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亚马逊原帖:
Garmin Fenix NOT WATERPROOF to 4.5 inches (never mind 50m), March 3, 2013
By Nom De Plume (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Garmin Fenix Hiking GPS Watch with Exclusive Tracback Feature (Electronics)
I'm a long time Garmin owner I must have had at least 15 products from them over the years. Most are excellent well designed and engineered and I've kept them until they died of old age. But the fenix - I got this one Feb 18th 2013 and worn it every day for nearly 2 weeks - and everything was great until, I submerged it in a glass of water - 4.5 inches to be precise - for half an hour. The garmin website state waterproof to 50 meters - that's 164 feet.
But after the test dunking, sadly to my horror, there was a mist INSIDE the glass. Oh shute.
Other than that I really liked all the features and it even passes as a daily wear watch.
Either Garmin needs to fix the waterproof to 50 meters (the say WATERPROOF not water resistent) or the next watch is going to be the Suunto Ambit.
Disclaimer - This was was purchased from REI and not Amazon.com
*** UPDATE on 3/6/13 ***
FYI I returned my watch to REI and purchased the Suunto Ambit instead but I don't like it so much... So, I'd like to get a fenix that's the re-worked version, so I called Garmin Tech Support and asked them how to tell the re-worked fenix, and I was informed that anything after serial number 040383 is good.
*** UPDATE on 5/14/13 ***
I returned the Suunto Ambit and got another Garmin Fenix with a serial number 05xxxx and re-did the waterproof test... half an hour in a 5 inch glass of water... This time it passed with no problems and is working well ever since.
So i should up the review to at least four stars as a result. |
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