Forerunner 955

Any watch with all-system multiband would be better than your Venu 2s. My garmin FR955 with that is substantially better than my FR245, but I do still have some issues with instant pace not feeling right in heavy cover scenarios. Note that how bad trees are varies a bit - high humidity and rain also

My old FR955 GPS accuracy was pretty poor and given I’m mostly training for elevation gain, I was sick of variation between efforts. Looking at replacement Garmin options - they didn’t appeal to me from an aesthetic (not my style) and feature standpoint (excessive, mostly turned off for how I use a

Garmin forerunner 955 solar, it’s probably a little out of your budget, it’s 2 generations old but has an insane battery life. I’ve had mine 2 years and I wear it everyday. I can get over 10hrs of GPS running before I need a charge and with no gps a charge is good for close to 2 weeks.

Moved from Garmin FR955 to AWU3. I wanted cellular connectivity in my wrist to be able to take calls from my family and listen to audiobooks on long runs while not having to bring my phone. Other features that pulled me over are satellite connectivity for trail runs, being able to use Apple find my

u/Calm-Introduction729 , The Suunto Race S has an AMOLED screen, while the FR 955 has a MIPS screen. AMOLED screens are inherently worse for battery performance than MIPS screens. I think it all depends on how much time you will be looking at the screen. I personally went through a similar considera