Customer reviews from lenovo.com
Lenovo - IdeaPad Flex 5 - 14" Touchscreen - AMD Ryzen 5 - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Storm Gray
Average customer rating
4.5
(61 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 61 reviews
5 Stars
43
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Star
3
91%of customers recommend this product.
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39 out of
43)
Customer Reviews for Lenovo - IdeaPad Flex 5 - 14" Touchscreen - AMD Ryzen 5 - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Storm Gray
Customer Rating
5
Underestimated but great machine
on June 29, 2022
Posted by: BlackstarrP
from Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Many reviews I see for this great machine (here and other sites) are on things that could be understood if researching a computer prior to buying
Pros
* 14” screen is a great travel size and
* 2 forms of power available
* good sound for price
Cons
* has the occasional hiccup when moving between traditional operation and tablet mode
* usb type c is not display port ready (only date, but I knew it when I bought it)
The usb pen holder is universal to hold thinner pens but doesn’t allow the active stylus to stand vertically. The pen gets in the way of the other usb and it limited to the lid and base’s closing magnets to be semi out of the way
* Stylus for flex uses an AAAA battery which is hard to find immediately if it dies you are not going to Walmart and picking up a new battery. (Lenovo) please consider a rechargeable solution.
I personally bought a mini dock with more x4 usb 3.1 and usb type c with charging on it and found everything I needed
The lack of display is the biggest downfall for a broader spectrum of utility, because of this external GPU capabilities are not there and onboard IO for have leaving two screens is limited.
The fixes to these problems for the manufacturer and consumers:
(Lenovo) add display to the usb type c or one of the usb 3’s
(Consumer) buy a hdmi Y-splitter to have two screens. I suggest also buying touchscreen displays so you don’t loss that utility on extra screens
This machine does great and deserves great reviews, I have no issues with it that is worth not giving it a five star.
My model also came with 16g of ram and these really should only come in 8g and 16g, the option for 4g at this point shouldn’t exist (Lenovo’s problem to fix) the min they should put in these should be 6g if they are going to be soldered but I really do think it should be lowest 8g, it’s literally only $40-50 for 8g stick of ram and $80-90 for 16g so it isn’t worth the cost of labor and manufacturing to still install/solder 4g sticks
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting lenovo.com
Customer Rating
5
Great student/business laptop with quality feature
on September 6, 2022
Posted by: Bladejoe
from Portland, Oregon
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The thumbprint reader works amazingly well, which was a nice surprise - I wasn’t expecting to use this at all. The Display is great and the touchscreen works perfectly. It’s still difficult getting used to folding the laptop and using it in different positions. The Ryzen 5 makes this great for my school work, streaming movies, editing in Lightroom and games like star craft 2. I’m not a gamer, but this laptop isn’t designed with gamers in mind. Great business/school laptop with some useful upgrades (touch screen, articulation, thumbprint reader) and good highly competitive technical features for the price.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting lenovo.com
Posted by: Cshadoan01
from Sumter, SC
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My son loves it! It has everything he needs for his college classes!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Andre M
from Union, NJ
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Laptop has been quite responsive and the touch screen is very easy to use. Minimal heating when in use and the hinges are smooth in the 360 mode
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: YM123
from New York
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Laptop works well with pen. Good for taking notes for school. Good battery life.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting lenovo.com
Customer Rating
5
Laptop superior compute power, sleek design
on September 3, 2022
Posted by: Naryan_1974
from Santa Clara, CA, USA
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We have had a great experience with the laptop. Since most of these days upgrade our laptops rather than be first timers, it would be good to provide a USB-C/USB-C cable with software to transfer software from the old laptop (windows/Mac) to the new Laptop.
My son took 3 full days to transfer his data over the wifi modem
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting lenovo.com
Posted by: ChuckD12
from Cincinnati, Ohio
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I love this laptop. The keyboard and touchpad are excellent. The screen is an upgrade from the previous Flex 5 that I had, being brighter with a 16:10 screen length to width ration. I run Linux on this machine, and it runs like a dream. Everything worked from the get go. I get about 10 hours on it without doing any power savings management, and it runs all my programs fine. This version is with 8 GB Ram. The 16 GB would have been nice. But the 8 works fine for most of what I do.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Night queen
from MD
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Easy to set up and use, fast and sleek. Boots up quickly!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting lenovo.com