Features

Overview: The Garmin fēnix 5S Plus (010-01987-00) is an advanced training watch with a high-sensitivity GPS receiver which accurately pinpoints and tracks your location while you're skiing, hiking, running, biking, swimming, or golfing. The device is preloaded with TOPO US maps and routable cycling maps, and provides guidance cues, points of interest, data overlays, GroupTrack, and more. You can create routes to follow, or track where you've been. In addition, the fēnix 5S Plus tracks your distance and pace as you work out. With the built-in Elevate wrist heart rate technology, your heart rate can be measured at the wrist instead of requiring you to wear a separate chest strap. The results of your activities can be easily uploaded to the Garmin Connect online community for sharing.

Physical Attributes: The fēnix 5S Plus, smaller than the fēnix 5 Plus, features a rugged 42mm diameter, stainless steel bezel and rear panel, a fiber-reinforced polymer outer case, and a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal lens. The QuickFit 20 silicone watch band can be replaced with a different color silicone band, a stainless steel band, or a gray suede leather band (all available from Garmin).

• Dimensions:
  • Watch: Width 1.787", Height 2.146", Depth 0.604"
  • Band: Width 0.78" (20mm), Length 9.375"
• Weight: 2.29 ounces

Activities: From the watch menu, you can select from the following activities: Trail Run, Run, Treadmill, Indoor track, Hike, Climb, Bike, Bike Indoor, MTB, Pool Swim, Open Water, Triathlon, Ski, Snowboard, XC Ski, SUP, Row, Row Indoor, and Golf.

Step Counter: The fēnix 5S Plus's activity tracking feature records your daily step count, distance traveled, intensity minutes, floors climbed, calories burned, and sleep statistics for each recorded day. You can create daily goals, which are updated automatically based on your previous activity levels. Move alerts, which appear after a period of inactivity, remind you to keep moving.

Running Dynamics: When paired with the optional HRM-Run or HRM-Tri accessory, the device can analyze your running form. The accelerometer in the accessory heart rate monitor can measure torso movement and calculate the following running metrics: Cadence (number of steps per minute), Vertical Oscillation (your bounce when running), Ground Contact Time (amount of time you spend on the ground while running), Ground Contact Time Balance (left-right balance of your ground contact time), and Stride Length (measured from one footfall to the next). You can view your running metrics as a color gauge on the display, showing you how your running data compares to those of other runners.

LCD: The fēnix 5S Plus features a 1.2" diameter, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) color display with a resolution of 240 x 240 pixels. It has a backlight comes on automatically when you press any button, and can be set to time out in 4 sec, 8 sec, 15 sec, 30 sec, 1 minute, or stay on. When the Gesture feature is turned on, the backlight comes on when you raise or turn your arm to look at your wrist.

Water Resistant: The fēnix 5S Plus has a 10 ATM water rating, which means it can withstand pressures equivalent to a depth of 100 meters (328 feet). Not only can you wear the device in the rain and wet weather, you can even swim with it. It is not recommended for scuba diving. The device also has a wide operating temperature range of -4° to 122°F.

High-Sensitivity GPS Receiver: The unit features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver. With multi-satellite support (GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo), the device stays locked onto satellites, even near tall buildings or under tree cover. If you're in a wide open area, you can turn off the GLONASS or Galileo options to save battery life. The GPS receiver lets you navigate and track your activities, create a "bread crumb" trail of where you've been, and mark locations (start/finish line, course checkpoint, your vehicle, or other points of interest). The fēnix 5S Plus is also equipped with altimeter (for elevation data), barometer (showing short-term air pressure trends), and compass sensors (to keep your bearings).

Built-in Maps: The fēnix 5S Plus can display several types of Garmin map data, including full-color topographical maps, BirdsEye imagery, BlueChart marine charts, and City Navigator street maps. The map data is optimized for the watch, providing "at-a-glance" navigation and location tracking right on your wrist. The fēnix 5S Plus can calculate round-trip runs or rides when runners and cyclists enter the distance they want to travel. The GroupTrack feature allows you to keep track of other connections in your group using LiveTrack, and are part of your Garmin Connect account. GroupTrack works for all connections within a 10-mile range.

Accelerometer: The built-in accelerometer can accurately calculate your speed and distance when running indoors or on a treadmill, when the GPS can't be used. The accelerometer is self-calibrating, and the speed and distance accuracy improves after a few outdoors runs using GPS. In many cases, a separate foot pod is not needed.

Music Playback: The fēnix 5S Plus lets you download up to 500 songs to the device's built-in 16 GB memory, and listen to them on your Bluetooth headphones. You can also sync music from select streaming services, such as iHeartRadio, Deezer, and more, when you're connected to your phone. You can control your music playback right on your wrist. Controls include play, pause, skip to next file, fast forward, restart current file, skip to previous file, rewind the current file, repeat, and shuffle.

Garmin Pay: The Garmin fēnix 5S Plus features the Garmin Pay contactless payment solution. Garmin Pay lets you pay for purchases quickly without your wallet or phone. It works almost anywhere you can make contactless payments. All you have to do is enter your passcode, select the credit card you want to use from your virtual wallet, and hold your wrist near the card reader. Your card number is not stored on your device, or passed to merchants when you pay, so it's private and secure. Garmin Pay works with many major credit and debit cards from major banks, including Visa and MasterCard.

Rechargeable Battery: The fēnix 5S Plus has a powerful built-in Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery. A 21" data cable/charging cradle is provided for charging the battery and uploading your training data. The battery life depends upon the features you use:

Elevate Technology: The fēnix 5S Plus is equipped with Elevate wrist heart rate technology, which monitors your heart rate without having to wear a chest strap. Whenever you wear the fēnix 5S Plus, your heart rate is being monitored, even while you sleep. The heart rate data helps to provide an accurate reading of calories burned, and to measure the intensity of your workout.

Physiological Measurements: The fēnix 5S Plus's Elevate wrist heart rate monitor can take physiological measurements to help you analyze your training activities and race performances. The more you use the fēnix 5S Plus, the more accurate the estimates become, as the device learns about your activities and performances. Physiological measurement estimates include:

• VO2 Max: VO2 Max is your body's maximum oxygen consumption, to help you track your fitness and performance levels.
• Predicted Race Times: The VO2 Max estimate and published data sources are used to provide a target race time, based on your current state of fitness.
• Recovery Advisor: Recover Advisor estimates how much time it will take to fully recover from a workout.
• Stress Score: Stress Score measures your heart rate variability while standing still for 3 minutes. The score is expressed on a scale of 1 to 100, with the lower score indicating a lower stress level.
• Performance Condition: Your Performance Condition is a real-time assessment after 6 to 20 minutes of activity.
• Lactate Threshold: Lactate Threshold is the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue, based on the amount of lactic acid in your bloodstream.

ANT+ Sensors: The fēnix 5S Plus can be used with wireless 2.4 GHz ANT+ add-on sensors, such as the optional HRM-Swim or HRM-Tri. Either of these two sensors is required to record your heart rate while swimming, or to determine your stress level (Heart Rate Variability). Other optional ANT+ sensors that work with the fēnix 5S Plus include the Running Dynamics Pod, Bike Speed or Cadence Sensor, Foot Pod, Vector power sensor, and tempe external temperature sensor.

Bluetooth Connected Features: The Garmin fēnix 5S Plus features Bluetooth wireless technology that allows you to pair the device to your smartphone through the Garmin Connect Mobile app (available for Android and iOS devices). When connected via Bluetooth, you can do the following:

• Live Track: Your friends and family can follow your races and training activities in real time on the Garmin Connect tracking page. You can also invite others to follow via email or social media. (You must have your phone paired to the device throughout your run for Live Tracking.)
• Automatic Uploads: When your workout is completed, you can automatically upload the stored data from your activity to Garmin Connect.
• Phone Notifications: When you receive notifications and messages on your phone, they are displayed on the fēnix 5S Plus.
• Connect IQ: Allows you to extend your device features with new watch faces, widgets, apps, and data fields.
• Find My Phone/Find My Watch: When your fēnix 5S Plus and smartphone are paired, you can locate a lost smartphone with the fēnix 5S Plus, or a lost fēnix 5S Plus with your smartphone, as long as you're in range.

Navigation: The fēnix 5S Plus provides advanced navigation and tracking functions, utilizing the built-in GPS and altimeter, barometer, and compass. It can record a track log to show you where you've been. You can mark and save up waypoints, favorites, locations and routes in the built-in memory.

Golf: The fēnix 5S Plus lets you download distance data from the Garmin Golf Course database, and keep your score on the digital scorecard. As you play golf, distance information for each hole (front, middle, and back of green, plus layups and doglegs) are displayed on the fēnix 5S Plus. The course must first be downloaded from the Garmin Connect app, then transferred to the fēnix 5S Plus. The Garmin database has distance information for over 40,000 courses worldwide.

Swimming: You can use the device while surface swimming in a pool or open water. While pool swimming, you can enter the pool size data and keep track of the strokes, and the number of lengths (of the pool) you swam.

Skiing/Snowboarding: In Skiing and Snowboard modes, the fēnix 5S Plus keeps track of your speed, distance, and vertical drop to calculate the number of runs you make. Auto Pause stops the timer while you're on the lift.

Sleep Tracking: The fēnix 5S Plus's Sleep Mode can monitor your rest, and display sleep statistics such as total hours of sleep, periods of movement, and periods of restful sleep. If desired, you can use the Do Not Disturb mode to turn off the backlight and vibration alerts.

User Profile: The Garmin fēnix 5S Plus uses information that you enter about yourself to calculate accurate training data. You can enter the following user profile information: Gender, Birth Year, Height, Weight, heart rate zone, and power zone settings. The device will use this information to calculate accurate training data.

Virtual Partner: The Virtual Partner feature is a training tool designed to help you reach your goals. You can set the Virtual Partner to run at a target pace or speed. As you run, you can "compete" with the Virtual Partner, checking the display to see if you are ahead or behind the target pace or speed. If the pace is too slow or too fast, you can adjust the speed of the Virtual Partner as you run.

Auto Lap: Auto Lap automatically marks a lap at a specific distance. This feature is helpful for comparing your performance over different parts of an activity. Each time you complete a lap, the device will beep or vibrate, and the lap time is displayed.

Auto Pause: You can set the fēnix 5S Plus to pause the timer automatically when you stop moving, or when your pace drops below a specified value. This feature is helpful if you have to stop for traffic or to tie your shoe during your run.

Watch Functions: When you're not working out, the fēnix 5S Plus can be used as a basic watch, displaying the time and date, along with an alarm and stopwatch. You can configure the watch face in a number of ways, including analog/digital, icons, style, and colors. The time is automatically set by the GPS receiver (or manually, if desired), and can be displayed in 12-hour or 24-hour format. The device can also provide local sunrise and sunset times.

Face It: The fēnix 5S Plus is compatible with the Garmin Face It watch face creator application, which is available free via download. Face It allows you to customize the face of your fēnix 5S Plus with an image from your photo library. The app is first downloaded to your smartphone, where the custom watch face is created. The new face is then uploaded to the fēnix 5S Plus from your phone.

VIRB Remote: If you have a Garmin VIRB action camera, the fēnix 5S Plus can be used as a glove-friendly remote control. The camera commands for stopping and starting recordings and taking still photos are sent wirelessly via ANT+.