Thanks!

will these new features (climbpro descent/trail VO2MAX, not battery life of course!) became eventually available on the fenix 6?

@@edoardoferrabino he said the features are on the 945 and F6 (F6 starting today, 945 soon)

@@marcwanagas1234 thanks, I missed it

Thanks!!!

Buzz Aldren would like a word

His right wrist is a whoop fitness band. Not a watch, but you right!

Yeah, if it had maps it would be perfect. Seems like something that could be disabled by someone that doesn’t use maps.

Yes, at this price point it most certainly is.

Don't people doing ultras need maps more than just regular runners?

@@LuckyPandaX Not to be a ultrarunner snob but, the short answer is no. The long answer is, if you are running 10- 20 miles a day chances are you know what you are doing. No one just starts running 100-200 miles a week. I know my routes in and out by memory. I never met someone that just went to a nation park for example and didn't plan, didn't take a map, didn't take a compass, didn't take any precautions or food, or water filter etc... Whenever I do go somewhere new, I plan it and even have a map, a phone and I even own a sat gps/phone system and a compass. I don't brother to take anything but my phone when doing my usual stomping grounds. So besides recovery, Tri features (run,swim,cycle), a device that can last forever. I see it as a no brainer. This watches is for the endurance junkies as they state. I love this watch.

@@namenotfound8747 I see what you mean but if you had a map on the wrist that can tell you upcoming turns, wouldn't you just leave maps at home? Plus if you have a bigger battery, you can put it to use by adding the map feature.

Yup, I agree. It’s definitely a flex, even if perhaps an annoyed flex at COROS. 🤣

Thanks!!

Pun intended?

Thanks Eric!

Thanks - much appreciated!

@Carrot Cruncher It's a standard media loaner. It'll go back shortly and then I go out and buy my own.

True, but trying to explain it as 100% of 20% of what arrives, and then 10% of that 20% for a 3mm band is near impossible. That's why I noted that it was 100% of the total viable there.

@@Dcrainmaker idk. That definitely makes sense for me.

So true!

I have the 6pro solar non sapphire and I’ll tell you what, I wear this thing all day every day even at work, I work construction, i have yet to scratch the glass, and I’ve had a couple good whacks that made me scared to look at the glass but only the bezel has accumulated a couple minor scratches, I’m very impressed with this thing.

Maybe the fact they can pack so much tech into a 61g package is why it is the price it is? What do you think it's worth, and why? #R&D

Did you not miss the maps? I've always found they just help eliminate those wrong terms when approaching crossroads/parallel trails etc

Thanks!

Thanks!!!

if you load a preloaded map I guess you have the same feature

Just out of interest, what headphones do you use on ultra runs and how long do the batteries last?

I’m guessing soon since all the 6s are on sale now.. they did the same with the fenix 3s right before the 5 came out

Those Ultra Run profiles were added after Enduro.

One can keep hoping!

No, and in fact, the wording specifically notes "Non-cycling descents". I'm not entirely sure I get that, though Garmin is a very risk-conservative company, and they've undoubtedly seen the mess that Strava got in there legal-wise with downhill segments.

Don't they mostly run of USBpower from the front hub?

What, with no maps??? To be fair, they do have the additional external battery for the 1030+, not sure if it works for the 1030 but I would have thought so.

Yeah, I think one of the things that many people overlook as to what makes Garmin a successful company is its manufacturing power (they own their own factories), and in turn, their ability to create variants like this that aren't super exciting, but sell # number of units to the right group of people that don't want the maps like you and I - but want even longer battery life.

Thanks! Indeed, a bit pricey for the features for what I prefer.

Honestly not sure there anymore on the Suunto front.

@@Dcrainmaker That’s a bit sad. I may go Fenix 6 in that case, although it feels a step back, as I was a lifelong Garmin user from 310XT to Fenix 3HR before jumping to Suunto 9.

Correct, all times for that slide were 1-second recording rates. Whereas the second slide after that were whatever crazy rates they wanted to use for their max battery numbers (except I omitted the 'Expedition mode', since that's like one data point per day).

So the main Le Tour poster (facing you) is from Le Coq, and was literally just a freebie poster in their stores in Paris that year. That said, someone recently asked about it and I found a bit more here: www.behance.net/gallery/10363271/Le-Tour-2013-Le-Coq-Sportif - As for the other one, it's just from a random tourist shop in Chamonix. :)

Yup! You can use the DCR Analyzer to do that: www.dcrainmaker.com/analyze - Keep in mind though it's not showing capacity per se, but rather battery % burn rate for GPS activities in hours. Though, we could add the hourly math there.

THIS is the key question...

This device has no music, so I expect it's one of the lower memory devices like the base fenix 6 and 6s (non pro) which cannot handle rich connect IQ widgets/apps e.g. fenix 6 only has 60kb memory budget for widgets while the pro version has 1024kb. As a developer I find this a pain that garmin should end, so I hope this new device doesn't have that limitation. Heck, the venu and vivoactive 4 have 512kb available.

I'm still running with a fenix 5 plus. I'm gonna wait for the next fenix- hopefully with lte support? Who knows.

I'd agree, that'd make sense.