Review on ⌚ Black Garmin Fenix 5X Plus Sapphire Smartwatch with Wi-Fi & NFC by Jnis Banders ᠌

Name: ⌚ Black Garmin Fenix 5X Plus Sapphire Smartwatch with Wi-Fi & NFC
Item: ⌚ Black Garmin Fenix 5X Plus Sapphire Smartwatch with Wi-Fi & NFC
Rating: 1

July 04, 2023

Disgusting, not happy with the purchase.

There is samsung gear, there is an apple watch, but they are not satisfied with the battery, charging every day is too much, phoenixes bribed it with a service life and a huge number of flattering reviews, like a cool watch for sports and outdoor activities. But half of the sensors are buggy.
They look cool and claim a lot of cool features, but half of them either don't work or are buggy.
I read the reviews here, please note that positive ones are only from those who use less than a month. I left them for myself for long hikes, for every day they infuriate more than they give positive emotions.

Pros

Battery life, there are no questions, the clock works really long. Offline maps, not . maps, of course, but for orientation on the ground somewhere deep in the taiga - they help.

Cons

1. Very buggy software. There is nothing to talk about here, look at the reviews in the app store, everything works through the fifth point. 2. Pedometer thinks strange. I turned on the clock in the car, 0 steps, at the first traffic light it was already 11. By the time I got to the office - 363 steps. 3. The heart rate monitor thinks it's strange. Half an hour of an active game of squash (damp T-shirt, breath knocked down) - 75 beats per minute. I washed, sat in the locker room, I look - 150. Just data from the ceiling. 4. The altimeter doesn't work at all. The most embarrassing. Walked uphill, wrote a track. I noticed that the current height is displayed as -160 meters. I went into the settings, into the altimeter calibration, calibrated by gps, everything is ok, 1800 meters as it should have been. I went further, after 5 minutes again -160 meters, although auto-calibration is worth it. 5. The workout itself does not determine, or it is configured where I could not get to. I ran for half an hour, I look, the training itself did not turn on. I turned on the run, ran for another hour, only the last hour signed up. For comparison, Apple Watches almost instantly recognize the workout and record it, the Samsung Gear detected the workout after 10 minutes, but recorded the entire workout, including the first 10 minutes. 6. GarminPay - disappointment of the year number 1. Unusable. I got the cards, everything is OK, but for payment you need to enter a 4-digit code through the watch interface, using the up and down buttons. It's not usable. 7. Music in the watch - disappointment of the year number 2. Music in the watch for running is the best thing to not take the phone with you. BUT, straight fat BUT. I can't sync music from . music or iTunes, I have to download music and upload mp3 to my watch from a computer, this is in 2022.