My Epix is already DEAD!!!
I got my Epix today in the mail from REI this afternoon, which was a pleasant surprise– unfortunately, after a couple of hours of use, it became inoperable. I probably have had about 30 Garmin units, so I love their gear, but I’m pretty disappointed for the moment, although I am hoping on Monday morning tech support can talk me into a fix or arrange to exchange it.
Here is what happened: I used Garmin Express to update the firmware to 2.20 (shipped with 2.10) manage my Apps/Widgets/Watchfaces and the first time it worked great. Also used the Garmin Connect App with my iPhone 5, but it wouldn’t sync to transfer the apps, so I went back to the computer and using Garmin Express downloaded a watch face. When I disconnected the Epix from the computer, it showed the Garmin startup screen and then nothing happened. Eventually, turned it off and tried again, even tried to reload the new 2.20 firmware but nothing changed. Now the computer will recognize it as a mass storage device, but not Garmin Express– but Basecamp does still recognize it. Not sure what happened, but the third party watch face I had just loaded is suspect to me.
Here are a few observations, of the unit before it crashed:
I really like it– but it seems more of a training watch, than what I hoped for as being an outdoor mapping unit, with a touchscreen for the wrist.
There is no geocaching features I could see.
There is no satellite page, however you can select to enable/disable GLONASS and WAAS and you can save your current location to get lat/long and instead of mm.mmm there is mm.mmmm shown.
The navigation compass page to the waypoint your are heading to is quite boring (black/white, small arrow)
You can import waypoints known as “saved points”
There are many activity profiles, such as hike, run, swim, etc– I wish there was a navigation profile like there is with the Fenix 2.
The USGS app seemed cool– figures out your altitude from your current location, to help you calibrate altimeter (requires Bluetooth connection to smartphone)
The smart notifications worked, but no way to clear old ones that appear.
Birdseye imagery looks good and worked though basecamp after registering unit.
The 100K maps look great, panning the map is a little difficult with big fingers.
The touchscreen option to move through the menu is really nice.
The connector for computer access and charging, clips on easily.
Hoping there is an accessory of a leather band like the fenix/fenix2
I have been anxiously waiting for the Epix since it was announced– I have used both the fenix and fenix 2 and I am excited for the new features– but it looks like I am back to the fenix 2 for now, until I can get the Epix to work. I will post an update after taking to tech support on Monday morning.
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