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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 68 reviews

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Customers are saying

Customers have good things to say about the fēnix® 5S Smartwatch's battery life, its comfortable size for smaller wrists, and the accuracy of its GPS and other features. Many appreciate the ease of use and the wide range of activity tracking capabilities. The watch's water resistance is also frequently praised.

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    So awesome.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Hard to tell you how much I love this watch. I originally ordered the 5x and wanted to love that one but it was of Flavor Flav proportions and just looked silly on my wrist. Easy return to the store and order of the 5s and could not be happier. Great purchase for me and would buy again w/ no hesitation. Thanks Garmin and thanks BB for the great shopping experience.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Activity Tracking Watch

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This watch has best battery life I have ever seen. Also great interaction and software from cell phone to review activity. I have several other Garmin products and they all synch together flawlessly with cell phone and displays all their information efficiently.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Gps

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great watch...not user friendly

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The watch is great. It seems very accurate in GPS mode and even steps and heart rate. My biggest complaint is that it is not user friendly. Many of the widgets and apps for the watch have a lot of programming involved and even simple tasks such as walk or run mode take some getting use to. That being said I highlt recommend the watch just be preparrd for a learning curve.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great watch for all multi sports

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love this Garmin it can track pretty much everything it can be use all day long and battery will last about two days it has a lot of great options for all type of sports beginners and advance athletes can benefit from this watch.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Tool

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a great tool for training and keeping track of my goals.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Fenix 5s

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a premium watch for activity tracking. It provides so many metrics for you to use to get better at running, swimming, cycling, mountain biking, hiking etc. Does have some phone notifications available- like text message readability and calendar reminders. Must have for runners.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great watch overall

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great product overall. Deducted for one star because when I'm doing a workout class where I'm moving my arms, the HR function does not work. I've got the watch as tight as I can get it on my wrist and tried adjusting it to the other wrist. It works great for everything else I've used it for.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Gps

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Just the best smartwatch

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    Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Garmin, as usual, makes the best smartwatches. I'm using it from scuba diving, biking, running, skying, and anything you can imagine. The best by far !!!!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good watch

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love the watch great for tracking plenty of things and love that it connects to different apps to to help keep track of runs bike rides and calories pretty accurate

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fenix 5

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    product made by Garmin great for cyclist triathletes and runners. size fits well on small wrist. only flaw is battery life. great product overall.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Gps

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great fitness watch with maps

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great fitness watch overall but love the added features for hiking ... GPS, Glonass and Galileo. Also love the music feature so I can run without my phone.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    To soon

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    After having several early Polar fitness trackers, I decided to try a Garmin after some of the reviews I seen online. Now that I have used it a month, I am not impressed with the watch heart rate monitor and wish it all ran off chest strap as l am used to. I find the accuracy much less reliable with the watch and don’t like the feeling of it, and even now wonder if it is Good for you. I got a rash and can actually see three coresponding dots in it where the green light sensors touch my skin. I apparently didn’t check out enough reviews before I bought it. I did find that when allowed to use a chest strap with it in other fitness modes, that it was much more accurate and thinke they should give it an update to run everything with the chest strap option, and be able to turn off the watch sensor. I will probably sell it and get something else.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from GarminProductExpert
      Posted .

      Hello,

      Thank you for your review and sorry to hear about your rash that you got from the fenix 5s. If you would please contact us at [email protected] so we can research more about your rash from the watch.

      Thanks
      Chris Garmin

  • Pros mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great watch.

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Does everything you could want as a triathlete. Good battery life. It is a bit big. If you have small wrists, this could cause rubbing and therefore sores. It is beautiful and easy to sync up to phone and easy to use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Watch

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this watch for my wife for Christmas and she never takes it off. It works well as a smartwatch and a fitness tracker.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Battery life

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fénix

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This watch is amazing! Battery life is excellent and has everything I need for every physical activity!

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent Training Device

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Worth the expense, stylish, and can wear anywhere. Love the large face, and not bulky.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Stylish and worth it

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great smart watch need to upgrade my I phone IOS to get more out of it but so far so good

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great watch

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this watch for my wife, she loves it. Each day she likes more. I recommend.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    LOVE IT

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    Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I LOVE this watch. does everything as expected and more. I sync it with WW and my work app for handsfree tracking. comfortable. I would love to switch out the band as the white one gets extremely gnarly but they are very spendy so ill just live with the white. I cant seem to find anything that will clean it thoroughly

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Gps

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great watch

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I got this watch after having the vicoactive 3 and love it so far.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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