Garmin, do you even test brah? (Power drains 7x faster than my old 5)

Former Member over 6 years ago

So I finally got myself a Fenix 5 Plus a couple of weeks ago and oh boy what an annoying experience it has been so far. So basically 5 Plus drains the battery 7 times faster than my old Fenix 5. I don’t use Smart features I never connected the watch to WiFi or Bluetooth. I turned off all sensors except Activity Tracking one (yes I turn off HR sensor as well)I and with all that turned off I get 8 days of battery life? This is less then advertised by Garmin in the Smart mode. They promise 12 days in the Smart watch mode. 8 days? My old 5 gets me 56 days in the same mode with the same features turned on. This is literally 7 times less battery life. Oh and BTW I did try a different 5 Plus thanks to REI great exchange policy. Seriously though does Garmin test their software. This is embarrassing time to looks elsewhere. How’s Fitbit?

PS I'm running 7.10 FW on the watch.

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0 Former Member over 6 years ago in reply to Odie21

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0 Former Member over 6 years ago in reply to Former Member

That's got to be quite upsetting. My F5+ is getting well over a week with HRM, BT and over 4 hours of logged GPS a week. Most others I've spoken to have a similar performance from theirs.

At this point I'd factory reset, run a stock face and then request a replacement if that hasn't resolved the issue.

0 Odie21 over 6 years ago in reply to Former Member

Again, you’re playing the idiotic “race card” which clearly tells me the type of person you truly are. Your first post not only reflected your lack of an intelligent thought but again it made IMPOSSIBLE claims about your Fenix 5 lasting almost 2 months on ONE charge.

You may have sent in the “defective” Fenix+ series watch BUT you still have the Fenix 5 that’s lasting for 54 days on a single charge (based on your claims) AND you still have the documentation stating that Garmin LIED to everyone...I would assume that every member here would be interested in seeing this.

Please, please, PLEASE stop using the race card as an excuse to why you’re not posting this. This information is critical and a must see for the members here. You’ve supposedly caught Garmin in a massive lie, so let’s see it! Your continued silence in backing up your claims means one thing and only one thing...

...balls in your court buddy ;D

0 RobKenjiwhe over 6 years ago in reply to Former Member

Why don't you just leave and buy a Polar?