14.20 and Battery - looks promising.

ikim1967 over 5 years ago

So far 14.20 has been positive for me with the battery. Doing spot checks shows it back to .3 percent per hour and staying consistent.

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almighty over 5 years ago +2

Still 6% in 6 hours.

I can't believe it takes Garmin months to figure out the problem.

I even got a replacement a few days ago, when contacting the support regarding the problem.

With that performance…
Melegna over 5 years ago +2 suggested

Update: 100% at 8.00 now 95% at 16.00

Wiyjout any activity or GPS, only HR.

Not OK at all. Incredible.
almighty over 5 years ago in reply to skyman +2

Exactly the same as with everything turned on.

I tried every combination. Even hard reset and skipped coupling to the phone.

Always the same result, 1.3/h.

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+1 skyman over 5 years ago

Friends please tell me, no one tried to test the battery in normal watch mode (without bluetooth, without activity, without OHR). How long does it hold?

0 almighty over 5 years ago in reply to skyman

Exactly the same as with everything turned on.

I tried every combination. Even hard reset and skipped coupling to the phone.

Always the same result, 1.3/h.

0 JM_Zogg over 5 years ago in reply to skyman

From 100 % to 99% after 12 h.

Normal watch mode (without bluetooth, without activity, without OHR) and without any extra APP!

0 islehopper over 5 years ago in reply to islehopper

After 50 hours and a 10k trail run (Galileo, GPS), Bluetooth notifications, WiFi, stock watch face w/second hand, battery down to 82%. The run chewed up 7%, so net 5.5%/24 hours on Fenix 5X. Did notice GPS took a tad longer to acquire, but this was first 'run' since the upgrade.Tracking accuracy reasonably accurate. Using Elevation Correction, elevation was off by 20% (237m vs 177m). This is consistent with v14.10 and v13.30 (GSP 2.50 issue). I haven't tested GPS 2.51 beta.

0 skyman over 5 years ago in reply to JM_Zogg

Thanks for the answer. I have no bluetooth, no OHR, no activity for 5 hours and a percentage did not go away. Just sometimes you need a minimum mode, without everything. Just the time. I think 20 days will be extended.

0 MEN2000 over 5 years ago

Since the update to 14.20: 20 percent in 5 hours. No activities except walk. No changes after soft reset. I paid 699 euros for the watch. Definitely my last garmin device!

0 islehopper over 5 years ago in reply to islehopper

Going on 5.5 days now since last recharge.Battery level now 56%. Deducting out 2 x 8.5km runs (7% each run), my 5x consuming 5.5% per day with Bluetooth and WiFi turned on, second hand showing on stock watch face. Tracking against route is very good, but elevation is still 30% off. Running up then back down 4.25km route, watch shows elevation 168m. After enabling elevation correction, shows 235m. I'm still using GPS 2.50 (GPS mode only). GPS acquired quickly on 2nd run after updating to 14.20.

0 Rey1962 over 5 years ago

Mine is draining the battery at 20% daily with only the hr working which seems to me like I don't need the watch because I like to have notifications and very informative watch faces that I can't use now only with the Garming analogic not seconds hands right now

0 Tuckersnator over 5 years ago

It would be helpful if everyone posted their watch model please. I have a feeling these battery drain rates vary depending on the model.

0 Kovinic over 5 years ago

Battery consumption is great on 14.20.

6% per day.

Charged on Sunday afternoon and now it's on 83%. Two 20 minutes trainings since then.

They did good job with 14.20.

Fenix 5 is the model.