Instinct 2

Garmin Watch (I recommend an Instinct 2 or 3, the battery lasts forever) connected via Gadgetbridge so all your data stays on your device. Plus you can use Garmin Pay.

I've hit the unlimited battery mode on my Garmin Instinct 2 solar several times during the summer, the instinct 3 solar is supposed to be much better in regards to solar.

Garmin solar instinct 2x, sun will power it. Has everything you would need except sos

The instinct series from Garmin only offers breadcrumb mapping whereas the Amazfit devices offer a base map showing roads and trails

Aaaargh, main issue with the garmin backcountry app is that automatic mode doesn't work well and that you can't edit the activity after recording. I've got the instinct 2. You can change some of the screens to get some extra info you'd like and change the button shortcuts. Never tried changing activ

The people in this comments are the reason why companies can get away with greed and become so rich... The Garmin Instinct is a very low process computer, which means it doesn't wear on battery as much as other devices like apple watches or phones, it should perfectly be able to last years without b

I've had my Garmin Instinct 2 for about a year now. It's almost comical how much more data I get from my swims compared to the Fitbit Charge 5 I had. Fitbit basically had like duration and extrapolated number of laps from motion. That was it. It was also wrong on even that one metric more often than

Garmin Instinct 2 Solar. Period. A proper navigation system (Unlike the Rangeman who lacks any navigation whatsoever), GPS, Glonass, Galileo, HR and O2 sensors, Alti/Baro, Compass, fitness tracking, smartwatch functions, infinite battery life under certain circumstances, a long long list of features

T rex 3 is tougher than Instinct 2. Instinct 2 is plastic watch all around. T Rex 3 has steel bezel. Moreover, Instinct 2 is not built to last. Many users experienced battery degrading quickly (about 2 years before it starts drainig really fast - during just a couple days). Garmin obviously used che

Had the same problem on a 2s, worked fine for a year, one day suddenly the battery decided to give up when the night before it was over 50%, did it again on the next charge and so on... contacted garmin support that told me to reset the watch, obviously didn't help so they sent me a new Instinct E,