Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Multisport Watch with Music, Maps and Garmin Pay, Silver with Black Band

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Music support with storage of up to 500 songs on your watch, and connect with Bluetooth® headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening. As of 9/June/2018 this will be offline storage of your own music library and/or content from Deezer/iHeartRadio. When you want to pay it is straightforward to access the wallet from your customisable shortcut keys, as shown here: Outdoor and recreation features are covered in a variety of profiles: Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand-Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster & Tactical. The profiles have their own nuances, for example skiing will give you specific RUN stats. Fixed issue where ANT sensor data would drop during an activity when connected to a Bluetooth 5.0 smartphone ( ANT/BLE/BT 2.91 software). For a lot of people, Garmin's tech is probably going to be good enough, although with HIIT training the sensor still falters a bit in climbs and recoveries, trailing behind the chest strap. It's something we see a lot across the board, and despite all the improvements Garmin has made, its optical tech still has a way to go.

Here, you will get an overview of the specifications of the Garmin Fenix 5 Plus collection and the Garmin Fenix 5, respectively. Here are someof the ones on the device: (Last)Lap Time; Elapsed Time; Avg. Lap Time; (Lap) Distance; Last Lap Distance; (Current) Pace; Average Pace;LapPace; Last LapPace; Speed; Average Speed;(Last) Lap Speed; Maximum Speed; Vertical Speed; Heart Rate; Average HR; HR Zone; Aerobic TTE; Anaerobic TE; HR% Max; %HRR; Avg HR %Max;Average %HRR; Lap HR; Lap %HRR; Lap HR %Max; Tiem in Zone; (Avg.) Vertical Oscillation; (Avg) Vertical Ratio; Avg/Lap GCT; Avg/LAP Gct Balance; (Avg) Stride Length; (Avg/Lap) Cadence; Temperature; Avg Ascent; Avg Descent; Max/Min Ascent/Descent; Elevation; Total/Lap/Last Lap Ascent/Descent; Min/Max Elevation; GPS Elevation; Glide Ratio; Grade; Heading; GPS Heading; Compass Heading; Navigation fields; Muscle Oxygen Fields; Calories; Battery Level; Performance Condition; Laps; Sunrise/sunset; and Time of Day. Running With Power Sleep monitoring– You can now get some POSSIBLE insights into your sleep quality and sleep stages. Every athlete knows that it’s when sleeping that their body adapts to the exercise rigours of the day before. The RIGHT kind of sleep is KEY to getting faster. Garmin’s ELEVATE sensor is now able to leverage resting HRV data as well as movements from the accelerometer/gyroscope at night.Fixed an issue where Total Ascent and Descent could be intermittently too low for certain activities. This problem isn’t unique to Garmin, but I’ve been impressed with the reliability of its Elevate monitor in devices such as the Forerunner 935, which makes me think it might be the extra bulk of the Fenix 5 Plus that’s making it move around more on my wrist during runs, hence the inaccurate readings.

All’ that Garmin has effectively done is to make the bezel/non-display area slightly smaller and hence the overall watch slightly smaller. The ONLY compromise is that this means that there is then room only for a smaller battery and hence battery life. Why You Would Buy This Fixed an intermittent issue where the device would error out when trying to sync a music playlist using Wi-Fi. Fitness: Distance, time, pace, laps, swim stroke identification, VO2 max, recovery advisor, virtual pacer, calories, goal alerts Fixed an intermittent issue where the device could crash when fetching calendar information from the smartphone.

The accuracy of GPS-only has changed throughout 2018 with various firmware upgrades that DOWNgraded performance. All seems now much improved (Oct 2018). In fact, I would now say that the 5S Plus has shown me the best performance so far of GPS-only performance of ANY PREVIOUS GARMIN. But its best is still not as good as some Suuntos and Polars on a good day. Heart Rate Accuracy + Functions In addition, there are some slight nuances to how the maps look in terms of exact styling. You’d never know unless you had the two side by side, which you’ll see below. At left is what the default Garmin maps look like, whereas at right is what the free OSM maps look like: