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Garmin Fenix 5S
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Get More From Your Workout with Less on Your Wrist
Premium smaller-sized (42 mm) multisport GPS watch with Elevate™ wrist heart rate technology1
Steel grip design with stainless steel EXO-Antenna bezel and forged steel back to maintain the best integrity in demanding environments
Preloaded activity profiles for all of your sports and adventures
Put key stats at your fingertips with the performance widget that shows the effects and progress of your workouts
Connected features² include smart notifications, automatic uploads to Garmin Connect™ online sport community and personalisation through free watch faces and apps from our Connect IQ™ store
Outdoor sensors, including GPS and GLONASS satellite positioning, barometric altimeter, 3-axis compass with gyroscope
Battery life: up to 9 days in smartwatch mode (depending on settings), up to 14 hours in GPS mode or up to 40 hours in UltraTrac™ battery saver mode.
For serious athletes and adventurers who want to do more, not wear more — fenix 5S is the perfect fit. It's our premium multisport watch that offers full-size performance in a lighter, sleeker, more compact design. So you can beat yesterday with advanced features that make a real difference to your training progress such as wrist-based heart rate¹, built-in activity profiles, basic navigation functions, and performance metrics that lets you better control measure the effectiveness and progress of of your training. It's one smart sportwatch you can comfortably wear anywhere — office or outback — to keep pace with your active lifestyle.
Striking Design, Strong Performance
Because one size does not fit all, the fenix 5S with 42 mm of watch diameter has been optimised to perfectly fit athletes with narrower wrists while providing all the advanced sport features that fenix is known for. fenix 5S features a sleek athletic design and superior quality feel with a stainless steel EXO-Antenna bezel and a forged steel back to guarantee performance in the most demanding of environments (water-rated to 100 meters). The fenix 5S matches both your aesthetic and athletic ambition.
Outstanding Readability
An always on, high-resolution, full-colour Garmin Chroma Display™ assures great readability at any time. fenix 5S makes use of transflective technology that reflects and transmits light at the same time enables the watch face to become even better readable under intense sunlight.
Wrist-based Heart Rate
To provide the ultimate freedom to the ambitious athlete all fenix 5 models include Elevate™ wrist heart rate technology that lets you monitor your heart rate without wearing a chest strap. With the new fully integrated Elevate sensor on your wrist you can control at any time the intensity of your training and track daily activities with 24/7 heartrate monitoring to gain more accurate information on burned calories during the day.
Match Your Style with Interchangeable Watchbands
A selection of QuickFit bands in your choice of premium leather, metal or silicone makes it easy to mix and match styles to go with any sport or activity. No tools are required to make the transformation. Just swap, click and go.
All You Need to Know About Your Training
Your aim to continuously improve your performance drives you through countless hours of training. The fenix 5S's new Performance Widget holds all the information you need to easily access in one place, to better track your fitness level and help you to train more efficiently.
Training Status: Tells you how effective your training is and provides guidance on whether your workouts are productive and making progress.
Training Load: Tells you how hard you train over a period of time no matter which activity.
Training Load: Tells you how hard you train over a period of time no matter which activity.
Recovery Advisor: The Recovery Timer tells you the recommended recovery time counting down from your last workout.
More advanced indicators like your Functional Threshold Power (FTP) and Lactate Threshold help you to better judge your actual performance level during cycling or running and the Race Predictor eventually estimates your ideal finish time for a 5k, 10k, half marathon and marathon distance races based on your current VO2max number. Training Effect 2.0 will provide aerobic and anaerobic benefit scores for each training session, so that you understand whether your high-intensity interval training really pays off.
Step-up Your Running
Now you can go further with your running data. Garmin training features that tap into extended physiological metrics and advanced running dynamics1 can help improve your form and overall performance. These metrics include performance condition that compares your actual condition to your average fitness level, running cadence, and stride length. Make every run a personal challenge, compete against others on Strava Live Segments, get alerts for segment starts and finishes, view leaderboard rankings, and see how your current effort compares to your personal record.
Once paired with a compatible heart rate chest strap such as the HRM-Run™, you can access additional fenix 5S metrics3. Metrics including, Stress Score to measure your actual stress level based on your heart rate variability, vertical oscillation and ratio or ground contact time and balance to make your running more efficient.
Run Vertical
fenix 5S comes pre-loaded with features that make all the difference on the trail. The Auto Climb/Run feature makes sure you get the right metrics in the right environment. It will track pace and distance when running on the flat and automatically switch to accumulated ascent and vertical speed once you start climbing. For the Ultra distance runner fenix 5S provides a special mode that allows you to extend tracking to take it much further and track up to 50 h in the new gyro-reinforced UltraTrac® mode.
A True Multi Sport Talent
