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The Garmin Fenix, lasts over 2 days at a minimum, and with the no-pulse-ox configuration can last as long as 3 weeks. I find with about 10 hours of exercise I c
by lukeschlather 6y ago
The Garmin Fenix, lasts over 2 days at a minimum, and with the no-pulse-ox configuration can last as long as 3 weeks. I find with about 10 hours of exercise I charge it at most once a week. The tradeoff is that to get GPS tracking you need to put it into activity mode. But even with GPS off there are a ton of useful metrics - heart rate, step counts, calories, sleep tracking.
I have disabled all the smartwatch notification features though, I don't want the distraction, I just want to measure/map my exercise.
- glutinouspigeon 6y agoGarmin fitness watches have always been far better than smart watches with battery life. But they're only fitness watches with some smartphone integration. You're not going to get the features the Apple Watch has on the Garmin with over 2-3+ days of battery life right now.
- lukeschlather 6y agoThat might be true of some of the lower-end models but I don't think it's true of the Fenix 6. And the most powerful Fenix can do turn-by-turn navigation for 2-3 days with color offline maps. I don't think the Apple Watch is more featureful - they make different feature tradeoffs. Big ones are cost and weight.