Garmin Fenix 3 GPS Watch Review

• No matter what you are about to take on. This is your watch! In fƒìnix® 3, uncompromising performance meets uncompromising design. No longer do demanding athletes have to make a compromise ‚Äì fƒìnix® 3 is both a cutting edge sport watch and a bold statement to your active lifestyle as an everyday time piece. With the introduction of fƒìnix®3, Garmin has achieved the ultimate fusing of state-of-the art fitness training features with Garmin quality satellite navigation all topped with customisable smart watch capabilities. A True All-Rounder fƒìnix 3 is designed to assist people during their sport activities and outdoor life. It supports performance sports like running, cycling, swimming, trail running, indoor training, cross country skiing as well as triathlon and recreational activities suchas hiking, climbing and downhill skiing. It measures performance on the go, tracks activities for sharing and navigates the user back home at the end of an adventure. And it does not stop there. The new ConnectIQ App support for fƒìnix 3 opens up the potential to develop many more functions and for all sorts of activities in the near future. Once running gets serious fƒìnix 3 is packed with cutting edge training features from Garmin. When used with a heart rate monitor (sold seperately) it can give you stats about your form and fitness. The first is VO2 Max which gives you an estimation of your actual fitness based on your performance and heart rate data. The fƒìnix 3 is even able to make a prediction on your race time based on your VO2 Max value. After your training the recovery advisor tells you how much time you need to recover from your last activity. Fƒìnix 3 incorporates sophisticated sensor feedback on your running form to provide multiple advanced running metrics. When used with the HRM-run monitor (sold seperately), fƒìnix 3 reports your cadence, vertical oscillation and ground contact time otherwise knows as Running Dynamics. These metrics show your running efficiency ‚Äì something you can use to improve your performance over time. Run Vertical To address the specific needs of trail runners, fƒìnix 3 provides a dedicated trail profile. New features include the automatic switch for core data presentation during flat running vs. climbing sequences and more climbing-relevant data such as ascent performance split for laps and vertical speed. For Ultra Trail runners fƒìnix 3 secures additional battery life in UltraTrac mode and the option to run the watch with external power supply for the big challenge. Dive In Whether you‚Äôre training at the pool or out in the open water, fƒìnix 3 captures detailed swim metrics, including distance, pace, stroke count, stroke rate and SWOLF score. The drill logging feature allows you to easily log swim drills and kick sets at the pool, and the 2 types of rest timers keep you pushing off the wall on time. Use time alerts to help you hold your pace, or distance alerts to let you know when a set is over. There are even alerts for calories and stroke rate. Ride On fƒìnix 3 is compatible with sensors such as speed, cadence and heart rate to provide advanced training capabilities for your cycling workouts. It can also display power metrics when paired with ANT+ power meters, including the Vector line of single- and dual-sensing pedal options. If you train with a heart rate monitor and power meter, fƒìnix 3 can derive your VO2 max estimate for cycling to help monitor changes in your fitness. Take this run 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 fƒìnix 3 as a glove-friendly remote, via ANT+®, for the VIRB® and VIRB Elite action cameras. You know your way fƒìnix 3 provides comprehensive navigation and tracking functionalities to guide you on and off the beaten track. fƒìnix 3 records a GPS track log creating a “bread crumb trail” as you move. It also allows you to mark locations, such as a start/finish line, course checkpoint, or a campsite, vehicle or other point of interest. With fƒìnix 3, you can create and follow courses or mark up to 1,000 locations and navigate to them. Plan trips and share adventures with friends and family using Garmin‚Äôs free planning tool BaseCamp‚Ñ¢ on your computer. More than just ABC sensors fƒìnix 3 is equipped with a barometric altimeter and an electronic 3-axis compass. The device auto-calibrates theses sensors using its GPS receiver to provide the most accurate information possible. The built-in altimeter provides elevation data to accurately monitor ascent and descent, while the barometer can be used to predict weather changes by showing short-term trends in air pressure. The 3-axis electronic compass keeps your bearing whether you‚Äôre moving or not. For accurate temperature reading from the watch, pair the fƒìnix 3 with our external tempe temperature sensor. Great Style That Stands Up to the Roughest Conditions fƒìnix 3 is available in 2 bold models: grey with a scratch-protected domed crystal and black band; silver with scratch protected domed crystal and red band. Each watch features an ultra-strong glass-fibre housing and stainless steel buttons for extra durability. A sunlight-readable high-resolution colour Chroma display with LED backlight lets you access your data in any light condition. Fƒìnix 3 is water rated to 100 metres and has a battery life of up to 50 hours in UltraTrac mode, 16 hours in GPS mode and up to 3 months in watch mode (all depending on settings). Connect IQ‚Ñ¢ Apps fƒìnix 3 uses the Connect IQ platform for further customisation so you can personalise your watch with ConnectIQ apps, widgets, data fields and unique watch faces that make your Garmin smartwatch even smarter. Stay Connected Fƒìnix 3 is really smart and keeps you in touch with the world ‚Äì be it through your smart phone to receive Smart Notifications directly on the watch, or through your WiFi hotspot for seamless automatic activity upload to Garmin ConnectTM. If you want to, fƒìnix 3 even keeps family and friends informed about your whereabouts through LiveTrack. Get even more information from fƒìnix 3 by combining it with one of the many optional Garmin ANT+ sensors like Vector® for cycling power, tempe TM for temperature, HRM-run for running dynamics and heart rate and many more.
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There are several key considerations that we like you to think about when buying any product, these are designed to help you to get the most of your money and also to help you find the very best products from a number of options available. Our first piece of advice is to check out the key features of Garmin Fenix 3 GPS Watch to ascertain what it is about it that stands out from the competition. We also recommend that you spend a bit of time comparing Garmin Fenix 3 GPS Watch to other products from Garmin to see how it stacks up against similar products.

Then when you have spent the time looking at some of the key features, we suggest that you write yourself a list of things that your Watches product must have. These ‘must haves’ can vary from specific features that you’re looking for, or it may be that you’re only willing to buy from a retailer like Wiggle Online Cycle Shop or perhaps you only want a brand such as Garmin. This list will really prove useful when you come to narrowing down your choices and ultimately whether you decide to buy Garmin Fenix 3 GPS Watch or an alternative option. We can’t stress this enough, once you have written your list, stick to it. So often we’re tempted by a good deal and end up straying away from the criteria that we set ourselves, which can mean we end up spending more, or buying a product that isn’t actually fit for the purpose we originally intended.