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Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £471.99 on Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.0/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 116 products in the GPS category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

8.2

Price

8.8

Reviews

9.9

Overall

9.0

 

Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 reviews

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Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 Specification

Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 specs

Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018
Feature 1

Up to 9 days of battery life

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

Outdoor sensors that use GPS AND GLONASS

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Connected features

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Smart notifications

Other GPS found with this feature: 11

Feature 5

Performance widget showing your progress during workouts

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 6

Stainless steel EXO-Antena bezel

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

Wrist based heart rate monitor

Other GPS found with this feature: 4

Feature 8

Waterproof to 10ATM standard

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 9

218×218 display screen resolution

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 10

Dimensions: 42 x 42 x 15mm

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other GPS found with this spec: 2

Price

£471.99

Number of Reviews
Review Score

/ 5

Average score in category: 4.3

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  • Garmin Fenix 5 Sapphire. A beautiful multisport watch that uses GPS and GLONASS to track your performance with an integrated heart rate monitor and smart notifications All Day Wear. The Fenix 5 Sapphire has been built with a striking but smaller design that is suited for wearing all day every day whether you‚Äôre at work in the office or you‚Äôre competing in a triathlon. The watch provides all day activity tracking and comes with a super-durable construction which is fully waterproof with a 10ATM rating that means you can swim and shower while wearing the watch Heart Rate Monitor. One of the best metrics that is available to us for looking at your general fitness, emotional wellbeing and general health is your heart beat. The Fenix 5 therefore comes with a heart rate monitor fully integrated into the wrist of the watch. This takes away the hassle of having to wear an annoying and uncomfortable chest or arm based sensor the Fenix 5 provides you with accurate heart rate monitoring around the clock Training. During training sessions the watch uses GPS and GLONASS sensors to help track your performance levels and then gives you specific guidance on how to take your training to the next level. The watch does this in three main ways:Training Status ‚Äì Lets you know how effective your current training is and gives you guidance on whether or not your training is productive and helping you make progress Training Load ‚Äì Lets you know how hard you train over a period of time no matter what kind of activity or training you have been doing Recovery Advisor ‚Äì Tells you your recommended recovery time counting down from when you finish your last training session Multisport. The Fenix 5 is compatible with multiple different sports and comes preloaded with sport specific displays for running, swimming and triathlon. Each of these sports comes with a different display which shows you the most suitable metrics for that particular sport. For further sports you can also create and customise your own Navigation. Using GPS and GLONASS positioning, advanced sensors and built-in altimeter, thermometer and barometer the watch allows you to step off the beaten track without fear. The watch therefore provides you with key information on your surroundings including your elevation data and key weather information. The 3-axis electronic compass will also keep you from getting lost Connectivity. By syncing the Fenix 5 to your smartphone you also receive thousands of other features and functions. You can use the Garmin Connect app to automatically upload your performance data so that you can track the information and see your progress plus share your results. You can also use the app to customise your watch including your watch face. The connection also allows you to receive smart notification from your phone straight to your watch‚Äôs display including text messages and call alerts In the Box. Fenix 5SCharging/ data cableDocumentationFeatures. Up to 9 days of battery lifeOutdoor sensors that use GPS AND GLONASSConnected featuresSmart notificationsPerformance widget showing your progress during workoutsStainless steel EXO-Antena bezelWrist based heart rate monitorWaterproof to 10ATM standard218x218 display screen resolutionDimensions: 42 x 42 x 15mmBuy Garmin Watches from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World‚Äôs Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 753759172114
  • 010-01685-11

No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like GPS.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 116 different products in the GPS category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 88 products from Garmin (although only 54 of the 88 are in the GPS category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your GPS. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Garmin. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for GPS. There are 116 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 116, the average price is £204.13. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £1.5 and most expensive was £759.99.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Garmin. The average price was £232.29 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £8.99 up to £764.99 with Garmin products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Garmin products that appear specifically in the GPS category. So you can see that the price of Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 at £471.99 is great value considering the average price of Garmin GPS is £243.71 and the price varies from £8.99.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £471.99 which represents a £8.00 or 2% saving against RRP. If you think Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for GPS too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find reviews scoring it out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Garmin. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the GPS category is 4.3 and the average score of products from Garmin is 4.4 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Garmin in the GPS category the average review score is 4.3.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 such a high overall score of 9.0 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are reviews for Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 which score it , so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy Garmin Fenix 5S Sapphire 2018 or in fact any of the other GPS, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.