonass, external HR, no IQ fields) used 90% of battery. I had a battery pack of course and could use the wach longer, but?. Did I mention that new charging cable is the worst decision ever? Fenix3 charging plate was the right way to do it. You simply broke it.
