Positive and negative things

lpka 6 days ago

I have been using the watch for couple of days now.

The battery is great at fitness level, GPS on the bike and with working out.

Battery sucks literally when nothing happens. From 20:00 in the evening to 08:00 in the morning so 12h of sleeping it drained 40%.

The battery of this watch is really annoying,.

Today also stopped receiving the notifications. Can not fix it!. (tried resetting / new connection ....)

Yesterday at the end of the workout it just gave me 130 BPM heartrate for 15 minutes strait. No ups or downs. Even wen I stopped it is was showing130bmp... I had to restart the watch for working again.

I like the LCD, and stretch program every hour. It is thin, light and I like the strap.

But I don't know. If I made a right decision to fork out 800 eur. Still have F7 pro.. but when I put it on my wrist now is just looks OLD...

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0 lpka 3 days ago in reply to Christopher995

It appears that the watch has to do at least one cycle of discharge and charge to get it working good for the battery.

Helped me. I'm updating the tread every day. Wil charge the watch when is 0%

0 Christopher995 2 days ago

For what it's worth - I powered off my Venu X1 because I was going to send it back - and then when I powered it back on to reset it, I gave it one more chance and I think powering it off/on reset the battery. I was at 80% yesterday at 8am and today after a 1 hour run and 33 hours I'm still at 64%.

I do have gestures turned off for both normal wear and during activities - so I have to tap the screen whenever I want to see something - but I did use maps during the run and if the battery life holds up - this is acceptable to me.

One thing to note is - in "Sleep Focus" there is a 4th option for brightness called "Ultra Low" that still seems VERY bright. I wish that Ultra Low was available in all modes

0 1903468 2 days ago in reply to Christopher995

So, are you send it back?

0 lpka 2 days ago in reply to Christopher995

I don0t see the 4th option, just the tree part bar.

I have gesture ON, and I'm on a day 3 with 50%

0 Christopher995 2 days ago in reply to lpka

The 4th option is under "Focus Modes" --> "Sleep". Why they don't add the 4th option to Activity or daily use is beyond me.

If the battery stays like it is right now - I plan to keep it. I'm at 64% right now and I was at 80% yesterday at 8am. With the display on while running yesterday I lost about 1% every 8 minutes - with the display off on my 7 mile run this morning - I lost about 0.5% every 8 minutes. I just tap the screen to turn it on and swipe to whatever I need to do. Not totally ideal - but I like the fact I can sleep in this and that the screen is so big/clear for notifications.

0 lpka 2 days ago in reply to Christopher995

very strange. i don't have the 4th option. just plus minus and tree bars

what version do you have

i have

10.60

0 Александр 2 days ago

это расплата за за сочный, яркий, четкий амулед экран.

0 Christopher995 2 days ago in reply to lpka

You're likely looking on the watch itself (there is no parity between the watch and garmin connect on this). I am on 10.60. In the watch, I only have 3 bars - but if you open garmin connect and go to Focus Modes --> Sleep you'll see a 4th mysterious hidden option called "Ultra Low".

0 Christopher995 2 days ago in reply to Александр

"This is the price to pay for a juicy, vibrant, sharp AMOLED screen."

Juicy? :-)