Regarding FENIX 6 IS NOT FOR RUNNING!

Coachsportif_BE over 3 years ago

Which Garmin does not have the sony GPS chip issue accuracy impacting some Garmin?

Thanks !

Regards,

Alex

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muppetman over 3 years ago in reply to Coachsportif_BE +12

That was a specific issue that happened at the start of 2021. Garmin didn't just post that in reply to you, don't blatantly lie.
C.sco over 3 years ago +7

I use my Fenix 6 for running all the time, hundreds of runs recorded on it and never had any significant GPS issues even once. Distance is always consistent (within +/- 0.5% most days, or maybe 1% on the…
WhatSteveDid over 3 years ago +5

Nonsense. I’ve got a Fenix 6 Sapphire that’s a couple of weeks old now and it’s spot on. Why are you posting utter nonsense?

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0 Markw50 over 3 years ago in reply to Coachsportif_BE

Why are you posting such obvious and blatant lies? We all know the GPS issue was at the start of the year and affected all devices so why are you creating click bait headlines now? Are you lonely or something?

0 Coachsportif_BE over 3 years ago in reply to WhatSteveDid

Take a look on internet. Far away no sense

0 Coachsportif_BE over 3 years ago

muppetman not in Belgium ... so be aware of this before accusing me

0 Coachsportif_BE over 3 years ago in reply to Markw50

Because they don't take this issue under warranty ! And this is not normal ! Buying a lowcost watch is the same. Why to order a Fenix then if it's having same result as a lowcost ...

0 Former Member over 3 years ago in reply to Coachsportif_BE

Why don't you go into more detail on what issues you are having? The "reply from Garmin" you're referencing was a 1 time issue that affected every manufacturer with the Sony chipset last New Year and hasn't happened since. If this one time issue is the basis of your thread, that's long dead and corrected.

0 Ɛpsilon over 3 years ago in reply to Coachsportif_BE

This was from Jan 2021.

0 ∞ over 3 years ago in reply to Coachsportif_BE

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0 spinnekopje over 3 years ago in reply to Coachsportif_BE

Please provide more detail on the issues you have, otherwise many users will have a hard time believing you.

If you think the watch is really bad at gps accuracy, it might be interesting to try with several different devices and create examples the way dcrainmaker publishes them on his site. Things to take into account can be found on his blog. That way it is possible to show how bad your watch really is.

0 Miky over 3 years ago in reply to ∞

I'm happy that your GPS works good.

Look at mine. This was a 10km run, in both images the track on the right (it's the track of second lap) is good, the track on the left (first lap on same route)...WTF?!

On your map you can see if you are running on left or right side of the road. With mine Fenix 6 PRO Solar never happened even in open sky place and starting run after 5min since GPS signal acquired

0 Coachsportif_BE over 3 years ago in reply to spinnekopje

You're full right and I did it.

Result : 5 times

Real 11 km

FENIX 6 : between 10.4 and 10.6 with a difference to train. 5:46 vs 5:25 mn / km !

Forerunner 245 : 11.01 km

Strava : 11.1 km