What’s New in the Garmin Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire

Description

Current Alpha 100 and Astro 430 / 900 handheld users will require a software update to connect to the Fenix Watch. 

We recommend updating the software on your Fenix prior to use by downloading and installing Garmin Express.

The Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire GPS Watch from Garmin is thin and lightweight while offering feature sets for fitness training plus feature sets for outdoor navigation. Access to the Connect IQ platform allows customization of watch faces, data fields, widgets and activities.

Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire Features

• When connected to your Astro 430, Astro 900, Alpha 100 , or PRO 550 PLUS via Bluetooth, see dog tracking information on your watch
• Elevate wrist heart rate technology measures heart rate at the wrist
• Built-in activity profiles and performance metrics plus smart notifications
• Fitness training features like advanced running dynamics with vertical oscillation and vertical ratio, VO2 max, recovery advisor and more
• Outdoor navigation features like 3-axis compass, altimeter and barometer, TracBack feature
• Connect IQ compatibility for customized apps, widgets, watch faces and data fields
• Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal lens
• Compatible with the Astro 320 with software update

Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire Includes

• Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire black watch with black band
• USB charging / data cable
• Quick start manual

Full-color Topographical Maps

• The Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire offers TOPO U.S. mapping for navigation and location reference
• Display several types of Garmin map data, such as topographical maps, GPS / Glonass, and marine maps
• Contains terrain contours, TOPO elevations, summits, parks, coastlines, rivers, lakes, and geographical points
• TOPO maps are 1:100K

Built-in Navigation

• Every Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire series watch comes with multinetwork satellite (GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo) reception
• No other navigator GPS plus ABC (altimeter, barometer and three-axis compass) wristwatch offers you the combined training functions and Garmin’s leading GPS technology. Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire provides comprehensive navigation and tracking functionalities to guide you on and off the beaten track. Its built-in sensors provide information on heading, elevation and weather changes.
• Track in more challenging environments than GPS alone
• It allows you to mark locations, such as a start/finish line, course checkpoint, or a campsite, vehicle or other point of interest. With Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire, you can create and follow courses and mark up to 1,000 locations and navigate to them.
• Plan trips and share adventures with friends and family using BaseCamp.
• Trendline Popularity allows you to view popular routes for biking and running to help find and follow the best paths. This technology is based on billions of miles of Garmin Connect data.
• For an extremely accurate temperature reading, pair it with Garmin’s Tempe External Temperature Sensor

More Memory

• 16GB of space lets you keep more apps and information at your disposal
• Store and play up to 500 songs so when that favorite song pops into your head you can have it instantly
• Enjoy phone-free listening anywhere you go in the world
• Transfer music easily from your computer to the Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire
• Load your favorite playlist for that long workout
• Select your favorite streaming service to stream music at your convenience

Garmin Pay

• Enjoy contactless payment with a swipe of your wrist
• Make convenient payments with your watch
• Breeze through checkout lines
• Leave your physical currency at home
• Works in most places that support contactless payment

Striking Design, Strong Performance

Beat yesterday all day, every day. Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire is the premium multisport GPS watch with wrist-based heart rate, advanced fitness features and interchangeable bands that let you go from workplace to workout without breaking stride. Whatever sport you want to track, Fenix 5 has it covered, thanks to built-in activity profiles and performance metrics plus smart notifications.

Advanced Fitness Metrics

• Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire is packed with training features to tell you about your form and fitness. The first is the VO2 max estimator. When used with a heart rate monitor, Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire crunches data, including your running speed, beats per minute and heart rate variability to estimate the maximum volume of oxygen you can consume per minute. Track changes to your VO2 max to see your fitness gains and to compare with your peers. Other fitness metrics include recovery advisor with a recovery timer and recovery check, plus a Race Predictor, which estimates your ideal finish time based on your current VO2 max number.
• Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire incorporates sophisticated Garmin running watch feedback on your running form by reporting multiple metrics. When used with the HRM-Run monitor, Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire reports your cadence, vertical oscillation and ground contact time. These metrics are called running dynamics, and they affect your running economy.
• The Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire isn’t just for running; special feature sets help swim training and skiing too. Borrowing from the Garmin Swim, Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire tracks your distance, pace, stroke count and more. You just tell Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire the size of the pool you’re swimming in and begin your workout. Ski/Board mode puts speed, distance, vertical drop and an automatic run counter (with Auto Pause for the lift line) and more at your fingertips. You can even use your Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire as a glove-friendly remote, via ANT+, for the VIRB and VIRB Elite action cameras.

Custom Apps and Watch Faces

Personalize Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire with free downloads from Garmin’s Connect IQ store. You can customize your watch face, add data fields and get apps and widgets that provide information at a glance.

You can also download the free Garmin Face-It watch face app to customize your Fenix with any photo from your smartphone. Just download the app, choose an image from your photo library, adjust the style for time and set it as your watch’s face. Whether it’s a scenic view from your last hike or a picture of your new puppy, with Garmin you can add personality to your watch that’s uniquely you.

Stay Connected

Smart Notifications lets you receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch, even if you’re on the trail. Fenix 5 PLUS Sapphire receives the wireless signal from a compatible iPhone 4s (or newer) or Android smartphone and lets you know you have a message, displaying the text on its own screen whenever you’re ready to read it.

Specifications

• Watch Face Size: 1 7/8″
• Dimensions: 1 7/8″ x 1 7/8″ x 5/8″
• Display Size: 1 3/16″ diameter
• Display Size: 1 1/5″ diameter
• Resolution: 240 x 240 pixels
• Band width: 7/8″
• Band length: 10 5/8″
• Fits up to 8 7/8″ wrist
• Weight: 3.0 oz
• Negative display mode
• Rechargeable Li-ion battery
• Battery life: Up to 7 days in smartwatch mode (depending on settings), up to 11 hours in GPS mode and up to 25 hours in UltraTrac battery saver mode
• Water rating: 10 ATM
• High-sensitivity GPS / GLONASS / Galileo receiver
• Barometric altimeter
• Electronic compass
• Smart notifications (displays email, text and other alerts when paired with your compatible phone)
• Choose vibration or tone alert
• Music control
• Find my phone
• VIRB control
• Watch functions: Time of day (12/24h), calendar (day/date), daily alarm, stop watch, timer, sunrise/sunset alerts

Maps and Memory:

• 16 GB built-in memory
• 1000 waypoints/favorites/locations
• 30 routes
• Store up to 500 songs

Additional Features:

• Built in mapping and navigation
• Full-color TOPO maps
• Trendline popularity
• Garmin Pay
• Compatible with Garmin Quickfit 20 Bands
• Connect IQ app support (watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
• EXO antenna (GPS/GLONASS)
• Wi-fi
• ANT+
• Bluetooth 4.0 LE
• Weather alerts
• UltraTrac
• Tempe Sensor support
• TracBack
• Physiological measurements

Outdoor Features:

• Dog Tracking when used with the Astro 430, Astro 900, Alpha 100, or PRO 550 PLUS
• Hunting/fishing calendar
• Sun and moon information

Running Features:

• Virtual Pacer (compares current pace to target)
• V02 max estimate
• Recovery advisor
• Race predictor
• Running dynamics
• Accelerometer (calculates distance for indoor workouts without need for a foot pod)
• Personal records

Cycling Features:

• Compatible with Vector
• Multiple bike profiles
• Optional bike speed/cadence sensor (sold separately)

Performance Features:

• Virtual Partner (train against a digital person)
• Virtual Racer (compete against other activities)
• Auto pause (pauses and resumes timer based on speed)
• Auto multisport (switch sport modes with 1 button press)
• Advanced workouts (create custom, goal-oriented workouts)
• Pace alert (triggers alarm if you vary from preset pace)
• Interval training (set up exercise and rest intervals)
• Heart rate-based calorie computation
• Calculates calories burned
• Training Effect (measures impact of an activity on your aerobic fitness)

Swimming Features:

• Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories)
• Stroke type identification (e.g. freestyle)
• Open water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories)
• Swim workouts

Golfing Features:

• Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
• Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
• Yardage to layups/doglegs
• Digital scorecard

Activity Tracking Features:

• Step counter
• Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
• Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
• Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep)

Garmin Connect:

• Garmin Connect compatible (online community where you analyze, categorize and share data)
• Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to your computer)

Chartplotter Features:

• Tide tables