Lenovo Flex 5 14" 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop: Work, Play, and Everything in Between

Amazon customer: A great powerful little touchscreen laptop with a pen included. I loved using it until it malfunctioned after a couple of months during a firmware update. Lenovo technicians couldn't fix it. Took over 6 months to get a replacement (lenovo customer service sucks). Not sure if firmware update problems are just a one-off thing or recurring. Make sure to read other long-term reviews before purchasing.

Canada on Aug 10, 2023

alexapetalexapet: A note: I wanted to get another one, ordered it, but it never came (in due time, the first one came in a week). I understand that being shipped from the US it might take a longer time, but it wasn't even shipped 12 days after the order!
Anyway, found the same (AND CHEAPER) on BestBuy (and with a larger SDD), with Canadian warranty, no more US warranty problems if ever. It comes with the NORMAL power supply (no condemning of the USB-C port). And I received it in ONE DAY.
Otherwise, a very nice laptop, especially the 2-in-1 option. Starting it and configuring it was straight forward, no complains. Canadian customers, BE AWARE that the laptop comes from the US, and it registers on the Lenovo US support side, so support might be slow if you might need some parts.
And there are things that should be clearly mentioned, discovered during the unboxing and the setup.
1. It comes with the USB-C power adapter - that means that the USB-C port is condemned to do ONLY the charging part. On my another laptop, the USB-C port is used for an USB-C Docking station which gives me access to another TWO screens (total of 3), 4 USB3 super-speed ports, another USB power option and a RJ45...

Canada on Jul 14, 2021

MALVIOUSMALVIOUS: I had this laptop for 2 week so far and I'm really happy with it and the support that I received from Amazon. The price has dropped of 110$ in the same week that I bought it and after talking with the support, they refunded me the difference, very good help.

Overall, this is the best laptop that you can find for 710$CAD on my opinion. For students it is perfect. I recommend using Onedrive (comes with windows) to save your important files for your studies or in general. There's some little cons(check bellow), but i think, especially for the price, the pros outweigh them big time.

Pros:
- Ryzen 5 4500u with 3200mhz 16gb ram gives a lot of power in such a small device
- Battery is good, above average, depending what you are doing. I get about 10hrs watching shows and YouTube, about 11-12hrs with word open and taking notes (depends on brightness). If you're browsing a lot, and multitasking a lot, you'll get in the 6hrs or so, depending on your brightness and power mode.
- Touch screen and the pen is really nice
- USB C charger, that means that I only need 1 cable to bring anywhere, for my phone and for the laptop.
- Fan isn't loud and the temps are okay...

Canada on Jun 07, 2021

Jianye Hu: I always wanted to get a Windows Tablet, but realize that most of the tables come with the incomplete Windows ( or the tablet version), which will not allow me to install the programs outside of the app store. And the price of them is quite high with relatively low specs as well. So I searched up a laptop which can work like a tablet. And what a blast now!
I saw some negative review before I bought it, but I gave it a try. Now I'm loving it.
I do have a quite decent gaming computer, so let's compare and review.

Before further reading ( if you are interested to read it), I'll give pros and cons.

Pros: Compact, with enough computing power to achieve all the tasks you will need on the go, on the toilet, on the bed, etc. Transforming to a tablet is smooth, no sacrifice, with all your hardware power. By using USB-C charging, if you forget to bring the proper charger, you can at least find a similar one to give it a temporary boost ( check the voltage and current first ).

Cons: Pen is half decent, and use a AAAA battery... I don't want to buy some AAAA batteries just for a pen in the future. Screen has some strong reflection when turn the screen brightness...

Canada on May 19, 2021

logan2611: TL;DR Overall a very nice laptop, would recommend <$700
I've had this laptop for about 6 months, and I wanted to share my thoughts on it.

CPU: The CPU in this laptop is excellent. For daily web browsing honestly this CPU is a bit overkill. Unlike on some laptops, this laptop has built in power profiles that let you increase the processor's TDP in order to get better performance, which allows it to overtake some of the cheaper 4700U based laptops (albeit with more power usage). Using the "Extreme Performance" power profile, the CPU will use about 30-35W continuously and has a max burst power usage of 45W. Max temps in Extreme Performance mode are generally around 95C, and in "Intelligent Cooling" mode (basically Balanced Power:Performance) they are around 75C.

GPU: The iGPU does fine. It's enough to let you play some older games at decent framerates, and maybe some new titles with some convincing. Performance is pretty standard for a 4500U based laptop.

RAM: This laptop features dual channel 3200MHz DDR4 RAM, which the Ryzen CPU is quite happy with. However, the RAM is soldered and there is no way to expand it.

SSD: Mine came with a 256GB NVMe SSD...

United States on Apr 17, 2021

M. Gnann: Update 10/7/20: Installed an Intel AX200 wifi card, wifi is now connected when I sign in already instead of having to wait a second or two. Just a bit more reliabillity. Also installed a 1TB 970 EVO (used a TDBT external nvme enclosure and Samsung Migration to clone old drive). The drive speeds seem a little better than the old drive while on battery (old: 1800/900, new: 1800/1800), but you don't get the full speed (3500/2500) unless it's plugged in. There's little functional difference between the three, but the capacity upgrade is still worth it, and it is recommended to go with a better known brand for reliability, as this is the only drive in the machine.

Original: I bought the Flex 5 to upgrade from an old Bay Trail tablet. I primarily used that to read digital comics because with 2GB of RAM and a weak atom CPU, it couldn't do much else. I was about to spend a few benjamins on a random chinese tablet until the Flex 5 went on sale and I made sure to grab it while it was in stock, because I knew it wouldn't last long. I use it in tablet mode most of the time, which makes this a great deal for a 2-in-1, but even if you only use it as a laptop I still think the value...

United States on Sep 20, 2020

Pryme: I saw some slightly frightening reviews about this laptop, like most products online. I can confirm they were all wrong- this laptop is one of the best I've ever used, and feels on par with my $1500+ laptops or better in some aspects! I split up my review into sections about the laptop, if you're interested or unsure about a specific part of the laptop.

Keyboard: Very responsive, thin, keyboard. Feels similar to the very expensive butterfly keyboard found on newer macbooks (awesome value for money here). Backlighting is very useful, and easy to turn on and off, only downside is that there is no dedicated number pad. I'm usually very picky about keyboards, but I find this one amazing. I'd rate the keyboard 10/10.

Camera: One drawback to the laptop is the Camera, which is very pale, and doesn't capture skin tone accurately at all. Although there are no built in camera settings to be found on Windows 10, a quick fix is to download Skype, and use the built in Camera Settings in-app that let you change hue, brightness, and most importantly, saturation. You might be thinking: "that's a bad fix, I don't use Skype", but for one reason or another, the camera settings in Skype...

Canada on Sep 05, 2020