Garmin
Forerunner 265
$349.99
Polar
Based on 65 Reddit mentions
$999.99
Sentiment summary across the product areas Reddit users mention most.
Original Reddit posts and comments behind this analysis.
I moved from the Garmin Forerunner 735xt, which was introduced to the market in 2015 or 2016 to Polar Grit X2, and to be honest, sometimes I feel I downgraded. Of course, my Polar is much better in terms of hardware, but the watch's firmware and especially the mobile app are sometimes giving beta ve
...Famous-Cranberry5498 in r/Polarfitness
May 20, 2025 7:21 PM
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I moved from Garmin Forerunner 735xt, which was introduced to the market in 2015 or 2016 to Polar Grit X2, and to be honest, I felt I downgraded. Of course, Grit X2 was much better in terms of hardware, but the watch's firmware and especially the mobile app were sometimes giving me beta version vibe
...Famous-Cranberry5498 in r/Polarfitness
September 2, 2025 8:32 AM
3
There are other watches wich can stand 14 to 20 days in normal smartwatch mode. Dunno how they do. Both of mine (MIP and Amoled) are empty within 6 days latest. Polar has at least one software version in two different hardware setups. The GritX 2 pro is almost the same. The new city watch again is c
...Wattenloeper in r/Polarfitness
March 26, 2026 8:35 AM
1
Garmin fenix is out of my budget, garmin instict is just ugly for me. Only option is polar grit x2 but polar doesn’t have bouldering, only inside climbing but I have no idea how much of a difference it makes
gdlk21 in r/Polarfitness
January 21, 2026 10:24 PM
1
I’ve had a Polar Grit X2 Pro Titan for 14-months, and it’s about to turn into a brick. I’ve had a handful of incidents where it rebooted in the middle of a workout, but again, relatively rare events (albeit frustrating when you’re well into a long workout session given you lose all of the data). Ove
...Nearby-Bug8348 in r/Polarfitness
May 23, 2025 4:39 PM
1
Polar has watches that are WR100 but if those will work properly on your wrist in water with apnea diving I don’t know. They can measure a HR of 15-240 though. See page 191 https://support.polar.com/e_manuals/grit-x2-pro/polar-grit-x2-pro-user-manual-english/manual.pdf
sorryusername in r/Polarfitness
June 7, 2025 10:27 AM
1
I've been using Garmin for many years and have tested Coros, Polar and just Suunto in the last two. At the beginning of the year I had the Polar Grit X Pro when it came out. Of all the ones I've ever worn and tested together, it was the worst choice. If so, I would have kept the new Suunto 2, but in
...Senior-Effort-390 in r/Polarfitness
November 8, 2025 9:03 AM
0