Garmin Fenix 6

[Funk]

Podie said:

hyphen said:

Podie said:

Just done the compare function on the Garmin site.

Meh.

If you are upgrading then perhaps, but its replacing the 6 so a better product for same price for new buyers.

Tech does tend to be iterative every generation with more significant changes every two generations.

Agreed - but for a F6 user, I was disappointed at how little I'd get for the upgrade.

On the plus side for those of us that bought in the last 6 months or so (and I did suspect the 7 was potentially imminent) it doesn't feel like a wasted spend.

Glad I took a good deal on my 6 at the time rather than wait.

[KobayashiMaru86]

Should mean the 6 reduces more. Where were people getting them from? Did see them on Jura but with a discount code was £544. I'm sure it's been less than that.

[eyebeebe]

Sway said:

Possibly, but then I consider my 6pro sapphire titanium, and wonder what I could possibly want or need different?

In fact, I've just thought of one - I'd like to be able to record 'HIIT' as an activity type without having to create a workout natively. Instead, I just downloaded an app from the IQ store that still does all the recovery time, etc. (just logs it as 'cardio training' for the garmin algorithms.)

Not sure if I've misunderstood what you are looking for, but the latest firmware is supposed to have a HIIT activity built in.

The Epix looks great to my eyes, but I would have hoped it had the LTE functionality from the 945 and the screen size of the 6X.

[Sway]

Latest firmware lets you create a HIIT workout to then perform - however I don't set my workouts, I go to a group so just want to track the 'effort'.

Can do it as 'cardio' but it's very different from steady state so I find sometimes the effort/training effect stats 'feel' wrong.

[eyebeebe]

I'm still on 19.20 and can create a HIIT workout in Garmin Connect, so I don't think that's new. 20.30 is supposed to have an activity that you can use i.e. you don't use Cardio, but rather HIIT. Am I stick grabbing the wrong end of the stick for what you are looking for?

[Podie]

Comprehensive review here - https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-fenix7-...

[hyphen]

Podie said:

Comprehensive review here - https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-fenix7-...

Skimmed it:

It's got a torch as good as a smartphone one, activated by pressing a button twice, which is useful.

Touchscreen can be turned off in menu, so those owners who don't want it don't have to use.

[Podie]

hyphen said:

Podie said:

Comprehensive review here - https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-fenix7-...

Skimmed it:

It's got a torch as good as a smartphone one, activated by pressing a button twice, which is useful.

Touchscreen can be turned off in menu, so those owners who don't want it don't have to use.

Pretty much.

Disappointed not to see the phone voice assistant integration that came on the Venu 2 Plus (details here )

[James6112]

KobayashiMaru86 said:

Should mean the 6 reduces more. Where were people getting them from? Did see them on Jura but with a discount code was £544. I'm sure it's been less than that.

Which model?
The ‘standard’ 6X pro is £449 on Amazon

[Calza]

I'd actively avoid touchscreen, it's an arse when wet or wearing gloves.

I bought a saphire 6 as a rock climber - the screen is perfect but the bezel hasn't faired so well

[Sway]

eyebeebe said:

I'm still on 19.20 and can create a HIIT workout in Garmin Connect, so I don't think that's new. 20.30 is supposed to have an activity that you can use i.e. you don't use Cardio, but rather HIIT. Am I stick grabbing the wrong end of the stick for what you are looking for?

Ah, in that case what I'd like to be able to do should be in v20.30...

How do I check version number? I went into IQ on my phone but I couldn't see how to confirm version/check for updates?

[Podie]

Sway said:

Ah, in that case what I'd like to be able to do should be in v20.30...

How do I check version number? I went into IQ on my phone but I couldn't see how to confirm version/check for updates?

Press and hold the left middle button. Scroll down to System, scroll down to About

[Sway]

Podie said:

Sway said:

Ah, in that case what I'd like to be able to do should be in v20.30...

How do I check version number? I went into IQ on my phone but I couldn't see how to confirm version/check for updates?

Press and hold the left middle button. Scroll down to System, scroll down to About

Thanks. I'm on v19.20 - yet have auto updates on, and no mechanism to check for updates?

Irritating, I've a session in an hour!

[Robotron70]

I struggle to read the screen of my 6, the new display could swing it for me.

I’m off to read Rainmakers review.

[TeaNoSugar]

I have a problem with my Fenix (6s). I’ve noticed the altimeter is way out. The following screenshots show the problem. The first one was this evening, it’s on a running track and the elevation trace shows 14 laps of the track. Obviously it’s flat as a pancake, but elevation is a bit erratic and then goes up by 20ft for the last few laps.



The second one is a set of hill reps last week. All of these reps start at 140m and finish at 200m high. Every one I finished at exactly the same lamppost, yet the watch reads higher with each rep. Also, the elevation is wrong on the scale as it should be from 460ft to 660ft



Not sure what to do. I’ve tried recalibrating all the sensors, even manually entering the altitude from a known point, but it’s still not right. Even my old Suunto was way more accurate than this.

Any ideas welcome. Maybe a full “hard” reset on the watch is needed?

[trashbat]

Lots of altimeter-related stuff in the changelog for the latest update, so try that. I updated mine manually earlier but I'm sure it will self update before long.

Also read https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdo...

[RizzoTheRat]

On strava you can set it to use elevation from the map rather than the device, not sure if connect will let you do that too. Its a workaround rather than a fix though.

[Podie]

Sway said:

Podie said:

Sway said:

Ah, in that case what I'd like to be able to do should be in v20.30...

How do I check version number? I went into IQ on my phone but I couldn't see how to confirm version/check for updates?

Press and hold the left middle button. Scroll down to System, scroll down to About

Thanks. I'm on v19.20 - yet have auto updates on, and no mechanism to check for updates?

Irritating, I've a session in an hour!

From what I've seen v20.30 is still in Beta. Shouldn't be too long.

[eyebeebe]

Podie said:

Sway said:

Podie said:

Sway said:

Ah, in that case what I'd like to be able to do should be in v20.30...

How do I check version number? I went into IQ on my phone but I couldn't see how to confirm version/check for updates?

Press and hold the left middle button. Scroll down to System, scroll down to About

Thanks. I'm on v19.20 - yet have auto updates on, and no mechanism to check for updates?

Irritating, I've a session in an hour!

From what I've seen v20.30 is still in Beta. Shouldn't be too long.

It’s been available as a public release for 5 days now, but they are doing a staged roll out. If you are desperate for it though you can download it from the Garmin website and install it yourself (presumably via Garmin Express). Just Google “Fenix 6 20.30” and you should get a link to it

[Sway]

Thanks. I saw the download link yesterday, but then read the instructions and realised they were beyond my IT numpty skills!

Guess I'll just wait, although I'm hoping me being on v19.xx doesn't indicate the auto update isn't working properly.