Garmin

fenix 8 AMOLED Sport Watch

The watch is light, unobtrusive and comfortable. It does an excellent job tracking my exercise and sleep. It is much more accurate tracking my swims than my previous Fenix 5

First time Garmin owner

Coming from an Apple Watch Ultra I wanted two things. Longer battery life and better analytics when tracking workouts. The fenix 8 does those both of those things very well. I am so used to having to charge my watch every night and it took me a while to remember this one doesn’t need it for at least two weeks! I have also pleasantly enjoyed the flashlight, not something I thought I would use as much as I have been. I thought I had made a mistake getting the 51mm considering my wrist aren’t the biggest but it does not look cumbersome or heavy on my wrist.

Always impressed with Garmin products!

Love the watch and new features! The flashlight is a game changer!

Unreliable with poor software

Possibly a good hardware with a very poor software. Consistently showing different data on the watch and connect up. If you cannot trust or rely on it, why would you use it for? Support was very unhelpful…for 2 months coming back with the same response: we are still checking

Garmin Fenix 8 is a Great Companion

Having been using a much less expensive yet highly functional athletic smart watch, I was extremely pleased with the light weight and user friendly interface of the Garmin Fenix 8. I have been using the watch now for around a month now and I find customizing watch faces and setting other shortcuts to be very intuitive. I am especially fond of the seamless communication of the watch with my Strava account. I didn't think I'd use the watch's flashlight as much as I do, but I typically use this over my iPhone's flashlight. It's definitely worth the steep price tag!

Worth the upgrade from the 7x pro saphire

Everything the 7x pro saphire solar had plus the additional voice features! In my opinion this can be a lifesaver on a mountain bike. I have received phone calls through the watch and used the watch voice command features and love them! the built in voice features save so much time from scrolling through the menus when you can just tell it to start tracking a run or take your heartrate, show blood oxygen level etc... I setup the voice and phone features as button shortcuts to make it even faster (they are not setup as shortcuts by default). The only downfall Garmin still has now is the charging port is their proprietary 4 pin cable. Just one extra cable you have to bring with you on long trips. I am consistently getting about 12 days of heavy use per charge out of this watch.