Happy with 5?

Former Member
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I see forums full of issues people are having with Fënix 5. I am still in trial mode of my 5. How many people are happy with theirs and would buy it again?
  • FWIW I ran 4 miles earlier to compare GPS on each watch. To my surprise the 935 and F5 measured 4.01 with exact same average pace and 1 mile laps were 1-3 within each other. Strava on my android recorded 4.1m. There was some tree cover throughout and pretty overcast. Current pace was a little worse on the F5 but not massive plus that can be fixed with the footpod. Each device used normal GPS and had 1 second recording set.

    The fact I have a good example F5 with all my sensors connecting okay, I think I will be keeping it. The 935 is lovely and light, but I would miss the sapphire and rugged metal casing I think, especially when out hiking.
  • Are you seeing any external sensor issues with the 935? And how does it compare in GPS both pace and overall distance recorded?
    Keen to know as I am on the verge of moving over to it from my F5.

    BTW I have had my F5 for going on 6 months and I must admit it's only been the pace/GPS that's annoyed me (thought I had sorted this with 1 sec recording, but no. However, recently, the altimeter has been pretty shabby and I've also just bought a stages PM - which I lose connection via ant+ all the time. That said, my ant+ dongle also loses ant+ with stages only so it could be a weak stages signal. Bluetooth has been fine with both watch and laptop though.

    I've had no other issues with external sensors (own HRM, HRM-Tri, Spd/Cad, footpod and Tacx trainer.

    Only thing making me think twice about changing to the 935 is the looks, durability and lack of sapphire screen.


    I did a run two days ago and no issues at all with altitude, temp etc. Only thing i see a gap in the ground contact time.
    The rest is ok so i assume a software bug.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 7 years ago
    I love mine. Looks great, fabulous battery life. I don't run but use it for cycling alongside my Garmin 820 - I always delete one of the activities on Garmin Connect when I'm done and there is only a tiny variation in the statistics - usually elevation. My cycling buddy has a Garmin 1000 and we get the same variation on his too - so it's not specific to the watch. I also use it for swimming - and it's better than the dedicated Garmin Swim I bought a few years back.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 7 years ago
    I just received my Fenix 5 Sapphire today. I love it!
    I previously owned a Forerunner 935. Right when I removed the watch from the box I placed a silicone bezel protector on it. I highly recommend it. I attached a photo. What do you think? :)ciq.forums.garmin.com/.../1301875.jpg