🐿️ Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Altimeter Issues

I recently purchased the Fenix 5 watch around Christmas time. I live in Boulder, CO and do a lot of trail running, backcountry skiing, and general outdoor activities. I was a Suunto user for the past 5 years, but I wanted to give Garmin due to a variety of perceived upgrades. fēnix 5 Plus series I am having problems with my altimeter, its always on and it displays an inaccurate, i always re calibrate using the GPS.After a while it gives me a wrong reading again .I sometime get negative altitude levels.. Along with cleaning the connectors, try this. With the watch not connected, hold three buttons down (light, down and start buttons) for 15-20 seconds and try charging again. 9829024 over 3 years ago +8 verified. I just finished chatting with Erica from Garmin Support Centre. The chat took less than 10 minutes and resulted in them sending me a Hello, today I upgraded the firmware with version 22.20, which promised better accuracy of the altimeter; Instead, I immediately realized that after the update the altimeter (which previously worked very well, with very rare errors) presented a series of malfunctions that I list here: 1- non-continuous but only sporadic updates: the watch indicates the same altitude for a certain time even .

garmin fenix 5 plus altimeter issues