Garmin Fenix 6 Pro (Sapphire) Follow Up Review - and Overview of Screen Clarity Issues in F6 Line

Garmin Fenix 6/6S Pro CrossFit Review & Hands On

Garmin 6S (Standard) Follow Up Review

Garmin Fenix 6 Titanium vs DLC Sapphire Look/Feel Comparison

Garmin 6S Screen Comparison - Blue-ish Black vs 6 Sapphire

Garmin 6S Pro Hand On Screen/Size Review Alongside FR 245

Garmin Body Battery Review and Overview

Garmin Training Effect/Load Overview

How to Make a CrossFit Workout on a Garmin

Setting Up a Multi-Sport Workout for Crossfit Use

Workouts

6 Pro - Deadlifts & Varying Max Rep Interval Workout

Heart rate was a bit off with each interval - Wallballs, CTBs, OHS, CTBs, Thrusters, CTBs. Average HR was similar, as was Training Effect Output - but no smooth lines as with a Chest Strap. Added 5 min Assault Bike on end as well.

Fenix 6 Pro - Deadlifts & Metcon

This exposes the importance of a chest strap in times of greater wrist strain, and in general. Overall the 6 Pro got the average heart rate right, but missed the intensity of the heavier rounds, so it effected the Effect and Load calculations. Note the ‘Times in Zone’ chart. This is all verses an ANT+ chest strap on 6S.

Fenix 6 Pro optical HR only

6S w Chest Strap

Steady State Mono Workouts

These are some steady state tests I did of the 6 Pro versus the Chest Strap in one longer Metcon - the 6 Optical HR sensor did okay, other than a significant drop in the HR on the Run.  But - the main thing was that the total Load/Effect score was similar, so it resulted in reasonably okay tracking for Load - not for the individual workout.  Also - the 6's Optical HR tracks high in warm up periods and unreasonably low in the intensity areas, which can be an issue.  All around it was as accurate as the other wrist based Optical HR units I've tested. 
- 15 min minor Interval Assault Bike
- 1 mile run
- 25 Devil's Press (rotated with a Partner)
- 2000km Row

Assault Bike

6 - Optical Wrist HR

6S w Chest Strap

1 Mile Run

6 - Optical Wrist HR

6S - HR Chest Strap

2k Meter Row

6 - Optical Wrist HR

6S - HR Chest Strap

25 Devils Press (Rotating with a Partner)

6 - Optical Wrist HR

6S - HR Chest Strap (delay in starting when compared to 6 Optical HR test, so looks different)

Assault Bike 1

Assault Bike 2

I’m recovering from an injury so have been only able to do Assault Bike interval rides. This one was 30 on 30 off. The HR sensor relatively failed as many of the intervals were max efforts, and there’s no way my HR was so low

In this workout I had fluctuating longer intervals, building to max effort. And NOTE: I engaged a chest strap halfway through the 20 min constant workout. BIG DIFFERENCE. You can see the HR tracking from the wrist was considerably off.

12 Days Of Christmas (Hell)

This one was a bit rough. It was like the song. You do one rep, the two of the next and one of the first, and so on - down the line again and again.

I used the optical HR monitor for the first 10 minutes - you can see the transition. It did okay, but nothing like the chest strap.

Obviously the movements included a lot of flex - I made the transition after the round of 6 or 7 was completed.

​Also including impact of heavy workout on Body Battery estimate.