Garmin Fenix 5S Plus review: So capable, so enviable, so expensive

Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) It may not look like it on the surface, but Garmin’s new Fenix 5 Plus fitness watches are quite different from last year’s models. Yes, they still have a design that tries to mesh sport and style as seamlessly as possible, but inside the 5S, 5, and 5X Plus models have […]

Garmin brings music, NFC payments, onboard mapping to Fenix 5 Plus watches

Garmin On the heels of announcing thoughtful updates to its Vivoactive 3 device, Garmin is bringing some of the same, new wearable features to the Fenix line. The new Fenix 5S Plus, Fenix 5 Plus, and Fenix 5X Plus devices finally have Garmin Pay and music storage now, and they include advanced biometric and routing features […]

Fenix 5S reviewed: Exactly what you’d expect from a $600 Garmin sport watch

Video shot/edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link) Not many companies try to do what Garmin does with the Fenix line of fitness watches. While Apple and Google have their own general-purpose smartwatches priced around $ 300 (neither of which comes close to the Fenix’s tracking abilities), Garmin and a handful of other companies make super-expensive […]