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735XT vs fenix 3

Ok guys here is a comparison in a park I run in often. About half has medium tree cover this time of year.

http://www.mygpsfiles.com/app/#ktW3i8ts

You can see the 735 tracks are much better, even in this environment, where I would not say it is overly difficult. Interesting distance accrual was dead on at all points of the run at every point I check both watches were within 0.01 miles of each other the entire run.

Another interesting point, I had the fenix 3 using footpod instant pace and the 735 on GPS instant pace and on all times I checked they were within 5s of each other and even better, the 735 was very stable and never (when I checked) gave an untoward results.

Unfortunately I forgot my chest strap, but can say HR was within my normal range for this pace and this run at all times.

Elevation plot for 735 does not look as good as fenix 3 unsurprisingly (elevation correction was on for 735 data), but I am not sure this was transmitted to the gPX file I used in mygpsfiles, because in GC the +- elevation was 42 ft gain and 43 ft loss which is higher than f3 result (10 ft Gain 13 ft loss). I suspect better smoothing of GPS elevation will result in better results for this in the future.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    moving from fenix3 to 735xt

    I bought a used fenix3. Loved the look/styling but not the weight. Especially working out, it's a big tank or rather hockey puck on your wrist. x2 the weight of the 735xt. If you are hiking it wouldn't matter much but for runners/multisport I think the 735xt is the way to go.

    And no altimeter for me isn't a big deal, I can go with the GPS database results after are good enough. And don't care about how many steps I did in a day! :P
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    fenix3 altimeter results



    same out and back route, but much different results! fenix3! ack
  • No pic in your post, why not just post comparison from MyGPSFiles.com?