Here’s Garmin’s official battery specs: Demanding use (Multi-Band GPS) – 35 hours / up to 45 hours with solar charging. – Solar charging adds up to 20 minutes per hour during daytime riding. – Demanding specifically means: Multiband GPS, 4 sensors connected, Live Track enabled, an on the map page with a course loaded. This afternoon Garmin quietly dropped a beta firmware for the existing/original Fenix 5 series (5S/5/5X) that enables Galileo support. Galileo is a different satellite network (that’s still coming online, but is largely operational already) that was announced within the Fenix 5 Plus earlier this week . The weight of that watch is 83g. And of course, the 6X is Garmin’s biggest watch width and thickness wise. So the Enduro is definitely a larger watch, but yet, despite that, it doesn’t feel it, because the weight is so much less. The plastic FR945 comes in at 50g, so only about 11g less than the Enduro. February 10, 2021 by DC Rainmaker Polar » Sports Technology News and Reviews Comments (308) Polar has launched an updated version of their standalone optical HR sensor, taking the existing Polar OH1 and adding new features and capabilities, and re-branding it as the Verity Sense. For those familiar with my reviews & testing, you’ll know that Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Series: Handful of fixes, including smartphone notifications on iOS. Garmin FR645/645 Music BETA firmware Update: Minor bug fixes. Garmin Edge 530 Firmware Update: This is the final production version of the beast of a firmware update I discussed last week while in beta. Tons of fixes, also some new features/tweaks. January 6, 2017 by DC Rainmaker Blog Comments (246) This week at CES, Suunto has officially unveiled their first optical heart rate capable watch – the Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR. You may remember back this past summer, when news first came out about Suunto’s plans for an optical HR variant of the Suunto Spartan series . pBSVSzs. In the case of simulation (aka slope) mode, the Tacx NEO 2T can simulate from 0% to 25% incline – which is frankly way more than your legs ever want to deal with. It’s also the most of any consumer smart trainer. The Wahoo KICKR & Saris H3 top out at 20%, and the Elite Drivo at 24%. So, here’s what’s on the Suunto Race: – New 1.43” AMOLED touch screen, 466x466px at 1,000 nits. – GPS battery lifetime starting at 40hrs in multiband/dual-frequency (and up to 120 hours in ‘Tour’ mode). – Standby/smartwatch battery life of 12 days in gesture-based display mode, or 7 days in always-on display mode. Wahoo TICKR X Only New features: – Added ANT+ Running Dynamics (cadence, vertical oscillation, and ground contact time via official ANT+ HR-RD standard) – Increased memory from 16 hours to 50 hours. (This is in addition to other TICKR-X only features like indoor cycling cadence, treadmill pace/distance, etc…) After you click that option, it’ll then ask you which app. Simple choose either Garmin Connect, or Wahoo ELEMNT, depending on what you want. In the case of Garmin Connect (and this is the part that’s new this past week), it’ll open up the Course Setup window. Simply start by selecting what type of course it is. Price: $439. The Garmin Fenix 7 is a beast of a smartwatch and improves on the already excellent Fenix 6, which is a great achievement. Just like previous Fenix models, the Fenix 7 is big, bold 1 – tow float mode, using a secondary GPS device to track your path while still getting other swim metrics from the watch. Sync’d like the HRM-Swim. Basically working like Fitbit tracking used to but perhaps letting you use an Edge for GPS, as well as your phone. 2 – Course mode, basically like the Running Track mode.

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