[Nemo_Sandman]

So...
THEY ALL WENT SOLAR !!! even the Instinct which seems to be an much better Solar than the Fenix...

And with a Sapphire Power Glass for the Tactix Delta !!!

Garmin tactix® Delta Solar | Solar Powered Tactical Smartwatch

tactix® Delta Solar is a smartwatch that is ready for the long mission with a solar charging lens that delivers up to 24 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.

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[hasto092]

Love the Fenix line, just got my Solar variant the other day. So light on the wrist. Heaps more comfy than the non-titanium versions. IMHO.

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

Sapphire Solar Glass!!
(Not mine BTW, they are not available in France yet...}

And on Garmin's site

 

[Maddog1970]

About 6 weeks into my Fenix 6x Pro and loving it.......love the customizable dials, the maps, and just general "multi-tool" approach it takes to the sheer amount of data and options.

I have settled in to a 15 day battery life, using:

• GPS 2-3 hours per day for dog walks, and hiking.
• 3-4 1 hour workouts per week
• 2-3 additional hikes per week with Mrs Maddog, with probably 3-4 more hours of GPS usage.

so more than twice the Instinct, plus all the other options - very happy!

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

About 6 weeks into my Fenix 6x Pro and loving it.......love the customizable dials, the maps, and just general "multi-tool" approach it takes to the sheer amount of data and options.

I have settled in to a 15 day battery life, using:

• GPS 2-3 hours per day for dog walks, and hiking.
• 3-4 1 hour workouts per week
• 2-3 additional hikes per week with Mrs Maddog, with probably 3-4 more hours of GPS usage.

so more than twice the Instinct, plus all the other options - very happy!

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And it us also a looker ! ;-)
Wear it in good health !!

In terms of "wearability" ?
How is the transition from the 47mm Instinct to the 51mm 6X Pro ?

 

[Maddog1970]

And it us also a looker ! ;-)
Wear it in good health !!

In terms of "wearability" ?
How is the transition from the 47mm Instinct to the 51mm 6X Pro ?

size is great......

been a while since I had my much loved 3HR, but seems the same size wise.......and as a Casio fan, I'm used to bigger watches

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

Removing scratches on bracelet and bezel.
Actually changing the line direction on the bezel to erase the marks and scratches.

Very happy with the ultra fine orange jeweler pad used.

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

Changement of plan.
I'll keep the titanium.

 

[AngryScientist]

fantastic. looking forward to hearing your review of it. i'm really digging my 6pro solar, but that's another level. i really like the look of the nylon strap too, may just order one of those for my 6.

 

[AngryScientist]

Wait a second!

Just looked. Why is garmin asking $199 for quickfit-22 nylon straps? what is so special about these for the 200 dollar asking price? that's crazy!

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

Wait a second!

Just looked. Why is garmin asking $199 for quickfit-22 nylon straps? what is so special about these for the 200 dollar asking price? that's crazy!

Yes. I really think they making huuuuge profit on accessories.
Their prices are just crazy.

But the $199 Nylon are the Jacquard weave made for the MARQ.
So they are trying to brand them in the luxury accessories...
"A jacquard weave is created through a loom process, which is programmed to raise each warp thread independently of the other threads. The design of the textile is incorporated into the weave, instead of being printed or dyed onto the fabric."

QuickFit 22 Watch Straps | Garmin

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[Jiman]

Removing scratches on bracelet and bezel.
Actually changing the line direction on the bezel to erase the marks and scratches.

Very happy with the ultra fine orange jeweler pad used.

Nice job. I'm curious, did you take the bezel off or keep it on and tape off the crystal and other bits?

Do you know what grade of Ti Garmin uses?

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

Nice job. I'm curious, did you take the bezel off or keep it on and tape off the crystal and other bits?

Do you know what grade of Ti Garmin uses?

Thank you !

I heard it was Grade 5. MARQ and Chronos are in Grade 2...
So eventually I'm not sure.

I have not removed the bezel or protect the sapphire glass but with my thumb and be careful not to touch it.

Just taking my time to obtain the finish I wanted: some kind of vintage tool watch.
Actually I'm very happy with it. With the light reflections, it gives to titanium some kind of gentle patina on the bezel.

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

Today I have been hiking for 5 hours.
Battery as gone from 95% 80%.

Garmin outage is not an issue.

I was able to follow a course in the woods and record my progression.

Also the weather widest were very accurate.
A changing in the weather have been followed and the rain came as minutecast predicted it.
In the deep of the woods we have been able to find the hidden paths.
Really happy.

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[Jiman]

Good to know that The outage hasn’t affected the functionality of the watch. However, since it cannot load your activity to Garmin Connect at the moment, does the watch have the capability to save your information until Connect is back up?

Not sure if you use Strava, but does the watch need to connect through Garmin Connect to load activity to Strava? Or is it direct upload from your watch to Strava once you connect via WIFI?

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

Good to know that The outage hasn't affected the functionality of the watch. However, since it cannot load your activity to Garmin Connect at the moment, does the watch have the capability to save your information until Connect is back up?

Not sure if you use Strava, but does the watch need to connect through Garmin Connect to load activity to Strava? Or is it direct upload from your watch to Strava once you connect via WIFI?

There is 32 gigas to be used in that Fenix.

Also when plugged to a computer it is like another hard disk.
I go to activities folder, copy the one I want on my computer.
Import them into Mapmyrun website/account. And it's done.

The activities are *.fit files which can be imported in any program like Strava or in my case Mapmyrun.
It's free and easy.

The fit file of that 18km and 5 hours activity was only 486 Ko. Half a mega.

Those Garmins are made to work perfectly out of the grid. Good thing.
The Garmin connect is just convenient but no need to have it to use the watch.
The weather works. The sleep analysing works fine. The rain radar works great.
And it can record a looooot of activities before being full.
In that case it is also very easy to back them up on another hard drive.

 

[gaijin]

Those Garmins are made to work perfectly out of the grid. Good thing.
The Garmin connect is just convenient but no need to have it to use the watch.
The weather works...

Certainly not the case on my Instinct. Since the Garmin ecosphere went dark, my weather widget has looked like this:

No Garmin ecosphere = no Garmin Connect mobile.
No Garmin Connect mobile = no weather widget.

HTH

 

[Jiman]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I totally forgot about the 32gb of memory. That’s makes perfect sense now.

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

Certainly not the case on my Instinct. Since the Garmin ecosphere went dark, my weather widget has looked like this:

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No Garmin ecosphere = no Garmin Connect mobile.
No Garmin Connect mobile = no weather widget.

HTH

My Fenix 6 Pro Weather Widget is working perfectly.

Go figure. ;-)

It seems to go through another way than Garmin's !
Tonight Sunday 26th of July and....
My Weather Widget is perfectly accurate showing a 31° peak tomorrow Monday in Paris and another peak on Thursday at 29°. As planned...

So I guess this is not going through Garmin Connect Mobile.

(Sorry for the blue tainted screen.
This is a real white balance issue on my Samsung S20+ as it is late (23:36)

and I use a very warm yelloish main lamp in my room and... I got that white sheath in the background, so...the white balance is around 4300 K... and thedisplay appears totally blue. But it only looks blue in the camera not in real life !! )

you can compare the forcast here:

Paris, France - Weather Forecasts | Maps | News - Yahoo Weather

View the latest weather forecasts, maps, news and alerts on Yahoo Weather. Find local weather forecasts for Paris, France throughout the world

www.yahoo.com

The peak of Monday and Thursday are visible there too.

So the weather widget is still accurate. The information are going through another path than Garmin Connect which is down on my phone too.

 

[Nemo_Sandman]

I have also asked on some Facebook group and it seems to work on other Fenix too'a'd for 945 users.

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