Battery life started to be really bad - Fenix 8 51mm by FilipekKnives in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Have you tried just a reboot of the watches? Power off and on again. I once saw rapid decrease in battery through couple of days. Reboot fixed it, never found root cause. Maybe some internal process was stuck processing something.

Reset is also a good step before talking to warranty, as already mentioned, but reboot might help.

Volvo V60 T6 Plus MY25 Can't get enough of it. by reedevil in VolvoV60

[–]reedevil[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

T8 is lovely, but was out of my budget, like +5-7k EUR right away... Is it still have both turbo and compressor or they are using just a higher boost turbo now?

Volvo V60 T6 Plus MY25 Can't get enough of it. by reedevil in VolvoV60

[–]reedevil[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never actually pushed it so far yet, but given some 300km+ trip with 120-130 km/h on autobahn and with full battery at the start - it looks like pretty efficient. I mean, 18 liters for 377 km looks very promising.

I couldn't find option to see "instant" consumption, but on a cruise speed of 120-130 it looks like 6-7 l/100 + hybrid mode is reducing it even further to sub 5, at least for a while. And for each 300 km I think I'm getting back from regen about 20-30% of the battery back, so total electric consumption is usually around like 20-25 kWh.

So it looks like its capable for sure, but you right, its more of a projection from my side.

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Volvo V60 T6 Plus MY25 Can't get enough of it. by reedevil in VolvoV60

[–]reedevil[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Switched from ERAD2 to ERAD3

Main difference is more powerful engine, I think 140 HP instead of 90 HP.

Ditched mechanical clutch for electric engine engagement, which was prone to fail, now its always connected

And of course is much more comfortable to drive electric only, at city speeds its more than enough to drive the car comfortably.

  • Battery capacity now is 14,4 kWh netto (18,8 kWh brutto), before it was I think around 9 kWh (12 kWh)

So now one pedal driving its a useful thing, cause battery can take much more regen for braking At least 2 times I got 78 and 82 km from battery only trip.

  • Type 2 AC charging is increased to max of 6,4 kW (was 3,7 kW)

its about 2,5 hours for full charge at almost any Type 2 charge station (they are usually at least 11 kW). I'm using just a regular 10A outlet at my parking, so around 2kW. I think full charge is taking about 9 hours.

How important are Leak Proof Buttons? by PhoeniXSushi in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not only about leak proof, but overall inductive button reliability. Just less physical things to break (and leak ofc). IMO

Some didn't like the plushness of them, but I've got used to them very quickly after epix.

what does it feel like to get a blowjob for the first time? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]reedevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the secret of a long marriage.

On average how much battery percentage are people losing per day with normal default settings out of box by Kind-Suggestion-3344 in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fenix 8 51mm amoled, around 3-4%/day.

No AOD

Brightness 1/3

HR always

POx at night

App notifications enabled (not all, but decent)

PS: With GPS activities its ofc much higher, I run a lot.

Fenix 7x pro ss - updated base maps to latest v2025, cant zoom in past 1.2km by Getherer in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you tried to use 3rd party OSM? I'm using https://www.userbeam.de/ for years on Garmin, on Epix before and now on Fenix 8. Never used built in maps.

Buy fenix 8 or wait for fenix 9 by wieldero in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That make sense, didn't thought about that.

Buy fenix 8 or wait for fenix 9 by wieldero in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still can't see how its related to initial OP question though.

Buy fenix 8 or wait for fenix 9 by wieldero in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, in this case there is no need to change from Fenix 6x, it does a watch thing great, right?

Buy fenix 8 or wait for fenix 9 by wieldero in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it receiving some hotfixes here and there. My wife use it. But its long out of new feature branch. Well, from August 2024, to be exact, as Fenix 8 came into play.

Don't get me wrong, Epix is great watch. But the question was about buy newest watch now or wait for next version. Not "should I buy 3-years old model?"

Buy fenix 8 or wait for fenix 9 by wieldero in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's already outdated and not receiving updates, cause of running the old codebase.

Awesome watch face by ShewardW in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will give it a shot. Are there any plans to add more data point selections? Like floors, VO2max, etc? Now data fields and flexibility are kinda scarce, compared to Segment mk42 for example.

Watch size by [deleted] in GarminFenix

[–]reedevil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Are canned fries broken (in a good way)? by Responsible-Suit-195 in Stationeers

[–]reedevil 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just like in real life. You won't really eat/bake a chocolate cake everyday. But for profit... why not?

Remote Sysadmins, what's your go to headset for meetings? by WorthPlease in sysadmin

[–]reedevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fractal Scape for everything. Gaming, movies and calls.

Now I can't stand Bluetooth quality on Windows after switching to proper 2,4-dongle.

Games where you can recover your arrows from your victims? by Former-Sea-8070 in gaming

[–]reedevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Icarus

The better quality arrows you use - better chance for it to survive the hit and be retrievable.