Garmin Fenix 6 Pro GPS Accuracy -- New York City

Thank you for the 6,004th post on the Fenix GPS.

As has been discsused in the previous 6,003 posts, some people do not find the GPS performance of the Fenix 6 acceptable.  Biggest complaints seem to be watch doesn't track you exactly where you were, or reports inaccurate distances.

The general consensus is there is no fix for this.  You can wear your watch a slightly different way (on your wrist so it's always pointing up when jogging) to get better, more accurate location.  For 95% of us, we don't notice this, or if we do, we don't care.  The accuracy is "good enough" for us.

For those people that want "perfect" GPS accuracy though, the F6 seems to dissapoint.  The common thought on the problem is the metal body seems to interfere with the GPS antenna enough.  A Forerunner seems to be more accurate.  Also the new F7 seems to get better GPS accuracy.

I really suggest you read the previous 6,003 posts on the subject, and then you can gauge if this slight inaccuracy is going to ruin your enjoyment of an otherwise excellent watch.

Until the 6,005th post about this next week, bye bye for now.

https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/314881/is-this-kind-of-gps-drift-acceptable

https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/321852/is-there-a-difference-in-gps-between-6-and-7-series-my-mate-and-i-did-a-run-swim-workout-and-the-mapping-is-so-different-stayed-together-the-whole-time

etc etc etc

Awesome, thank you for the quick response. I'll take look through the other posts.

4388936 said:

Every run is off by .09mi to .15mi.

Over what distance? In an urban canyon environment such as New York this could be classified as ok depending on the overall distance. Best discuss in terms of percentage error.