I own Fenix 5 Sapphire and Garmin Edge 1000 - both top of the line Garmin devices... One of the use cases I bought Fenix 5 for is to use it as HR broadcast device during bike rides (cause I do not like using HR belt). Till now - it is total failure. I manage to pair the Fenix 5 to Edge 1000 and HR sensor without major problems. However when I start the ride - the Edge 1000 stops to see HR signal after dozens of second. Watch sits on my left hand (and I can see it measures the heart rate and is in transmit mode). Edge is on handlebar - about 30-40cm from it. At the same time Edge keeps connection to ANT based speed and cadence sensors without any problems.
Does anyone experiences same problems with HR broadcast?
This is really disappointing - given the price of the device. Separately (wrote about this in separate thread) I experience very week and unstable Bluetooth connection - sadly I see a pattern here...