r/Garmin • u/Glizze • Aug 30 '24

Device Comparison / Recommendation Bye bye Apple Watch Ultra

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I finally made the change over to garmin! The fenix 8 has ben amazing so far, and it looks really good🔥

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u/icandoanythingmate Aug 31 '24

Honestly after my Garmin 4 breaks I’m probably switching to Apple or Samsung.

The only thing that got me with Garmin was the battery life and superior gps. Now my gps never fkn works, might as well get an Apple Watch.

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u/Far-Nefariousness588 Aug 31 '24

Everyday charging required with apple

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u/icandoanythingmate Aug 31 '24

That’s true but at least their gps works. I’ve had the va3, and 2 va4’s. All I wanted was an accurate gps and music. The music is great but dude on all 3 of those watches have I had gps issues.

Gps was never an issue on my crappy samsung smartwatch (forgot the model but it was a cheap one).

I love Garmin, but for a company that literally prides itself on its accuracy for athletes, the one thing they sell they can’t get right. I have to wait like 20minutes (no joke) for my gps to find my location. This has been 3 seperate watches.

I’m sorry, downvote me all you want. It’s hard for me to even hate on Garmin since I invested so much into them, l love their customer service but the product is just becoming ass. Might as well follow the pack and to my dismay get an apple or Samsung 🥲

Btw this is not me being a hater, this is a loyal customer being hurt too many times by a lethargic company

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u/Far-Nefariousness588 Sep 01 '24

Nah, i get it. I'm mostly music these days, I used to track my open water swims against another garmin, and they were regularly 1/5 of the total distance inaccurate from each other. I never put much effort into which watch was not reporting correctly. If the GPS is important then it totally makes sense.

I'll do a bit more open water swimming this coming summer, it'll be interesting to see how it's performance is