935 owners - how are you finding GPS?

So I've had this watch for over a year now (bought April 2017). For runs, I've used Stryd for pace and the GPS for distance. Having done runs without the Styd and relying on the GPS for pace and distance I'm going to say the GPS is poor for pace. I use Stryd for both pace and distance now but in the past distance for me on Styd was wonky.

For distance on the GPS alone in my neck-of-the-woods, it's not entirely inaccurate being within the same few feet of mile markers (or quarter miles) from routes I've done in the past. With that being said, the roaming of the signal gets nuts. Take a satellite shot of my runs and it will veer on the path into people's houses, backyards, middle of the street; it just goes walkabout sometimes. It's not consistent nor does it crop up in the same places. It also doesn't affect the distance much, but if you're working on a segment in the run having it potentially veer off the trail just stinks.

I stick to normal GPS when running in my hometown. There aren't many tall structures here and the tree cover isn't a problem since I have also done these same runs with both GPS and Glonass turned on and haven't seen much of a change.

Comparing the GPS on the 935 to prior devices (Fenix 3HR, F5X/F5) I will say the GPS on the 935 is better than the F3HR by a bit and SO MUCH BETTER than whatever the Fenix 5X/5 would give me. I don't know if it was the GPS unit on the 5 line, the housing construction of the watch, an internal conflict with another unit, but the GPS on the 5 line had me going all over the place. If you looked at the run you'd think I was insane. Squiggly lines in chaotic patterns all over the map, signal cut outs (like no recording) in open sky areas and overshooting how far I went (approx 1/4 mile more) just to name a few of the many problems I had with the Fenix 5's GPS. I expected the worst when I picked up the 935 (its software is very similar to the 5 line) and didn't get that.

It's not perfect and far from being the best on the market (Suunto and Polar are much, much better at GPS) but it's good enough to not be working against you.....usually.

So I've had this watch for over a year now (bought April 2017). For runs, I use Stryd for pace and the GPS for distance. Having done runs without the Styd and relying on the GPS for pace and distance I'm going to say the GPS is poor for pace.

For distance in my neck-of-the-woods, it's not entirely inaccurate being within the same few feet of mile markers (or quarter miles) from routes I've done in the past. With that being said, the roaming of the signal gets nuts. Take a satellite shot of my runs and it will veer on the path into people's houses, backyards, middle of the street; it just goes walkabout sometimes. It's not consistent nor does it crop up in the same places. It also doesn't affect the distance much, but if you're working on a segment in the run having it potentially veer off the trail just stinks.

I stick to normal GPS when running in my hometown. There aren't many tall structures here and the tree cover isn't a problem since I have also done these same runs with both GPS and Glonass turned on and haven't seen much of a change.

Comparing the GPS on the 935 to prior devices (Fenix 3HR, F5X/F5) I will say the GPS on the 935 is better than the F3HR by a bit and SO MUCH BETTER than whatever the Fenix 5X/5 would give me. I don't know if it was the GPS unit on the 5 line, the housing construction of the watch, an internal conflict with another unit, but the GPS on the 5 line had me going all over the place. If you looked at the run you'd think I was insane. Squiggly lines in chaotic patterns all over the map, signal cut outs (like no recording) in open sky areas and overshooting how far I went (approx 1/4 mile more) just to name a few of the many problems I had with the Fenix 5's GPS. I expected the worst when I picked up the 935 (its software is very similar to the 5 line) and didn't get that.

It's not perfect and far from being the best on the market (Suunto and Polar are much, much better at GPS) but it's good enough to not be working against you.....usually.

Curious as to why you don't use the Stryd for distance as well as pace?

I find the 935 GPS to be consistently slightly short compared to the Polar V800 GPS or the Stryd distance. I'm talking maybe .05 miles or so, not a lot, but always short.

I am still regularly amazed by the accuracy of the Stryd sensor. Different paces, different shoes, hills, etc, always extremely concordant with my best GPS distance.

As you've mentioned, a Stryd sensor will always be much more stable when it comes to instant pace.

Assume the track is right, they usually are. GPS on a track is notoriously bad. Set up your workout to not use distance, but lap button press instead, then you can press lap at the beginning and end of every rep.

What do you think of the difference in build quality F5 vs 935 and look for everyday use?