GNSS accuracy and real life battery

It will take some time, before people have some reliable experiences collected for sharing. Ask dcr, he did a lot of testing and collected a lot of data (and I think battery consumption, too).

Not tested that yet. Give it some time :P

On a related note, I can tell you that all of the reviews I have seen comparing the epix GPS have said it has the most accurate GPS of any Garmin watch, even when compared with the fenix, both running in multiband. 

Sbtrails said:

even when compared with the fenix

fenix accuracy is terrible Forerunner 745 / 945 is the benchmark here, not fenix!

GPS accuracy is just excellent on the Epix 2:

connect.garmin.com/.../8150979848

OK, If this is excellent, than you can walk on water.

This is actually pretty poor GPS performance.

I had a loner watch during the weekend.

Here is a link to my strava activity.

I know one activity doesnt say much, but this is by far the bast tracking I have ever seen, and I have been running this course for almost 10 years. This was in all systems multiband. https://www.strava.com/activities/6562181715

johan6504 said:

I had a loner watch during the weekend.

Nice track!

Do you know any store close to Gothenburg that has them in stock or was it a "private" loan?

i've already had 4 runs with my epix, tried to run in different conditions, in the city near the wall, under stretches of fit trees, on trails. i am only test GPS only to understand if there is real benefit over the multi satellite and so far it is spot on. i compared tracks with my old F6 Pro and had the very same run last sunday with on of my chaps wearing a F6X pro with GPS+galileo. the epix with "only" gps looks better i mean not big difference, but looks smoother and closer to the trails/tracks/walls.

i would probably ditch the multi satellite in favour of battery life.

I have made several runs and 2 mountain tours with the EPIX and a 6X.

In my eyes, the GPS of the EPIX in the simplest setting "only gps" is already much more accurate on the track than that was with the 6X. In the higher settings I hardly notice any differences, but: The instant pace is in the highest setting "All systems + Multiband" when running under trees, for example, seriously more accurate than in the 6X.

www.andrehotzler.de/.../122-garmin-epix-gen-2-fenix-7-vs-fenix-6-impact-of-improved-gps-accuracy-on-pace-power-status-vo2max.html

With the best GPS setting can the EPIX according to its own statement 15h activity, with "All Systems" slightly more, with "only GPS" 22h.

with full battery I have a runtime of over 5 days, if I turn everything on: AOD, PulseOX throughout the day.

In my eyes, that is very satisfactory for a model in the non-X size. The runtimes are sufficient for me and I did not get 6 days with the 6X since the software bug with more power consumption.

22h activities with "only GPS" are also enough for me, I am never more than 10h at a time, but you can also recharge on the road.

Should eventually come out an EPIX X (larger, more battery), but that would be an interesting alternative.

Am glad to have the EPIX, even if I will exchange it later because of the button problem.