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question for Fenix 6x Pro users and Coros Vertix users

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Murali C BPL Member
PostedJan 9, 2021 at 1:28 pm

Hey folks, if you own one of these – do you get the 60 hrs advertised battery life when navigating? If you have the Fenix 6x pro solar – do you get more 66 hours as advertised?

Garmin Fenix 6x pro: is there a way to have your gpx route and see where you are with respect to the route without starting the “navigate” mode? In Navigate mode, you start getting the on trail and off trail alerts/vibrations etc. I really don’t want that as it drains battery and if you are doing off trail, you just want to know general direction – not necessarily if you are on the track you drew etc. Is there away to turn the “on trail” and “off trail” notifications? I can turn off alerts/vibrations…..but, the “on trail” and “off trail” messages seems to still show up.  I really want to know if we have a mode like gaia GPS/caltopo/guthook on a phone – where we really don’t say navigate etc. Just download GPX and we can see where we are with respect to the GPX track.

Coros Vertix: I think there is a way to disable the “Deviate from trail” etc. Though Coros Vertix only has GPX breadcrumb….no maps. Can it display waypoints I have created on GPX track?

Manfred BPL Member
PostedJan 9, 2021 at 8:01 pm

Hi Murali,

you can turn ‘Off Course’ alerts on the Fenix 6 off. Just go into ‘Settings/Navigation/Alerts/Off Course’ and toggle from ‘On’ to ‘Off’.

Murali C BPL Member
PostedJan 9, 2021 at 8:57 pm

Thanks Manfred. I have an older version – Garmin Epix where you cannot turn it off.

Do you think it is just turning off the alert (sound/vibration) or is it also turning off the processing that compares your current position to the route position in addition. If it is turning off the processing, maybe (am not sure), it could improve the battery life.

How much battery life are you getting from yours in navigation mode?

 

Murali C BPL Member
PostedJan 9, 2021 at 8:59 pm

actually let me clarify on the Epic – I can turn off the alerts/vibrations – but the message still keeps showing up – saying “on course” and “off course”…so, the processing is still happening.

Manfred BPL Member
PostedJan 10, 2021 at 9:07 am

Murali,

I always turn tracking on when I go backpacking – especially cross-country – as I like to analyze my route choices afterwards. Battery life depends a lot on the sensors I’m using. In the mountains I like to have the pulse oximeter turned on to see how fast I acclimate, etc. and I also have my heart rate sensor on. I don’t count my battery life in ‘hours’ but in ‘backpacking days’. Depending on the season (summer = long days, winter = short days) that varies of course. The longest I have gone without recharging is 5 days. So in general I don’t bring my solar panel on a weekend (even long weekend) trek. When I go longer I bring my solar panel and just charge my devices – including the fenix 6 – opportunistically – usually during my lunch break.

 

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