Garmin Fenix 5

Garmin debuts three new high-end Fenix multisport watches

There's the Fenix 5, Fenix 5X and the Fenix 5S, Garmin's first high-end watch designed specifically for smaller wrists. Garmin on Wednesday announced the next iteration in its Fenix line of high-end athletic watches. The company unveiled the Fenix 5 and Fenix 5X, as well as the Fenix 5S, the first high-end Garmin watch designed specifically for females.

If you're a serious athlete that's been looking for a powerful multisport fitness watch, odds are you've stumbled across Garmin's fe?nix line of devices. While they are quite pricey, the fe?nix 3 line has proven to be one of the most powerful multisport watches on the market.

Garmin Fenix 5 series review

Garmin's new smartwatches aren't for everyone. They'll only suit people who're serious about sports tracking or venture outdoors on hikes, ski trips or bike rides on a regular basis. It's not cheap, so we'd recommend looking elsewhere if GPS isn't essential to you. We're impressed with Garmin's new designs, though, and much prefer their look to previous models. We're looking forward to spending more time with the Fenix 5 watches to bring you our final verdict and star rating soon.

Garmin Fenix 5 series review

Garmin's Fenix watches are a smart choice for fitness fanatics & adventurers with GPS, sports tracking and waterproofing but they don't come cheap.

Garmin Fenix 5 review: Smart sports watches don't come better than this

If you're an avid runner or cyclist, there's a good chance that either you or someone you know well is sporting a Garmin watch. Over the past few years, the company's reputation for building the best sports-tracking wearables has grown.

Garmin Fenix 5 review

The Garmin Fenix 5 is one of the most powerful multisport outdoor watches available, blending some of the most detailed metrics into a single device. In reality, it's only a minor upgrade from the ageing Fenix 3 HR, which itself was so powerful that Garmin has needed only to make a few tweaks.

Superb upgrade

Loved with Fenix 3, a great watch. This is a step above in all areas. Better functionality and whilst only a little bit smaller, it makes a huge difference. Feels even more premium as a product but retains the same qualities as its predecessor.

Review: Garmin's Fenix 5 smartwatch aims at athletes, not Apple Watch fans

Garmin's Fenix 5 is an impressive smartwatch for people serious about fitness or the outdoors, but probably both too much and too little for people expecting something like the Apple Watch.

Garmin Fenix 5 Review: The Best Outdoor GPS Watch

I prefer the fenix 5's design to that of the $349 TomTom Adventurer , another go-anywhere GPS watch, which has a square face with a small d-pad below it. While there's nothing wrong with how the TomTom looks, it feels a bit out of place if you're wearing it in a more formal setting.

Garmin Fenix 5 review

Garmin’s Fenix 5, then, is the undeniable champion of multi-sport trackers. Not least because it can track almost every discipline that’s out there. It also manages to be tough without looking ungainly, and carries a real sense of premium build quality that’s not undermined by a shoddy interface. Those physical buttons actually add to the experience, especially during exercise, while strong Bluetooth and battery performance polish things into a complete tracking package that's also comfortable on smartwatch duty. For most people, it’s also probably overkill. Overkill that you’ll pay £500 for. Unless you're an Ironman, wearing the Fenix 5 means knowing you’ll never truly test its full feature set. It’ll be like owning an Aston Martin in the centre of london: it looks ruddy lovely, turns heads and has the potential to make a lot of noise, but only occasionally get to stretch its legs to the fullest extent. This is a five-star product, then, but one that should, arguably, only be bought by those who eat triathlons for breakfast - or those who don't mind paying big bucks for the smartest, and smartest-looking, multisports watch around. Buy the Garmin Fenix 5 here from Garmin