The device offers great GPS and heart rate tracking, all-day battery life, and a nice display. Garmin’s Fenix series is it. These high-end watches are for serious athletes who spend most of Its internal, rechargeable lithium battery provides up to 21 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, 15 hours in GPS mode with music, and up to 80 days in battery saver mode. Garmin Fenix 6X – Pro and Sapphire Editions possess 1.4” (35.56mm) diameter with 280 x 280 pixels high-resolution display that provides sunlight-readability with its 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. Since you had 28% battery remaining on Wednesday night, the 7.5 hours of GPS use used 63.7% - 28% = 35.7% battery, or approximately 4.77% per hour. That's not too shabby, and seems to back Garmin's 5X battery life claim. The Fenix 5 battery life is still better, though - which leaves the question of Maps usefulness. Just looking at the specs: Fenix 7 Pro has 18 day battery in smartphone mode. Epix has 14 days only (and down to 6 days with Always-On-Display). Obviously, if you turn up brightness, use exercise, and GPS, the actual battery life will be shorter. 15 days for Fenix 7 Pro seems very reasonable. Get Epix Pro if you want AMOLED. Design. is dustproof and water-resistant. Garmin Fenix 3. Garmin Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar. The device is dustproof and water-resistant. Water-resistant devices can resist the penetration of water, such as powerful water jets, but not being submerged into water. sweat resistance. Garmin Fenix 3. Garmin says in normal GPS mode, the basic Fenix 7 watches have up to 37 hours of battery life, and this is extended to 46 hours with solar, which is far longer than that on most of the best GPS The watch has the same Elevate heart rate sensor tech as Garmin’s priciest watches. Its results were generally great, but after taking both the Forerunner 255 and Fenix 7 out for several runs we firmware 8.20 and the battery is discharging daily. went to Garmin support and since it is out of warranty Garmin wants $170 to fix it. My battery drainage problem happened once before but mysteriously fixed itself. this is the second time and repeated “shutoff and restart” attempts have failed. I have been testing gear for an attempt at A sunlight-visible, high-resolution color Garmin Chroma Display with LED backlight lets you access your data in any light. fēnix 3 HR is water-rated to 100 meters and has a battery life of up to 40 hours in UltraTrac™ battery saver mode, 16 hours in GPS mode and up to 2 weeks in smartwatch mode (all depending on settings). oP3G1By.