Garmin watch

Hey just after any information from any one that uses a Garmin watch are they worth having ? What are the pros and cons that you have found?

Think @R93 uses one

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Originally Posted by 223nut

Think @R93 uses one

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Na. I have a Suunto traverse.
Never compared them as the one I have does what I need...... like tell time mostly[emoji16]

Still learning all the features on it.

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I have an Epix it's bloody good got rid of my GPS and noe just have maps on the watch, can do all sorts of stuff with it look at graphs of elevation during a trip etc

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Originally Posted by R93

Na. I have a Suunto traverse.
Never compared them as the one I have does what I need...... like tell time mostly[emoji16]

Still learning all the features on it.

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Do you use the gps on it ? And dose it tack you? So you can find you way back

Have the CASIO rangeman, does barometer, altimeter and compass, I have a gps to tell me where to go. Big plus is it is solar so never have to charge or replace batteries

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Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

I have an Epix it's bloody good got rid of my GPS and noe just have maps on the watch, can do all sorts of stuff with it look at graphs of elevation during a trip etc

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So it works well a a gps then? Just want to tack my self and see how far I’ve gone and hight and also find my way back home

I've got a fenix 5x, thought it was the bees knees but lately it has been losing reception and telling me I've done 4x as much walking than I have

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Originally Posted by petree

So it works well a a gps then? Just want to tack my self and see how far I’ve gone and hight and also find my way back home

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Yea works fine does all the stuff my old gps did and more

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Originally Posted by matto1234

I've got a fenix 5x, thought it was the bees knees but lately it has been losing reception and telling me I've done 4x as much walking than I have

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Yer that’s the one I’ve been looking at ,starting to think it’s something I want more than I need

Yeah mate battery only lasted a full day and had to use a power bank to charge it. Don't get me wrong its bloody cool and exactly the same sensor as the handhelds and they both loose satellites. Still need a compass as a back up.

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Originally Posted by matto1234

Yeah mate battery only lasted a full day and had to use a power bank to charge it. Don't get me wrong its bloody cool and exactly the same sensor as the handhelds and they both loose satellites. Still need a compass as a back up.

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Thanks I mite spend my money else where . Just have to remember to take my gps .
Did it tell you how far you has walked and all that?

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Originally Posted by matto1234

Yeah mate battery only lasted a full day and had to use a power bank to charge it. Don't get me wrong its bloody cool and exactly the same sensor as the handhelds and they both loose satellites. Still need a compass as a back up.

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What model? Had mine on the hill for three days using gps with maps often and it still had 70-80% (can't quite remember exactly) battery left

I've had a 5s for 3 months. The 5X can be had with topo LITE and has a larger battery.
However the 5s has proved acquitted for my needs. I could never read the topo on a screen as small at the 5s or 5x.
If you run the GSP continuously then you will need to carry a battery bank but it's still way lighter than my Garmin 62csx.
I use it for sailing, and tracking my walks and hunts. Then download to a PC to Analise where I went. (But I'm only talking 1-3 hour trips)
I think I would only count on 12 hrs of full time GPS on my 5S (Think the book said 16 hours). The 5x is surpost to be good for 20 hours.
However to get the max life you need to turn off things like Bluetooth/wifi?? phone connections, turn down the screen lighting and the heart rate monitoring.
It dose have a compass and altimiter and basic navigation preloaded so you can set your start location then turn it on later to navigate back to it.
You can also download apps such as the dog tracking one which lets you see the direction and distance to your dogs. (I assume this is bluetooth connected to the main handset.)

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Originally Posted by petree

Do you use the gps on it ? And dose it tack you? So you can find you way back

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No i havent used the gps yet but it does breadcrumb and track.

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I have the Garmin Fenix 3. It is awesome. About 5 of my mates have the same watch. I save a 'home base' to nav back to after a hunt and it has been fantastic. Argued with a mate who had a G shock convinced we were going the wrong way, turned out his watch compass was 90 deg out

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Originally Posted by ZQLewis

I've had a 5s for 3 months. The 5X can be had with topo LITE and has a larger battery.
However the 5s has proved acquitted for my needs. I could never read the topo on a screen as small at the 5s or 5x.
If you run the GSP continuously then you will need to carry a battery bank but it's still way lighter than my Garmin 62csx.
I use it for sailing, and tracking my walks and hunts. Then download to a PC to Analise where I went. (But I'm only talking 1-3 hour trips)
I think I would only count on 12 hrs of full time GPS on my 5S (Think the book said 16 hours). The 5x is surpost to be good for 20 hours.
However to get the max life you need to turn off things like Bluetooth/wifi?? phone connections, turn down the screen lighting and the heart rate monitoring.
It dose have a compass and altimiter and basic navigation preloaded so you can set your start location then turn it on later to navigate back to it.
You can also download apps such as the dog tracking one which lets you see the direction and distance to your dogs. (I assume this is bluetooth connected to the main handset.)

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I have the same, you can turn the GPS to ultra trac mode which captures the data less frequently during an activity which extends the battery life out too. I really like mine, I personally wouldn't use it as a replacement for a GPS unit.

I have the Fenix 5x and basically use it for my day hunts now.
Pretty interesting to look through the stats, and see how high the heart rate goes up a hill.
The maps are ok for what I do, and as above, I use ultratrac if I think my hunt will be longer than 8 hours.

If my eysight ever fails, then I'll go back to a hand-held. same for multi-day hunts.

Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong. Will try the ultrtrac. It told me I did 28ks in the pureora forest when I only did 5ish if that. It's the 5x.