Fenix 7

Garmin Fenix 7 Pro (SS) reminds me to workout daily, tracks every activity, syncs with Healthy 365 app. In built flash light - sounds dumb but I use it daily as I’m an early bird. Only have to charge it once a fortnight 🤙

I used to be in your shoes. Battery life is still Apple Watch’s Achilles heal. The Garmin Fenix 8 is pointlessly expensive So I have TWO recommendations for you: Garmin Fenix 7: I still can’t come up with a reason to get the 8. The 7 does everything you need it to but… So does the Garmin Fenix 5! Fi

Don’t need to pause on advanced watches. With my Fenix 7, when in Ultra Run mode, if I physically stop it will assume I’m at an aid station and start counting that as non-moving time.

You have picked one of the greatest watches Garmin has released ever, IMO. The Fenix 7 Pro SS is one of the goats.

Your watch is estimating your distance based on your running cadence compared to your average metrics for stride length, vertical oscillation, etc. That is to say that the watch does a pretty good job of guessing, considering the only data it's really getting from you is cadence and inferring the re

I use the Instinct 2 and it is perfect, I run about the same amount and it has been great. i have used the fenix 7 and Corros watches as well. i LOVE my instinct because of the torch and looks the best.

I was using my 4G Samsung watch as a dumb phone for a bit before I got my Garmin Fenix 7. The Garmin is more of what I need for biking and running, but I do miss the 4G smart watch sometimes. I currently daily a Nokia flip phone and my laptop.

Check out the garmin website you can compare different watches for what you need. I started with a basic forerunner and they are excellent. Have since moved onto a fenix 7 and love it but probably too complicated for what you are looking for

Get yourself a Garmin watch that supports open water swimming and you can afford. There are plenty of options available. I mostly use a Fenix 7 and occasionally an FR 255. Both work great in open water.

Agreed, I own (and love) the Enduro 3, and I'm getting a little over 3 actual weeks of battery time with running and using gps 6-7 hours a week (spread across 5 days). Which is incredible for my use-case, and way longer than my 47mm Fenix 7 had.