Garmin · 2018
Fenix 5X PlusSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin Fenix 5X Plus sits best on flat wrist widths of about 54–73mm (≈ 14.4–19.5cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The fēnix® 5X Plus in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Rated for 70 hours of use per charge.
- 96g on the wrist. Heavier than 67% of the 51mm watches we have weights for.
- 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter display.
- Takes 26mm bands, so third-party straps fit without an adapter.
Does the Fenix 5X Plus fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Fenix 5X Plus overlaid at true scale. Lug-to-lug — not case diameter — decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist.
Watch Fit Tool
For sports watches, lug-to-lug (L2L) is what matters most — it decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist. Bulky is fine; overhang is not.
Measure at the point where you wear your watch — typically just below the wrist bone.
Flat width — lay your arm on a table, palm facing up, and measure straight across the top of your wrist with a ruler. Bone to bone; do not follow the curve down the sides.
Around — wrap a tape measure snugly round the wrist. No tape? Wrap a strip of paper, mark the overlap and hold the strip against a ruler.
Width ≠ circumference. They are different numbers — around 170mm is about 64mm across — so set the toggle to whichever one you actually measured before you type it in.
Garmin fēnix® 5X Plus
Case 51.0mm · Lug-to-lug 51.0mm · Thickness 17.5mm · 96g
Sweet Spot
51mm on a 55mm wrist
Across the wrist it works — 2.0mm spare each side — but adds close to half your wrist's own depth again — expect it to snag cuffs and doorframes.
On a 55mm wrist the sweet spot is 47–53mm lug to lug. This one is 51mm.
Measure where you wear it, just below the wrist bone. Either of these works — the tool converts between them.
- 1. Flat width — arm flat on a table, palm up. Measure straight across the top of the wrist, bone to bone, ignoring the curve down the sides.
- 2. Around — a tape, or a strip of paper marked and held against a ruler, snug the whole way round.
Leather: Attaches at the lugs, so the case back rests on your skin. Thins and softens with wear. Typical figures, not this model’s own.
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- Across the wrist2.0mm spare each side
Fills the wrist without reaching the edge.
- Off the wrist17.5mm off the skin
Adds close to half your wrist's own depth again — expect it to snag cuffs and doorframes. (17.5mm case, back against the skin)
- How it seats~8.8mm under the rim
Wide enough that the edge of the case back lifts clear of the skin.
- Weight on the wrist96g
Substantial without being a burden — the usual weight of a steel watch on a wrist this size. (1.7g per mm of wrist)
Happy with the fit? Check current availability for the Fenix 5X Plus.
Check offer2D Dimension Schematics
The fēnix® 5X Plus drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin fēnix® 5X Plus51mm · 17.5mm thick
3D preview
Garmin fēnix® 5X Plus on a wrist
On an arm sized to your own wrist — the view a product photo never gives you.
Shapes are built from published measurements, not manufacturer 3D models — accurate proportions, generic dial.
fēnix® 5X Plus battery life
The runtime the manufacturer publishes for everyday use.
- Smartwatch70 hours
How the fēnix® 5X Plus ranks on battery
Against the 296 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use20 days#132 of 285
- GPS tracking32 hours#132 of 267
What size band does the fēnix® 5X Plus take?
Lug width
26mm
Any 26mm strap fits, so you are not restricted to Garmin's own bands. Quick-release pins let you swap without tools — check that a replacement lists 26mm and quick-release before buying.
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fēnix® 5X Plus specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch: Up to 20 daysGPS: Up to 32 hoursGPS and Music: Up to 13 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 70 hours
- Display
- 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter
- Resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover
- Bezel
- stainless steel or titanium
- Glass
- domed sapphire crystal
- Strap
- silicone, leather or titanium
- Storage
- 16 GB
Full specification sheet
184 published lines across 20 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch: Up to 20 daysGPS: Up to 32 hoursGPS and Music: Up to 13 hoursUltraTrac™ mode: Up to 70 hours
- Display Size
- 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover
- Color display
- Lens Material
- domed sapphire crystal
- Bezel Material
- stainless steel or titanium
- Memory/History
- 16 GB
- Strap material
- silicone, leather or titanium
- Display resolution
- 240 x 240 pixels
- QuickFit® watch band compatible
- included (26 mm)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Gyroscope
- Thermometer
- Accelerometer
- Barometric altimeter
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
- yes (with acclimation)
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-01989-00
- Product ID
- 603229
- Product Name
- fēnix® 5X Plus
- Product Variation
- Sapphire, Black with Black Band
Clock Features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS Time Sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Cycling Features
- Courses
- Race an activity
- Power meter compatible
- Compatible with Varia™ lights
- FTP (Functional Threshold Power)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
- Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map)
- Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
- Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
- Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters)
- Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display)
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Golfing Features
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- Round timer/odometer
- TruSwing™ compatible
- Auto CourseView updates
- Yardage to layups/doglegs
- Hazards and course targets
- Green View with manual pin position
- Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide
- CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
- Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
- Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
- Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
- automatic
Running Features
- Run workouts
- Race predictor
- Foot pod capable
- Running dynamics
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Lactate threshold
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Trail run auto climb
- Performance condition
- Stride length (real time)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Vertical oscillation and ratio
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Ground contact time and balance
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- GPS-based distance, time and pace
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
What You'll Love
- Garmin Pay™
- Training status
- Pulse Ox blood oxygen
- yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
Activity Profiles
- Gym
- Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Yoga
- Swim
- Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running
- Cycling
- Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Triathlon
- Outdoor recreation
- Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster, Tactical
Swimming Features
- Pool swim workouts
- Drill logging (pool swim only)
- "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only)
- Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
- Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
- Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
- Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
- Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim)
- yes (with HRM-Tri™, HRM-Swim™ and HRM-Pro™)
Tactical Features
- XERO™ Locations
- Dual grid coordinates
Outdoor Recreation
- Tides
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- TracBack®
- Sight 'N Go
- Back to start
- Fish forecast
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Explore Nearby
- UltraTrac mode
- Vertical speed
- GPS coordinates
- Area calculation
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Elevation profile
- Projected waypoint
- Total ascent/descent
- Future elevation plot
- Distance to destination
- Sun and moon information
- yes (via Connect IQ™)
- Point-to-point navigation
- ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner
- Preloaded road and trail maps
- Bread crumb trail in real time
- Downloadable cartography support
- Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Daily Smart Features
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
- Find My Phone
- Find My Watch
- VIRB® Remote
- Weather forecasts
- Smart Notifications
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android™
- Controls smartphone music
- Plays and controls watch music
- Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)
- Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps)
Activity Tracking Features
- TrueUp™
- Move IQ™
- Step counter
- Floors climbed
- Calories burned
- Distance traveled
- Intensity minutes
- Automatic rep counting
- Garmin Connect™ Challenges app
- yes (optional Connect IQ app)
- Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)
- Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Workout and Training Plans
- Cardio workouts
- Strength workouts
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- yes (advanced)
- Fitness age
- yes (in app)
- All-day stress
- Women's health
- yes (in Garmin Connect™)
- Resting heart rate
- Relaxation reminders
- Relaxation breathing timer
- Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Safety and Tracking Features
- Assistance
- Incident Detection during select activities
Kid Activity Tracking Features
- Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app
- yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
- % HRR
- % HR max
- HR zones
- HR alerts
- Shortcuts
- Manual lap
- Auto max HR
- Auto scroll
- Finish time
- HR calories
- Voice alerts
- Custom alerts
- Physio TrueUp
- Recovery time
- Training load
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Course guidance
- Training effect
- Virtual Partner
- Race an Activity
- Advanced workouts
- Interval training
- Garmin Live Segments
- Strava Live Segments
- GPS speed and distance
- Configurable lap alerts
- Customizable data pages
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Downloadable training plans
- Training effect (anaerobic)
- Manual multisport activities
- Customizable activity profiles
- Trendline™ Popularity Routing
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
- Round-trip course creator (running/cycling)
- HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
- HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
Alternatives to the fēnix® 5X Plus
Watches that cover a similar amount of wrist, with the measurements that separate them.
Garmin
Fenix 9 Pro inReach 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 15.8mm
- Weight
- 99g
Garmin
Fenix 9 Pro inReach Solar 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 16.6mm
- Weight
- 102g
Garmin
Fenix 9 Pro 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 15.8mm
- Weight
- 99g
Garmin
Fenix 9 Pro Solar 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 16.6mm
- Weight
- 102g
Garmin
Fenix 9 51mm
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 14.7mm
- Weight
- 91g
Garmin
D2 Mach 2 Pro
- Width
- 51mm
- Thick
- 16.5mm
- Weight
- 90g
fēnix® 5X Plus — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus fit my wrist?
The Garmin Fenix 5X Plus looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 54–73mm (about 14.4–19.5cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
What size band does the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus take?
26mm. Any 26mm strap fits, so you are not limited to Garmin's own bands — look for a quick-release fitting if you want to swap without tools.
How long does the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus battery last?
Garmin rates it at 70 hours per charge in everyday use.
How does the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 20 days in everyday use it ranks #132 of the 285 Garmin watches in our database — the top 46% of the range. The full ranking, including GPS and power-saving figures, is on our Garmin battery life comparison.
Is the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus thick for a 51mm watch?
At 17.5mm, thicker than 81% of 51mm watches — it will sit noticeably high on the wrist. Thickness, not case width, is what decides whether a watch catches on a shirt cuff.
What other watches are the same size as the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus?
Huawei Watch D, Omega Seamaster Chrono-Quartz, Tissot Lepine Mechanical all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus's 51mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
