Garmin Fenix 5 Sapphire Edition Review

The best outdoor gps watch.

Garmin fenix 5 sapphire edition review.

By mike prospero 07 march 2016. Garmin fenix 3 sapphire review if you want a gps watch to track everything and anything in the great outdoors the garmin fenix 3 is the one to get. Includes all the maps music wifi and features that build atop those functions essentially it s as if garmin is refreshing the base fenix 5 lineup with the base fenix 6 lineup while the fenix 5 plus becomes the fenix 6 pro series. On one of my outings with the garmin fenix 5s watch i took it out in forest park a large park in my hometown of portland oregon.

Garmin fenix 5 sapphire garmin fenix 5x sapphire garmin fenix 5s. We tested the 47mm garmin fenix 5 plus sapphire crystal titanium with solar flare orange band which has more than a touch of the hugo boss about its overall. Or anything else you pickup on amazon helps support the site as well socks laundry detergent cowbells. Since this review was published garmin has launched a new range of watche s called the garmin fenix 5 plus fenix 5s plus and the follow up to this watch the fenix 5x plus.

The fenix 5 i tested touts a sapphire crystal display covering a fiber reinforced polymer body with a stainless steel back. Garmin fenix 5 review after 11 months. If you re outside the us i ve got links to all of the major individual country amazon. The sapphire edition of each watch which features a more scratch resistant sapphire face and a metal band increases the price.

These don t include maps wifi or music. Additionally you can also use amazon to purchase the unit though no discount. Garmin fenix 5 review. At 650 for the sapphire.

The key takeaway from the above is simply that there are basically two lines of fenix 6 units. We ve done plenty of garmin reviews in the past including about gps watches sport watches and more.