digitalone.com.sg Updated: 2013-11-20 12:02:54
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We often talk about Garmin's Nuvi car navigation units, but in actual fact, the company makes a whole bunch of other GPS-related products from fish finders for boats to watches for hikers.The Fenix is one such watch - it's a multi-function timepiece th...
Lots of sensors built in; battery life relatively long especially in UltraTrac mode; many customisable profiles...
Relatively big for people with small wrists.
The Garmin Fenix is a very nice watch if you have the wrist size to accommodate it, as it is quite feature-packed...
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Garmin seems to have a GPS watch for every occasion these days. The company has had an extensive range of running watches for some years, such as the excellent Forerunner 610 , and this was recently joined by the Swim , which as its name suggests targets...
Up to 50 hours of GPS usage in UltraTrac mode, Compatible with ANT+ sensors, PC or smartphone data upload and download...
Expensive, No facility to add topographic maps, Chunky...
The Garmin fenix is packed with useful functions for the serious hiker or mountaineer, although it does have a major drawback – its price. At £349 for the watch on its own, or an extra £30 for the Performer Bundle, it's more expensive than any of Garmin's...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated: 2014-04-16 01:31:20
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Do you know your ABC? With an altimeter, barometer and compass inside, this smart watch from Garmin is aimed at anyone into hiking, mountaineering, running... or even sailing, geocaching or fishing.Despite those handy statistics, at its core the Garmin fē...
Breadth of data, Excellent build quality, Long battery life, BaseCamp app...
Expensive, Locating satellites is slow, Onwatch maps are poor, No touchscreen...
Buying guide 20 best mobile phones in the world today Unlike most so-called smart watches, the Garmin fēnix integrates with all the main platforms - from iOS and Android to Mac and Windows - though that integration is, of course, rather limited. The user...
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With the recent Stravafication of running and cycling it seems there is little reason to go anywhere or do anything unless it's GPS tracked for speed, distance, and time. What good is going outdoors if we're not able to capture each data point for online...
Stylish, sophisticated, rugged design, Huge display reads well during serious activity, Solid GPS tracking options, ANT+ and Bluetooth communication, Good battery life...
Menu layout is confusing and difficult to navigate, Profiles and data pages are complicated to set up, Documentation lacks in detail...
Smartphones are now the biggest single competitors for the wrist-based timepiece in general and for GPS devices specifically. The questions we found ourselves asking while testing this watch was “Does this do anything that a smartphone can't do a whole...
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The Garmin fenix is the newest outdoor GPS receiver by Garmin-- an ABC style watch (A for altimeter, B for barometer C for compass) that has full GPS capabilities including waypoints, a tracklog, trip computer, compass and paperless geocaching. There...
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The Garmin Fenix was announced this summer as Garmin's first wristband GPS inclusive foray into hiking/adventure and ultra-running products. The unit had an advertised battery life of 50 hours, and thus appealed to mountainous hikers and runners alike. It...
GPS accuracy is in line with other GPS units, consistent, Barometric altitude accuracy is also in line with other GPS units, Huge feature set for a large number of use cases, from geocaching to hiking to navigation, Battery life, in theory, goes 50 hours...
Running feature set is pretty poor [Nov Update: But getting much better in firmware updates], Battery life seems to be all over the map, I can't get a good handle on it, Doesn't support any other Bluetooth Smart sensors, except phone upload, Tons of bugs...
At this point, I've said everything I can say – some 13,354 words later. Ultimately, the Fenix shows immense promise, but it's clear that in order for it to be a winner in the fitness category (as opposed to just hiking/adventures), they need to shack up...
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