Garmin fenix 5X Plus Sapphire Black with Black Band
The fenix 5X Plus is designed to help you beat tomorrow. The major highlights for the Garmin fenix 5X Plus are the routable Australia and New Zealand Topo maps, wrist-based heart rate monitoring, Spotify and onboard music support and Garmin Pay.
This fitness watch is for the athlete looking to train smarter, work harder and beat yesterday. It’s for the adventurer looking to explore further, climb higher and find more. It’s for you.
Detailed Topographical Map Guidance at a Glance
Looking for your exact position on the Mount Tibrogargan’s hidden trail? The fenix 5X Plus’ topo maps have got you covered. The Topo maps are preloaded onto your watch and cover all of Australia and New Zealand.
This new fenix iteration also comes with Trendline Routing which, based on your location and desired run distance, will automatically generate a popular route for you.
Music Support
Take all your favourite tunes with you on just your watch. Listen to your favourite Spotify Playlists offline. Set up your custom playlists via Garmin Connect which will allow you to import standard ‘music’ and other audio files.
Fitness Metrics
This fitness watch is designed for athletes and adventurers looking to push themselves further. You can track physiological metrics and running metrics to understand, track and improve your performance.
It can identify the anaerobic training effect to measure the impact your training is having and whether you should be pushing more or resting to recover properly.
The fenix 5x Plus also boasts advanced sleep tracking features to make sure you’re getting the most out of your sleep and understand the differences between your sleep phases (light, deep and REM). This
data is all gathered from the advanced optical Heart Rate sensor on the back of the watch.
Detailed Activity Performance Tracking
This watch is designed to accommodate as many sports as possible including:
- Fitness and Strength profiles
- Multiple running activities
- Golfing
- Outdoor recreation profiles
- Swimming activities
- Cycling
To view the full range of supported activities, check out our Specs page. If you’re looking for more, or your sport is not listed, you can check out Garmin Connect which allows you to add third-party activity widgets to cover almost every activity and tracking metric you would like.
Pulse Ox and ClimbPro
The fenix 5X Plus has a feature unique to only the X models with Pulse Oximetry. The Pulse Oximetry, or Pulse Ox, will keep track of your body’s oxygen saturation levels. This is particularly useful
when using the ClimbPro app for high-intensity climbs. The Pulse Ox acclimation sensor will gauge the absorption of haemoglobin in your bloodstream and will help guide you on how your body is adjusting
to the thinner air at higher altitudes.
Battery
The fenix 5X Plus battery is unique, depending on your watch mode you can extend the watch life per charge significantly. Running your watch in smartwatch mode (phone notifications, weather, time)
can last up to 20 days. Running with full GPS functionality will last 32 hours. When running both GPS and Music, you can expect up to 13 hours. Finally, you have UltraTrac mode that will last up to 70 hours.
General
Lens Material |
domed sapphire crystal |
Bezel Material |
stainless steel |
Case Material |
fiber-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover |
QuickFit™ watch band compatible |
included (26 mm) |
Strap material |
silicone (fits wrists with circumference of 163-250 mm) |
Physical size |
51 x 51 x 17.5 mm |
Display size |
1.2" (30.4mm) diameter |
Display resolution |
240 x 240 pixels |
Display type |
sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
Weight |
96 g |
Battery life |
- Smartwatch: Up to 20 days
- GPS: Up to 32 hours
- GPS and Music: Up to 13 hours
- UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 70 hours
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Water rating |
10 ATM |
Color display |
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Memory/History |
16 GB |
Clock Features
Time/date |
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GPS Time Sync |
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Automatic daylight saving time |
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Alarm clock |
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Timer |
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Stopwatch |
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Sunrise/sunset times |
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Sensors
GPS |
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GLONASS |
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Galileo |
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Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor |
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Barometric altimeter |
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Compass |
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Gyroscope |
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Accelerometer |
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Thermometer |
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Pulse Ox |
(with Acclimation) |
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity |
Bluetooth®, ANT+® Wi-Fi® |
Connect IQ™ (downloadabl watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) |
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Smart notifications |
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Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) |
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Calendar |
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Weather |
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Controls smartphone music |
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Plays and controls watch music |
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Music storage |
Up to 500 songs |
Find My Phone |
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Find My Watch |
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VIRB® Camera Remote |
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Smartphone compatibility |
iPhone®, Android™ |
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ mobile |
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Garmin Pay™ |
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Safety and Tracking Features
LiveTrack |
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Group LiveTrack |
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Activity Tracking Features
Step counter |
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Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) |
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Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) |
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Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) |
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Calories burned |
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Floors climbed |
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Distance traveled |
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Intensity minutes |
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TrueUp™ |
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Move IQ™ |
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Fitness Age |
yes (in app) |
All-day Stress Tracking |
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Fitness Equipment/Gym
Available gym activity profiles |
- Strength
- Cardio and Elliptical Training
- Stair Stepping
- Floor Climbing
- Indoor Rowing
- Yoga
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Cardio workouts |
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Strength workouts |
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Automatic rep counting |
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Training, Planning and Analysis
GPS speed and distance |
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Customizable data pages |
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Customizable activity profiles |
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Auto Pause® |
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Interval Training |
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Advanced Workouts |
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Downloadable training plans |
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Auto Lap® |
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Manual lap |
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Configurable lap alerts |
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V02 Max |
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Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) |
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Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) |
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Training effect (aerobic) |
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Training effect (anaerobic) |
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Customizable alerts |
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Audio prompts |
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Finish time |
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Virtual partner |
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Race an activity |
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Auto multisport activities |
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Manual multisport activities |
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Course guidance |
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Segments (Live, Garmin) |
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Strava features (Beacon, live segments) |
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Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) |
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Trendline™ Popularity Routing |
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Touch and/or button lock |
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Hot keys |
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Auto scroll |
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Activity history on watch |
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Heart Rate Features
HR Zones |
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HR alerts |
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HR calories |
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% HR Max |
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% HRR |
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Recovery time |
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Auto max HR |
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HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) |
(with compatible accessory) |
Records heart rate while swimming |
(with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) |
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) |
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Running Features
Available run profiles |
- Running
- Treadmill Running
- Trail Running
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GPS-based distance, time and pace |
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Running dynamics |
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Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) |
(with compatible accessory) |
Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) |
(with compatible accessory) |
Stride length (real time) |
(with compatible accessory) |
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) |
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Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) |
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Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) |
(with compatible accessory) |
Run workouts |
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Race predictor |
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Foot pod capable |
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Golfing Features
Preloaded with 41,000 courses worldwide |
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Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) |
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Yardage to layups/doglegs |
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Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) |
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Digital scorecard |
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Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) |
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Garmin AutoShot™ |
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Auto CourseView updates |
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Green View with manual pin position |
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Hazards and course targets |
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TruSwing™ compatible |
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Round timer/odometer |
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Outdoor Recreation Features
Available outdoor recreation profiles |
- Hiking
- Climbing
- Mountain Biking
- Skiing
- Snowboarding
- XC Skiing
- Stand Up Paddleboarding
- Rowing
- Kayaking
- Jumpmaster
- Tactical
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Point-to-point navigation |
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Bread crumb trail in real time |
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Back to start |
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TracBack® |
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UltraTrac mode |
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Around Me mode |
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Elevation profile |
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Distance to destination |
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Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert |
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ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner |
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Trail run auto climb |
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Vertical speed |
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Total ascent/descent |
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Future elevation plot |
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Preloaded topographical maps |
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Downloadable cartography support |
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Compatible with BaseCamp™ |
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GPS coordinates |
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Projected waypoint |
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Sight 'N Go |
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Area calculation |
(via Connect IQ™) |
Hunt/fish calendar |
(via Connect IQ™) |
Sun and moon information |
(via Connect IQ™) |
Dual grid coordinates |
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XERO™ Locations |
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Cycling Features
Available cycling profiles |
- Biking
- Indoor Biking
- Mountain Biking
- Triathlon
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Courses |
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Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) |
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Race an activity |
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Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal) |
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FTP (Functional Threshold Power) |
(with compatible accessory) |
Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) |
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Compatible with Vector™ (power meter) |
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Power meter compatible (displays power data from compatible third-party ANT+™-enabled power meters) |
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Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) |
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Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) |
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Compatible with Varia™ lights |
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Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) |
yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) |
Swimming Features
Available swim profiles |
- Pool Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Swimming/Running
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Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories) |
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Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) |
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Swim efficiency (SWOLF) |
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Drill logging |
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Pool swim workouts |
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Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, calories) |
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Heart rate (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) |
yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) |
In The Box:
- fenix 5X Plus Sapphire
- Charging/data cable
- Documentation
Reviews
Average Customer Rating:
(5 out of 5 based on 2 reviews)
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