fēnix 8 Pro

I have noticed, too, that some reviewers, notably DC Rainmaker, who is like "the big dog" when it comes to the space, tends to criticize Amazfit rather harshly - justifiably so in many cases, I am not going to deny that - but does not treat Garmin to the same standard when they release unfinished pr

What are the concerns you mention? If you are expecting it to behave like a Garmin iridium InReach satellite communicator, then no amount of software updates will make it behave like that. It's an entirely different set of satellites. The F8P uses SkyLo and, in my opinion, is a tech aimed at a diffe

I really feel Garmin referring to the F8P as a device with InReach technology is somewhat misleading. For me, Garmin InReach (such as a GPSMAP H1 Plus) and Skylo (I.e the F8P) are not the same thing. No F8P bashing here btw; I have one myself and love it.

Personally, I use the default ‘Iron Grit’. For me it mostly has enough customisation options and being a default Garmin face it should be (I hope anyway) not too problematic. I particularly like the fact you can touch on each data field and it will open the respective data screen. (*51mm F8P user)

I too have been trying out the F8P for 2-3 weeks now. I had an AWU1 prior to this and the poor life finally bothered me enough to try out the Garmin. The battery life is definitely a game changer. How Apple hasn’t come up with a watch that offers longer battery life surprises me. How are you getting

Holy shit, thank you. As an owner of a Fenix 6X Sapphire and an InReach Mini 2, I was seriously considering the Fenix 8 to consolidate down to 1 device. But you are absolutely correct: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/connectivity/fenix8pro/feature-requirements/ "The fēnix 8 Pro smartwatch uses satellit

So far I don’t mind the AMOLED over the MIP. I have the brightness set to the lowest setting, ‘always on’ set to off, and the auto brightness seems to be doing a good job, even in the moderate brightness of today. I believe the pro version has slightly higher brightness output than the standard F8 I

I guess the new Index Sleep Monitor is the first thing that resembles a screen-less Garmin, coupled with the health logging, albeit only for sleep officially. I moved to iPhone from Samsung at the beginning of the year and I really struggled to decide on the F8P or the AWU3 and it came some to cutti

I really can’t see MIP continuing, which is a shame as I don’t mind it on my F6P. I have an F8P on order (AMOLED) so can certainly offer you comparisons on experience soon. I guess both production and design costs would be negatively impacted if Garmin had to continue to invest in both types of tech