If you are using GPS, the battery is rated to last up to 24 hours, which is more than twice what the TomTom Adventurer (11 hours) offers. That means if you forget to bring the charger on a trip lasting more than a day, you won't have a useless hunk of metal on your wrist. If you're not using GPS or the heart rate monitor, the fenix 5 will last up to two weeks. One of the reasons I prefer wearing Garmin's watches over smartwatches is that I rarely have to worry about recharging. Still, TomTom's watch lacks the customizable faces, weather tracking and smartphone notifications that the fenix 5 offers.
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A recent update to the app also lets you connect the watch to Samsung's SmartThings smart home hub, so you can turn your lights on and off, for example, from the fenix 5.Ībout the only thing the fenix 5 doesn't have is onboard storage for music, like the TomTom Adventurer has. However, you can control music playing on your smartphone. The fenix 5 only lets you view these, though, not respond to them. You can receive a localized weather forecast, a list of calendar appointments, and notifications, such as calls and texts. I was impressed with the wealth of information right on my wrist. After a week of not running, I received an ominous "detraining" message.Īfter a run, I could cycle through screens on the watch, which showed me splits, an elevation plot, a map of where I ran, how much time I spent in each heart rate zone and other details. The fenix 5 also said I was overreaching, which, in some respects, you want to do in a race.Ī Training Status screen shows how productive your exercises have been and gives you a general sense if your fitness level is improving, holding steady or decreasing. After running a half marathon, I received a score of 5 (the highest you can get) for aerobic and 3.7 for anaerobic activity.
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The fenix 5 also gives you a VO2 max score (a measure of your overall fitness level), the intensity of your training over the past week and a race predictor, which lists how fast the watch thinks you'll complete a 5K, 10K, half marathon and full marathon.įor each run that you do, you get a training effect, which gives you a score for both aerobic and anaerobic activity. The watch, which uses GPS as well as GLONASS, measured the race distance - a 13.1-mile USATF (USA Track and Field)-certified course - as 13.16 miles, which is exceptionally accurate. The fenix 5's optical heart rate monitor proved accurate, but it did not respond to changes as quickly as a chest strap would. I used the fenix 5 while I was training for a half marathon, as well as during the race itself.
I tested the watch on two of my favorite outdoor activities: running and skiing. This was a feature my mother would not let me test.Ī breadcrumb feature makes it easy to find your way back where you started if you're in unfamiliar territory. The fenix 5 will even track you if you jump out of an airplane.
It's tough to find an activity the fenix 5 can't track in addition to monitoring running, the watch can record your metrics when you're hiking, climbing, mountain biking, golfing, skiing (downhill and cross-country), snowboarding, stand-up paddleboarding, swimming and rowing.
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