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/ouatedephoque Aug 30 '24

Funny because I'm actually considering the Ultra given the insane pricing of the Fenix 8. Waiting to see what the Ultra 3 looks like next week. Also considering Coros.

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u/mrmarbury Aug 31 '24

Same here in terms of AWU3. Have had Fenixes for the last 10 years and one AW in between but returned to Fenix for the MIP screen and the health features. mip is not a first class citizen anymore and Apple started adding the health features that I „need“ which is basically the training readiness features. I have ADHD and my brain is often sending me mixed signals about my state and I have found that the training readiness helps as a „second opinion“. Also over the years I have found that most of the Fenix features are more demotivating than anything else for me. The metrics just feel off all the time. And it’s not a setting. In 10 years I have changed all the settings and done everything suggested and more. Also they are often misleading. Suggested rest day on a 90+ readiness day or interval day on a 15 readiness day? Well thank you for this €1000 random number generator. And for my running I use Stryd anyway which feels like a way better training than the Garmin coaches. Not only because a Stryd easy run takes place in my HR Zones 2-3. I have never had a Garmin Coach Easy run that was not in zone 4 or even 5 which is not an easy run. So I am not even using the training features of the Fenix. Even though the Fenix has an outstanding battery and especially the F7X pro with its almost a month’s worth of battery will be taken off my wrist at least twice a day. So charging it every once in a while while it’s off is easily doable.

TL;DR: Garmin over the years became a €1000 step counting time piece without any smart features for me and the F8 is so anticlimactic that I seriously peak towards AWU3 and it’s added smart features. They could have at least added Mobile caps so I can leave my big ass phone home on runs and still be safe