Garminfēnix® 8 – 51 mm, AMOLED, Sapphire, Premium Multisport GPS Smartwatch, Long-Lasting Battery Life, Dive-Rated, Built-in LED Flashlight, Titanium with Spark Orange/Graphite Band

Great watch. I love the larger screen of the 51mm. Very bright, easy to read. Definitely have to read some of the owners manual to understand how to use the 5 buttons. I've used both the Apple Watch Ultra & the Samsung Galaxy Ultra. I prefer this watch. Unless the Apple Watch 3 has some epic health features, I'll stick with this watch. The battery life is epic & the health/workout feature are much better than Apple or Android. I found the GPS mapping of my jogging to be just amazing.

I currently own 3 Apple, a Citizen dive pro, a Garmin Fenix 5x+ and a Garmin S62. The Fenix 8 pro amoled has made them all obsolete. I loved the Garmins a lot, but not the Apples (non of them) the batteries only lasted 9 hours at best. The Garmins were great when they were new but technology is moving fast and they don’t offer nearly what’s available now. The Fenix 8 is great in every way so far, it’s like a personal assistant you wear on your wrist. So many things that you’re able to do with this which is too numerous to mention. For that I’d refer you to the Garmin web site. Great watch and I have no qualms about the price. You have to buy one to experience what I’m saying. For now, I give it a 10 out of the 5 stars. Oh did I mention I get 25 days from a full charge. NICE!!!!

I had the fenix 3 and loved it, but the screen was impossible to read most of the time. This was a major problem for me and probably most users. I then switched to a apple watch. I really liked the easy of use, but felt that the tracking of activities was not that detailed and the battery life completely sucked. I purched my second apple watch and had it just over a year and went swimming with it. It asked to track and open water swim and I said yes. It then died from getting wet. At that point, I was done with apple and was looking for something that was more dependable and had a long battery life. Every did a ton of research and found that most of watches work well, but almost none have all the features I was looking for (long battery life, looks good, bright display, customized watch face, detailed tracking of activities, durable, water proof and compatible with IOS. There were few that did all of these and found that I really liked the look of the fenix 8 AMOLED. I have had it about 3 weeks and love it. There is a little bit of a learning curve with the menu and trying to find were some of the things are. Also depending on the activities, depends on what you need to do. Like with lifting, it will track weight, reps and set you do. Which is really nice. Also, with some of the activities it will track your actual movement on a map. I did softball and did not hit that well, so it showed most of my movement from home to first. Golf is also nice, because you can track your score, Get distance to pin, a map of the hole/hazards and if you get the subscription you can play virtual rounds. I also found that the garmin gps was more accurate then the course gps. Battery life is so nice and the watch looks great too. With the always on feature and tracking everything, I get around 11-15 days between each charge. IWatch I would have to charge mid day to handle a full day of activities. With the Garmin, it will also track my sleep/rest whic is something that I did not get because of battery life with the IWatch. Again, if you never had a Garmin, you will need to learn the menu system and how it tracks, but they have done a great job with this one. Over all extremely happy with it and would recommend it to others. My only complaint is the price, but looking at the other watches out there with similar technology, this one is about 2-3 hundred more, but looks way better, is more rugged and way better support and community.

It's pricey, but its excellent quality and many features make it invaluable on my wrist. The battery life is exceptional—weeks between charges (and the flashlight feature is very convenient).

The media could not be loaded. I was pretty skeptical about spending $1200 on a smart watch but I had another brand that would not keep tracking during my work outs. After some research it looks like my arm art was the issue. The other brand just kept pausing and I could not get good data. Well thing thing looks great, feels good on, battery seems to be amazing, and tracks my work outs with out fail.To double down on that I get some great information on the app. Tap start work out and then your weight you lifted and number of reps and move on. Then after the work out you get to see what the watching thought you were working out and change the work outs. I am unsure what some work outs are called but it seems to be close enough. I am very impressed.Then the icing on the cake for me is that I get to track my sleep. With a 25+ day single charge I don’t have to take it off at night to charge.

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I really wanted this watch to be the one that finally helped me move away from the Polar strap I’ve been using for years.Overall this is a beautiful watch. Once you learn all the buttons and functions, it’s truly amazing. That being said, I seriously question its accuracy…especially for $12001. It consistently says my resting heart rate is in the 90s. Occasionally it would show 70s which is a significant difference. My OH1 strap usually has me in the 60s2. Sleep score and stage measurements are off. My typical sleep pattern almost always has me waking up in the middle of the night and up for about an hour before I fall back asleep again. The “awake” measure was NEVER accurate. For example: I was up last night for ~40 min and it shows I was awake for 17 min. This makes me question whether or not it’s accurately measuring the other stages.Otherwise, the watch is beautiful and was a tough thing to give up. Just couldn’t swallow the fact it wasn’t doing to two main functions I wanted in a smart watch for that price.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:So excited, amazing and reach as expeted. As a diver i used to have mk3i 51mm, this finex much lighter and have the basic diving function.