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Garmin smartwatch battery replacement options

toby · 2024-11-06T12:36:32Z

Has anyone had any good experiences of getting the battery in a Garmin watch (specifically a Fenix 6 Pro) replaced? My wife has given me her old watch after upgrading because it had gone from lasting a week to a day at best (and factory reset didn't seem to do improve anything). Inline with the recent thread about thier customer services, when she contacted Garmin she got an offer that wasn't much different from the STW members' offer of a fairly steep price for a refurb, so she decided to upgrade; I'm keen to repair it if possible. Initially Timpsons sounded hopeful on the phone saying they could do it, but taking it into a branch resulted in a bit of a "computer says no" moment when it couldn't be booked in to their workshop by brand. satnavspecialist.co.uk sound quite hopeful and list several Fenix watches on their site, but not the 6 Pro and they want the watch sent in to look at before they will give me a price - has anyone used them? advancedrepair.co.uk quote £90, but do at least specify that they use a genuine, new battery. There seem to be various videos and instructions on DIY replacement iFixit makes it look reasonably straightforward, but the only replacement batteries I've found are from slightly suspect listings on ebay / aliexpress / etc. Does anyone have a source for a good, trusted battery? Has anyone done a DIY replacement and tested the waterproofing? I see that CEX have just upped their warranties to 5 years. The option to replace it with one from them would at least make it someone else's problem, I suppose.

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jamiemcf

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This just popped up on Instagram.

Presales for Unawatch.

Apparently a Scottish based company. Looks Edinburgh based.

https://presale.unawatch.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY-zmKxCWwu-FOI9rla65K8kJaCT1MfRG_gMVs_7wqDa69ZBcO9Z8tSw3w_aem_gIaKHGUenlHHTDz65lM4Jg

No ideaabout them their website is a bit sparse but apparently it's repairable / upgradable

Posted : 21/01/2025 8:29 pm

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nickc

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Update; I had a replacement battery fitted about 3/4 weeks ago by Satnav Specialist, but watch has died today and is isn't recovering. Maybe a faulty battery, but who knows I'll contact them and see what the gig is, but not massively impressed.

Posted : 02/02/2025 10:48 pm

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