Thanks!

Thanks!!! Enjoy!

What’s the bundle, what does it include?

Thanks! Indeed - there's a ton of interesting potential there (I was digging through some of the studies yesterday). My challenge is how to make that useful to 99.99% of athletes that purchase the device. In some ways, it's not unlike SPO2, in the right hands/situations, it can be super valuable.

I'm surprised someone hasn't added a respiration rate sensor to HR straps. In theory it should be fairly easy (eg, tension or elongation of the strap as chest expands). And some new fields in the ANT+/BT profiles.

How you holding up?

@@upping5 not dead yet! Going through physical therapy and indoor cycling and rowing. Feeling better every week and should be able to walk in the next couple of months (diabetic foot injury). Thanks for asking mate and hope you're well.

@@mdtaylor2274 Love to hear that. I hope everything continues forward for you. And yeah, I am doing quite well. Merry Christmas!

Hey Mick how are you doing now with the watch? I'm considering this one now.

@@vincenovoa hey Vince! I love it and use it every day. To be honest, it was pretty expensive when I first got it a year ago because I wasn't doing many sports or anything. But now I use it religiously and it hasn't failed me once. Hope you find a good deal and I highly recommend it.

This week has been insane!

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HR readings can be affected by a variety of factors such as position on wrist, density and colour of hair, density of muscle, skin tone, tightness/looseness of band, amount of light in surrounding area, activity being conducted etc. It's just the issues of using a light based WRHM. Every technology for HRM has flaws and factors that can affect the results. This is why particularly they struggle on their own with lots of wrist flexion - generally this is why for high intensity exercises or areas where HR is critical to you - pair the device with a chest strap HRM.

I know that feeling. I also just bough FR935 in end of Mar and then FR945 come out to market

Shouldn't come as a surprise since these watches tend to be renewed every two years or so.

Yup - check out my written reviews for incredible depth on GPS accuracy. I've done a bit of it on KZfaq, but it seems people get bored of it quickly. :-/

So what I hear is: Buy a RED. :) Yeah, it's a bit of a challenge as I max out at 4K/30 on my Nikon. I've been looking at the GH5, so I can go 4K/60 and then slow from there. Though realistically actually on these slider moves I was speeding things up (it's fully automated). I just need to figure out the sweet spot so I don't have to speed/slow down at all, but take the raw footage since it's fully automated anyway.

DC Rainmaker - Skip the GH5 and just wait for the Sony A7S 3 Or Red . . . Definitely Red 😉 I’m guessing you’ll always want to adjust frame rate in post even if it’s automated but 🤷🏻‍♂️. Keep cranking out all this great content!

Your comment has aged well...might even do such a video. :)

Yeah im looking for the same

that's exactly what i'm looking for

Running&Cycling DAD I have both watches, the Fenix 5x plus is more accurate

@@Dcrainmaker should i buy watches from retailer that says NHO it says A newly overhauled (NHO) device is a device that was returned to Garmin to be factory refurbished?? i am just worried about the gps and the sensors will they be accurate or any other defects in the watch its like 100 buxs off the original price that i see most retailer selling it for or $150 buxs which is a lot....right now i see it going on sale from lots for 549 instead of 599....a few selling for 499 and this one was at 459 now increase slightly to $479...i checked amazon price watch and lowest amazon sold it for was 499 and that was last year around november...since then it never gone as low as like 539 but it was sold by retailers and not straight from amazon selling it??? also, do they have counterfeit versions of these watch? i find out for $499 but it says free shipping and it don't even charge you any tax. and new reviews on the seller web page but i google the entire site and they have a location in the US and find lots of reviews with 4 + stars just not review on the 945 watch and one person brought it so far and 2nd time this listing is being put up when i first saw it few days ago it had 11 left so this second time it went up when i check yesterday one person brought it and now there's 10 left...its a deal if its 499 and no tax and free shipping???

It totally depends on the light, or more specifically the angle of the light as it his the screen relative to the camera. Generally speaking anything outdoors is usually backlight off, and anything indoors is a blend depending on how poor my lighting is where I'm shooting.

If you forget to start it during runs/walks/hikes you should be able to go into the settings of your device and effectively enable auto detection after a certain period of time... e.g. if you run for more than 5 minutes start recording.

Thanks! I actually enjoy shooting the 'X new things' videos, because I can mentally get my head around them. And then they match up to the written reviews well.

the battery is fine, i ran for four hours straight using gps + bluetooth + spotify and had 20% left With normal 1 hr workouts, I'll prob charge my watch once in 4 days

If you are worried about the screen you can get very inexpensive glass screen protectors, I have had one on my 935 for a year and you cant even tell it is there. 2 he puts up a graphic during the video that lists the claimed run time for lots of different usage scenarios. It looks to be significantly longer battery life with GPS running than what I get on my 935.

no saphire, but has gorilla glass. gps mode - 935 - 24 hours, 945 - 36 hours. cant speak about buttons

@@energeez thanks, yeah looks to be the same casing, gorilla screen and poor sticky button design as the 935 just with upgraded internals

Chatlow i dont think 935 is gorilla

Ivan C. T. i dont regret it, thing is badass and exceeds my expectations.

Sam here, i'm a sucker for gadgets like this. Currently i'm selling it to myself

I don't need it, but I bought it and love it. ❤️👈🏼

SUCKA LA MINK

This

No, unfortunately not. A KZfaq limitation per se.

Never mind. I watched your really long video but not this one. LOL. I got it. Thx.

Same here. Great watch, gave up on GPS accuracy and optical HR a while ago and got a Stryd footpod / HR strap. Have applied an adjustment factor for my running style on the Stryd and its gets distance more consistently accurate than GPS. Did a 10,000m tempo on the track last week GPS v Footpod = 10.61 v 10.09. But then a 10k road race on Sunday was 10.04 v 10.04. Swimming wise I've found it perfect. Although I'm only swimming freestyle and do tumble turns at each end, plus pause between reps/sets which keeps it accurate. I'll upgrade to 945 for the contactless payments option and podcasts once my 935 dies.

Yes, fully agreed, that optical HR is rather a rough indication while slow. I recall having read that tumble turns with a strong push off make distance more precise. I don’t always do that, though. Have never tried out Stryd, is that complicated to install?

@@freeridefried Stryd is a footpod that you sync to your watch like a HR monitor. Configure it to be your source for distance and speed, and then manually calibrate it on a track. Good summary: fellrnr.com/wiki/Stryd

zianko yes, or buy in the EU but use in South Africa.

Tommy Cheshire get the Apple Watch...pretty accurate.

May I enquire which company you purchased it from?

Not quite. I said "If you go from here, to say, Colorado. Where I'm right now at I think, 6 meters below sea level, and then go to Colorado where it's 5,000ft above sea level..." :)

@@Dcrainmaker ah! damn thought i had you there! :)

Return it.

945 features is way better

@@OffRadarPro_3768 yeah I got the 945 eventually, going strong for almost 2 years now.

Totally depends on how much you value them. I was perfectly happy with my FR935 (which was my mainstay) until now.

yessir

Yes, the big black bezels are disappointing. Doesn't seem like that on the new 245 - wonder if they are using the same screen, but the case on the 245 is just smaller?

Carry a phone. You dont need a bigger screen unless your blind. It's a watch not s tablet. Nobody wants to carry the extra weight of a bigger screen. That's why I like the 935 so much better than the fenix. So much lighter than that heavy case on the fenix.

I upgraded from a 245 to a 945 and this is the biggest let down. Theres the physical bezel and then another black circle around the actual screen. Theres room for atleast a 30% bigger screen and it looks ridiculous imo

Dr R are you happy you made that upgrade? I’m deciding on upgrading myself from 245.

@@jamesgaither8085 yea, but it really depends if you'll take advantage of the additional features. I got used to the larger size within a few days and the improved battery life + garmin golf is great. Overall the 245 is the best bang for the buck, 645 sucks (older components), 945 best if you're willing to spend the extra. Note that new models are rumored to be coming out really soon

Technically speaking these days the FR945 has more features than the Fenix 5 series, mainly due to all the new Physio things outlined here. There are no plans to bring those features to the Fenix 5 Plus series (any variant). So from a 'better' standpoint, the FR945 actually wins. However, looks are a factor to many. Personally, when I'm not testing I'm wearing a FR945, since I like a much lighter watch. But it doesn't look as 'nice' for most people as the Fenix series does.

Yeah I am wondering this also. I bought a Fenix 5 Plus also about a month ago discounted on Amazon and so far we got the Safety features so hopefully more to come!

well you wont get the extra 6 firstbeat features on the 945 and marq

That's true, I've seen incredibly good results in NYC with it.

DC Rainmaker I need to replace my 935 soon (battery life flagging) so will try around Central Hong Kong, where GPS is terribly inaccurate.

Ask and you shall receive: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jpxpqLeYp7-ug40.html

Aftershokz headphones. Listen to music without plugged up ears. Get with the times people!

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