Our Overall Score:
9.0/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Smart watches category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £419
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Garmin or alternative products in the Smart watches category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus
GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus scores 8.6/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Smart watches. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Smart watches, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Smart watches? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus scores 9.7/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Smart watches category was £599.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £69.97 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Smart watches category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Smart watches category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Smart watches category. This was £250.37 from the 125 products we found in that category. So GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus actually comes in above average at £419.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £599.00 and the least expensive, which was £69.97. In total we found that of the 125, 4 were more expensive and 117 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus.
Prices of products from Garmin
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Garmin. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Garmin, which was £171.15 of the 45 products we found. So GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus price is above average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Garmin was £12.99 with the most expensive coming in at £599.00.
Prices of products from Garmin and in the Smart watches category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Garmin that sit specifically within the Smart watches category.
For this we found that the average price was £310.82, making GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus at £419 actually above average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £599.00 with the lowest priced item being £149.00. In total there were 2 items that were more expensive and 8 that was less expensive.
Reviews of GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus
GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus scores 8.7/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus is.
Overall score
GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus scores 9.0/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Garmin so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: GARMIN Fenix 5S Plus
- Brand: Garmin
- Model Number: 5S
- Smartphone notificationsWaterproofHealth & fitness tracking with heart rate monitor & GPSBattery life: Up to 7 daysCompatible with iOS / Android
- EAN: 753759207007
- Description: Top features: – Track your activities and set goals – Outdoors ready with GPS navigation – Listen to music on the go – Get smartphone notifications direct to your wrist – Rugged design is built for adventures Track your activitiesWearing the Garmin Fenix 5S Plus is like having a personal sports coach on your wrist. It’s got a set of running, training and performance features that’ll really help you get the most out of exercising. Choose from physiological metrics, running dynamics, fitness tracking and more to monitor your workouts, track your progress and set new goals. It’s even got a heart rate monitor so you can see how hard you’re working.Whatever your chosen sport, the Fenix 5S Plus has you covered. Swimming, trail running, mountain biking, hiking, skiing, triathlon, paddle boarding, golf – there’s an activity profile for everything. You can even download advanced workouts and training plans for extra inspiration.Outdoors readyWhether you’re running through the city or doing an outdoor workout, the Fenix has GPS mapping and navigation features to help keep you on course. It’s also got altimeter, barometer and compass sensors so even if you’re out on a hilly hike you can keep your bearings and stay on track.Listen to musicWith the Fenix 5S Plus you can listen to music on the go – you don’t even need your smartphone. It’s got enough storage for roughly 500 songs – all you need to enjoy your favourite tunes is a pair of Bluetooth headphones (sold separately).Get smartphone notificationsYour Garmin Fenix 5S Plus connects to your smartphone and sends notifications to your wrist. Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch, whether you’re in the gym or out on the track. It’s also got other handy features like Garmin Pay for contactless payment and Garmin Connect for social media sharing.Rugged designBuilt for rugged adventures the Fenix 5S Plus has a sturdy PVD-coated stainless-steel bezel. Its high-resolution, full-colour Garmin Chroma Display with LED backlighting is easy to read in all conditions, even bright sunlight.
- Product ID: 22869947655
