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0 pointsghaff7y ago0 comments

There are still a lot of tradeoffs in the space. The Garmin Fenix is arguably better for serious runners and backpackers in part because of better battery life and probably being more rugged.

But they're huge even for 6 ft. large-limbed me.

And I could never get my remanufactured Fenix 3 to consistently measure distance accurately on twisty turny trails no matter what settings I played with.

Battery life is definitely still an issue. In fact, I often travel with just a cheap Timex so it's one less thing I need to bother with.

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zumzumzum7y ago· 1 in thread

The tracking issues have largely been cleaned up on the Fenix 5. It works well enough day to day for me, showing notifications from apps on my phone, allows me to blacklist apps, and has all of the features I need as a "serious" runner and backpacker/hunter. The Apple Watch isn't playing in that space though.

ghaffOP7y ago

I was a bit on the fence between Apple and Garmin before a trip earlier this year where I really wanted a new GPS watch. I decided to spring for the Apple Watch but I wouldn't be surprised if there were another Fenix in my future at some point.

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