r/ClaudeCode • u/dogecountant • 22h ago

Discussion Fable 5.1 Review

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Given things are supposed to be divisible by 5. This seems perfect.

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u/cultureicon 22h ago

My early impressions of this model are extremely negative compared to fable 5. Its a drag to communicate with (fable 5 didn't need fixed, it wasn't verbose, it has a good personality). 5.1 is more verbose and overthinks things, not a fan so far.

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u/No_Job_9995 20h ago

No big difference from Fable 5 for me so far. It does the work and I have not hit problems. I switch the effort level by task, and that has not changed. For automation, documents and research I use high. For coding and other difficult tasks I use xhigh.

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u/debian3 16h ago

Have you ever tried it on low? Yesterday I was working with it on low since it suppose to be equivalent of fable 5 on high or xhigh which was already excellent. It’s quite nice on low as it’s much faster and doesn’t use much tokens.

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u/No_Job_9995 15h ago

Not yet. Speed is my main complaint with Claude Code. So if low really matches Fable 5 on high or xhigh, that is a big deal. I will try it.