Garmin epix Pro (Gen 2), 51 mm, Glass, Slate Grey, Black

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There's also a more simplified version available, too, letting you ditch those additional stats to show off time, date, and heart rate only if things get a bit too busy for you. There are some really data-crammed watch faces on this list, but the excellent neon styled Night Gleam is made by Garmin itself, and could easily ship with its premium smartwatches. Garmin sometimes errs on the side of overloading you with options, but I’d rather have too many choices than be effectively excluded from tools that may help me because of things I can’t control.

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Another customizable watch face that shows pretty much whatever you want it to – Data Lover has a focus on weather metrics. He made a name for himself writing about trying out translation earbuds on a first date and cycling with a wearable airbag, as well as covering the industry’s latest releases. Both watches have impressive battery life (not as impressive as the Enduro 2, but still) and will last for weeks between charges. This means the series is now aligned with the Fenix 7 and Fenix 7 Pro watches, with a much broader array of users able to find the right fit for their wrist. I haven’t crossed several time zones these past few weeks, however, so it’s another feature I haven’t gotten the chance to try out yet and will promptly forget about before I do.It sticks the time up top and then splits up the rest of the screen to show off information like heart rate, battery, and current temperature with smaller icons below to let you know if you're being buzzed with notifications and messages. There are additional policies for optional health insights, contactless payments, and safety features. The Fenix 7 Pro’s battery can last for up to 122 hours in GPS mode with solar charging, according to Garmin, assuming constant use in 50,000 lux conditions. Finally, another major update over their predecessors is the addition of the Elevate Gen 5 optical heart rate sensor.

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During my 30 days or so with the Garmin Epix Pro, I allowed the battery to drain all the way down twice. This will obviously be of huge interest to trail runners out there, and, considering we tend to avoid big inclines/declines during our runs, we feel like our mediocre Hill Score is about right. When I heard Garmin introduced this on the 51mm Fenix 7X (and only the 7X), I was bummed since I wasn’t going to sacrifice comfort if I had the option.

Each day would see at least around 60 minutes of tracked exercise, most of that using SatIQ GPS and always streaming Spotify from the watch, which is a bit of a notorious battery drainer. Garmin watches also tend to have more buttons, which are better than touchscreens in many fitness scenarios, and connect to a huge range of training equipment using ANT+ and Bluetooth BLE sensors.

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The big modifications to the design will naturally be saved for the Fenix 8/Epix 3, so this is about as substantial as things could really get from a mid-generation dip. One big difference between the Fenix 7 Pro and the Epix Pro is the solar-charging display, which can only be found on the Fenix 7 Pro.It’s a good design choice: when you raise your watch in the normal way, your flashlight is pointing forwards. We're still putting these two devices head-to-head, and early suggestions do indicate that the Epix Pro is a little better at keeping up with a chest strap's accuracy, but the differences are very minor. You'll need to permit access to your heart rate data, the barometer, temperature and altitude information to make the most of this metric-rich option. The latter is simply a new way of Garmin gauging how easy (or hard) you find it to run uphill, while Endurance Score is a measure of how easy (or, again, hard) you find it to sustain prolonged efforts.