Garmin vs Fitbit vs Apple Watch | Which Is Best for You?

***Updated Dec 2023 to include new Garmin, Fitbit & Apple Watch models***

Garmin Watches vs Fitbit vs Apple Watch Comparison

We admit it—at PlayBetter we are partial to Garmin fitness watches. That's because Garmin's huge variety of sport GPS watches and fitness trackers align closely with our mission: to provide products that can help elevate whatever you do! Plus, they create high-quality devices for every budget.

However, that doesn't mean that we think they are the only fitness option for everyone out there.

So, we wanted to give you a quick comparison of Garmin watches with Fitbit and Apple Watch choices. 

Go ahead and take a run through this list of fitness smartwatches and trackers to see what each option offers in terms of fitness and health tracking, battery life, size, style, more advanced sport profiles and training tools, and, of course, price!

We'll begin with the more affordable trackers and smartwatches and then finish up with more advanced sport watches. Let's go!

Garmin vs Fitbit Fitness Trackers

Fitbit Inspire 3 Fitness Tracker

Inspire 3 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 1.55" l x .73" w x .46" h / NA

Display Size/Type:  N/A/Color touchscreen

Battery Life: Up to 10 days

GPS: Not built in; connected GPS with smartphone

Maps & Navigation: No maps or navigation

Safety features: No

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors:  Midnight Zen/Black, Lilac Bliss/Black, Morning Glow/Black

Price: $99.95

The Fitbit Inspire is a lightweight fitness tracker that provides basic activity and health tracking, such as heart rate information, steps, distance, calories, sleep data, stress managment, and menstrual health tracking. You won't have GPS or emergency SOS/fall detection on this device, but you will get call, text, and app notifications when paired with your smartphone. Plus, you can use it with Fitbit's app experience. 

Garmin vívosmart 5 Fitness Tracker

vívosmart 5 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight:

S/M: 19.5 x 217 x 10.7 mm / 24.5 g
Large: 19.5 x 255 x 10.7 mm / 26.5 g

Display Size/Type: 0.41" x 0.73" (10.5 mm x 18.5 mm)/touchscreen

Battery Life: Up to 7 days

GPS: Not built in; connected GPS with smartphone                                                            

Maps & Navigation: None

Safety features: Livetrack, Incident Detection, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors:

S/M: Black, Mint, White

Large: Black

Price: $149.99

The vívosmart 5 has a bigger, brighter screen for larger text—0.8" wide vs Fitbit Charge 5's 0.58" width. This Garmin fitness tracker also has safety features not available with the Fitbit trackers. Easy to use and comfy to wear, this superlight device comes loaded with features to track your activity all day and sleep stages all night once set up through the Garmin Connect™ app. Wrist-based heart rate, stress tracking, Body Battery™ energy monitoring and more help you stay informed while smart notifications from your paired smartphone keep you connected. Plus, stay active with built-in sports apps that include profiles for walking, running, yoga, cardio and more.

Fitbit Charge 6 

Charge 6 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: N/A

Display Size/Type: 1.52” (L) x 0.46" (H) x 0.73" (W)

Battery Life: Up to 7 days

GPS: Built-in GPS + GLONASS        

Maps & Navigation: Google Maps

Safety features: None

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Obsidian/Black Aluminum, Porcelain/Silver Aluminum, Coral/Champagne Gold Aluminum

Price: $159.95

Along with the basic health and activity tracking features on the Inspire 3, the Fitbit Charge 6 provides an ECG app for your heart and an EDA sensor for your stress. This advanced fitness tracker also offers turn-by-turn directions via Google Maps, music controls, and built-in GPS so you can get real-time pace and distance on walks, hikes, and runs without needing to use your phone.

Most Affordable Fitness Smartwatches

Fitbit Versa 4 Fitness Smartwatch

Versa 4 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 1.5" (L) x 1.5" (W) x 0.45" (H) / N/A

Display Size/Type: Always-on color touchscreen

Battery Life: 6+ days

GPS: Not built in; connected GPS with smartphone

Maps & Navigation: None

Safety features: None

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Black/Graphite Aluminum, Waterfall Blue/Platinum Aluminum, Pink Sand/Copper Rose Aluminum, Beet Juice/Copper Rose Aluminum

Price: $229.95

The Fitbit Versa 4 offers a daily readiness score, 40+ exercise modes, and active zone minutes for fat burn, cardio, and peak heart rate zones to help with your workout goals. You won't get on-watch maps, but you can access Google Maps, plus get Google Wallet on your wrist. And you can get call, text, and app notifications as well. 

Garmin Venu Fitness Watch—EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT!

 

Venu Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 43.2 x 43.2 x 12.4 mm / 46.3 g

Display Size/Type: 1.2" (30.4mm) diameter color touchscreen with AMOLED display

Battery Life:

Smartwatch Mode: Up to 5 days
GPS Mode: Up to 20 hours

GPS: Built-in multi-GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: No maps or breadcrumb navigation; Back to Start features using compass

Safety features: Livetrack, Incident Detection during select activities, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Black/Slate

Price: $129.99

Get an EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT on the Garmin Venu—previously a $400 watch—on PlayBetter.com today. Along with the eye-catching AMOLED display, you’ll also get Garmin’s full suite of health and wellness features, wrist-based heart rate, GPS tracking, smart notifications, safety features, activity tracking, 20+ sport profiles, really cool on-screen workout animations, and more!

The Venu smartwatch is perfect for men and women who like a sport- and style-savvy watch on their wrist. We think you’ll like the price too!

Apple Watch SE Smartwatch

Apple SE Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 40 x 34 x 10.7 mm case & 44 x 38 x 10.7 mm case / 30 g & 36 g

Display Size/Type: Retina LTPO OLED display, 1000 nits brightness

Battery Life: Up to 18 hours

GPS: Built-in multi-GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and QZSS0)

Maps & Navigation: None built-in

Safety features: Emergency SOS, Crash Detection

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Silver, Space Gray, Gold (aluminum cases)

Price: Starting at $249.00

Want a supersmart watch that's as confident, savvy, and versatile as you? Plus relatively affordable? The Apple SE will definitely put a sleek and smart experience on your wrist—but does it have everything you want and need for health and fitness tracking? Maybe. It's fast and fashionable, has the well-known activity rings, and you can pair it with the Apple workout app to get personalized metrics (you will have to purchase the Apple Fitness+ membership). You also get heart rate information, sleep stages, and the option to have cellular on your wrist. This smartwatch can strap a veritable iPhone to your arm, but the fitness and training tools are limited compared to Garmin—little more than data that does not get compared to your history or make recommendations about how to improve, adjust, or recover. 

Garmin Venu Sq 2 / Venu Sq 2 Music Fitness Watch

Venu Sq 2 Music Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 40.6 x 37.0 x 11.5 mm / 38.0 g

Display Size/Type: 1.41" (35.9 mm) diagonal AMOLED color touchscreen

Battery Life:

Smartwatch Mode: Up to 11 days
GPS Mode: Up to 26 hours

GPS: Built-in multi-GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: No maps or breadcrumb navigation; Back to \start feature using compass

Safety features: Livetrack, Incident Detection during select activities, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors:

Music: Slate/Black, Peach Gold/Ivory, Cream Gold/French Gray
Non-Music: Slate/Shadow Gray, Cream Gold/White, Metallic Mint/Cool Mint

Price: Non-Music—$249.99; Music—$299.99

The Venu Sq 2 Music fitness watch can store up to 500 of your favorite songs on it for phone-free listening during your workouts, daily runs, and errands. Featuring a bright AMOLED display, this GPS smartwatch combines daily style with health monitoring and fitness features that will keep you in tune with your mind and body. Up to 11 days of battery life means a more complete 24/7 picture of your health. With 25 preloaded sports apps for indoor or outdoor activities, you might be inspired to try something new, including running, cardio, strength, HIIT, and more. Plus, this fitness GPS watch will deliver smart notifications right to your wrist when paired to an Apple® or Android™ smartphone.

Fitbit Sense 2 Smartwatch

Sense 2 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 1.5" (L) x 1.5" (W) x 0.45" (H) / N/A

Display Size/Type: Always-on color touchscreen

Battery Life: 6+ days

GPS: Built-in GPS

Maps & Navigation: Not built in; access to Google Maps

Safety features: None

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Shadow Grey/Graphite Aluminum, Lunar White/Platinum Aluminum, Blue Mist/Soft Golf Aluminum

Price: $299.95

In addition to stress management, sleep insight, health metrics, and fitness tools (daily readiness score, active zone minutes, and 40+ sport modes)—the Fitbit Sense 2 GPS watch also provides heart health with an ECG app and Google Smarts, including Maps and Wallet (coming soon).

This fitness smartwatch may do the basics well, but for the same price, you can get a Garmin Venu Sq 2 Music with loads more battery life, more training tools, safety features, on-watch music storage, built-in compass with back to start, and a stunning AMOLED display.

Garmin vivoactive 5 Fitness GPS Smartwatch

 

 

Vivoactive 5 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 42.2 x 42.2 x 11.1 mm/36g

Display Size/Type: AMOLED (optional always-on), color touchscreen

Battery Life: Up to 11 days (5 days display always-on)

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: Back to Start; No maps

Safety features: Livetrack, Incident Detection during select activities, Incident Detection alert on phone for wearables, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Orchid/Metallic Orchid Aluminum, Black/Slate Aluminum, Ivory/Cream Gold Aluminum, Navy/Metallic Navy Aluminum

Price: $299.99 

This Garmin watch is an on-wrist coach designed to support your goals—whatever they may be. Featuring a bright, colorful AMOLED display and up to 11 days of battery life, the vivoactive 5 GPS smartwatch is purpose-built with essential health and fitness features to help you better understand your body. Body Battery™ energy monitoring helps you keep your energy levels in check with personalized insights based on sleep, naps, stress, workouts and more. Improve the quality of your sleep with personalized sleep coaching and nap detection plus even more details such as HRV status. During the day, switch up your activities with more than 30 built-in sports apps, plus advanced training features to keep you going strong. Receive texts, emails and other smart notifications right from your wrist. Plus, enjoy smart features like music storage and Garmin Pay™ contactless payments. 

Mid Range-Priced Sport Watches

Garmin Forerunner 255/255S (with or without music)

Forerunner 255/255S Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight:

FR 255: 45.6 x 45.6 x 12.9 mm / 49 g
FR 255S: 41 x 41 x 12.4 mm / 39 g

Display Size/Type:

FR 255: 1.3” sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
FR 255S: 1.1” sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)

Battery Life:

FR 255
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 14 days
GPS Mode: Up to 30 hours
FR 255S
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 12 days
GPS Mode: Up to 26 hours

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: Real-time bread crumb trail, point to point navigation, back to start, TracBack®, up ahead; No maps

Safety features: Livetrack, Live Event Sharing, Incident Detection during select activities, Incident Detection alert on phone for wearables, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors:

FR 255: Tidal Blue, Slate Gray, Whitestone (Music), Black (Music)
FR 255S: Light Pink, Powder Gray, Whitestone (Music), Black (Music)

Price: No Music—$349.99, Music—$399.99

Get inspired to run at a higher level with the Forerunner 255/255S GPS watch. These running smartwatches are the perfect tools to train and recover smarter. This Garmin watch provides training status, running power, multi-band GPS, and daily suggested workouts that adapt to your performance and goals. Plus, other new features—such as race widget—help plan your race-day strategy, and morning report with HRV status reveals your overall health alongside the day ahead. Elevate your workouts with this advanced running watch jam-packed with smart features, more than 30 activity profiles—even for triathlon—and the battery life that’ll let you go the distance.

Apple Watch 9 Smartwatch 

Apple Series 9 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight:

41 x 35 x 10.7 mm / 32–42.3g
45 x 38 x 10.7 mm / 38.8g–51.5g

Display Size/Type: Always-on retina LTPO OLED edge-to-edge display with sapphire front crystal; Up to 2,000 nits max brightness

Battery Life: Up to 18 hours of all-day battery life; Up to 36 hours with low power mode.

GPS: Built-in L1 GPS, GNSS, Galileo, and BeiDou

Maps & Navigation: None

Safety features: Fall Detection, Emergency SOS, Crash Detection

Water Resistant: Yes

Price: Starting at $399.99 

This latest version of the Apple Watch series gives you temperature sensing for overall wellness and Cycle features, advanced health features with the ability to take an ECG, car crash detection, and enhanced workouts on the app. Like with all Apple Watches, for serious athletes, outdoor enthusiasts, and those who take their workouts pretty seriously, the Apple Watch 9 lacks in the areas of mapping, navigation, battery life, and training tools that offer more than metrics, like recommendations for recovery and improvement.

Garmin Venu 3/3S Fitness Smartwatch 

Venu 3 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 

• Venu 3S: 41 x 41 x 12 mm/40g
• Venu 3: 45 x 45 x 12 mm/47g

Display Size/Type: 1.2” & 1.4” AMOLED color touchscreen (optional always-on mode)

Battery Life:

Venu 3S:

• Smartwatch mode: Up to 10 days (5 days display always-on)
• Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 20 days
• GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 21 hours

Venu 3:

• Smartwatch mode: Up to 14 days (5 days display always-on)
• Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 26 days
• GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 26 hours 

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: No maps or breadcrumb navigation; Back to start features using compass

Safety features: Livetrack, Incident Detection during select activities, Incident Detection alert on phone for wearables, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: 

• Venu 3S: French Gray/Soft Gold, Pebble Gray/Slate, Sage Gray/Silver, Dust Rose/Soft Gold, Ivory/Soft Golf
• Venu 3: Whitestone/Silver, Black/Slate

Price: $449.99

The perfect fitness watch for those who want to do more, track more, and know more about their health and wellness—right from the wrist. The Venu 3/3S can make and take calls and texts on your watch—so you can keep your phone in your pocket. This Garmin watch has an excellent quality built-in speaker and mic, allowing you to use your smartphone’s voice assistant. Plus, you’ll get Garmin’s full suite of health-monitoring that is like no other brand, 30+ built-in sports apps, more than ample battery life, and on-watch music storage. It’s the ultimate health and fitness smartwatch that perfectly blends sporty and savvy features in a wearable for active lifestyles.

Garmin Forerunner 265/265S

Forerunner 265/265S Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight:

• FR 265: 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 (mm)/47 g
• FR 265S: 41.7 x 41.7 x 12.9 (mm)/39 g

Display Size/Type:

• FR 265: 1.3” AMOLED color touchscreen display (optional always-on mode)
• FR 265S: 1.1” AMOLED color touchscreen (optional always-on mode)

Battery Life:

FR 265: 

• Smartwatch mode: Up to 13 days
• GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 20 hours

FR 265S:

• Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 days
• GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 24 hours
  

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: Real-time bread crumb trail, point to point navigation, back to start, TracBack®, up ahead; No maps

Safety features: Livetrack, Live Event Sharing, Incident Detection during select activities, Incident Detection alert on phone for wearables, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors:

• FR 265: Tidal Blue/Whitestone/Black, Powder Gray/Black, Aqua/Black
• FR 265S: Amp Yellow/Black, Neo Tropic/Whitestone/Black, Light Pink/Whitestone/Black

Price: $449.99

Train brilliantly with the Forerunner 265 GPS running smartwatch. Its colorful AMOLED touchscreen display stands out while the training readiness feature—which tells you when you’re primed for a productive session—helps you crush your goals. Wake up to your morning report with HRV status to see health insights alongside an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook. Plan your race strategy with the race widget, which enables personalized daily suggested workouts that adapt to performance, recovery, the race you’re running and its course. Get ready to make the most of every run with wrist-based running power and multi-band GPS. And when you want to switch it up with cross training, choose from more than 30 activity profiles, including triathlons, cycling, swimming and more. 

Premium Multisport GPS Watch Comparison

Garmin Forerunner 955/955 Solar Running & Triathlon Watch

 

Forerunner 955/955 Solar Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 46.5 x 46.5 x 14.4 mm / 52 g

Display Size/Type: 1.3” transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) color touchscreen

Battery Life:

Smartwatch Mode: Up to 15 days/20 days with solar (solar editions only)
GPS Mode: Up to 40 hours/49 hours with solar (solar editions only)

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: Preloaded topo maps, preloaded road and trail maps, real-time bread crumb trail, point to point navigation, back to start, TracBack®, up ahead

Safety features: Livetrack, Group Livetrack, Spectator Messaging, Live Event Sharing, Incident Detection during select activities, Incident Detection alert on phone for wearables, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Black (solar and non-solar), White (solar and non-solar)

Price: $499.99 (non-solar), $599.99 (solar)

The Forerunner 955/955 Solar premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch has all the training, maps, performance, health, and smart features that the most expensive Garmin multisport watches have. And in the Solar editions, Power Glass™ for solar charging will extend your battery life too. The training readiness feature shows when you're primed for a productive session—while daily suggested workouts adapt to your performance and recovery alongside the race widget, which provides training tips, course details, and completion time predictions. With morning report, get an overview of sleep, recovery, training, and more—as well as a picture of your overall health with heart rate variability (HRV) status (This device is intended to give an estimate of your activity and metrics). Plus, new multi-band GPS and full-color, built-in maps will have you navigating with confidence. And with traditional buttons and a touch display, it has never been easier to tap into training status and know whether you’re training productively, peaking, or strained.

If you need more rugged wearability or even more battery life—you’ll want to take a look at the more expensive fēnix 7 Pro series or the Garmin Enduro 2.

Apple Watch Ultra Premium Smartwatch

Ultra Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 49 x 44 x 14.5 mm / 61.3 g

Display Size/Type: A flat sapphire front crystal, protecting the retina display, which is up to 2,000 nits bright

Battery Life: Up to 36 hours in normal use; Up to 60 hours on low power settings (technology coming in the fall of 2022).

GPS: Built-in dual-frequency L5 GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou

Maps & Navigation: Compass navigation to find your way back to waypoints; back to start function

Safety features: Fall Detection, Emergency SOS, Crash Detection

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors:

Price: $800.00

This latest version of the Apple Watch series for outdoorsy types, gives you temperature sensing for overall wellness and Cycle features, advanced health features with the ability to take an ECG, car crash detection, and enhanced workouts on the app—PLUS bigger size, brighter display that can show up to 6 metrics at once. It also has an "action button" that can instantly begin workouts and move users to the next interval of a Custom Workout or the next leg of a Multisport workout. Like with all Apple Watches, for serious athletes, outdoor enthusiasts, and those who take their workouts pretty seriously, the Apple Watch Ultra lacks in mapping, navigation, battery life, and training tools that offer more than metrics, like recommendations for recovery and improvement.

Garmin Forerunner 965

Forerunner 965 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 47.2 x 47.2 x 13.2 mm / 53 g

Display Size/Type: 1.4” AMOLED color touchscreen display (optional always-on mode)

Battery Life:

Smartwatch Mode: Up to 23 days
GPS Mode: Up to 31 hours

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: Preloaded topo maps, preloaded road and trail maps, real-time bread crumb trail, point to point navigation, back to start, TracBack®, up ahead

Safety features: Livetrack, Group Livetrack, Spectator Messaging, Live Event Sharing, Incident Detection during select activities, Incident Detection alert on phone for wearables, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Carbon Gray/Black, Titanium/Whitestond/Powder Gray, Carbon Gray/Amp Yellow/Black 

Price: $599.99

Train brilliantly with Forerunner 965, the premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch with a bright AMOLED touchscreen display and lightweight titanium bezel. The training readiness feature tells you when you’re primed for a productive session—while multi-band GPS and full-color, built-in maps keep you on track when you’re en route.

Garmin fēnix 7/7S/7X Pro Rugged Multisport GPS Watch

fēnix 7/7S/7X Pro Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight (titanium in Sapphire Solar edition is lighter):

fēnix 7: 47 x 47 x 14.5 mm / 73–79 g
fēnix 7S: 42 x 42 x 14.1 mm / 58–65 g
fēnix 7X: 51 x 51 x 14.9 mm / 89–96 g

Display Size/Type:

fēnix 7: 1.3” transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) color touchscreen
fēnix 7S: 1.2” transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) color touchscreen
fēnix 7X: 1.4” transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) color touchscreen
(Sapphire Solar editions feature a scratch-resistant Sapphire lens)

Battery Life:

fēnix 7:
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 18 days/22 days with solar
GPS Mode: Up to 57 hours/73 hours with solar
fēnix 7S:
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 11 days/14 days with solar
GPS Mode: Up to 37 hours/46 hours with solar
fēnix 7X:
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 28 days/37 days with solar
GPS Mode: Up to 89 hours/122 hours with solar

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: Preloaded topo maps, preloaded road and trail maps, preloaded ski resort maps, real-time bread crumb trail, point to point navigation, back to start, TracBack®, up ahead

Safety features: Livetrack, Group Livetrack, Live Event Sharing, Incident Detection during select activities, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Check out the product page to see all 16 watches and their colors

Price: $799.99–$999.99

If chasing challenges and crushing goals is what you do, you'll love a fēnix 7 Pro multisport GPS watch that is built as tough as you. With cutting-edge training features, sports apps, 24/7 health and wellness monitoring, and more, this Garmin watch is a legit choice for the serious marathon runner or triathlete. Use trusted button controls or the touchscreen to get the features you need. Gain performance insights and metrics that’ll help you manage your exertion and build stamina. Optimize recovery and overall wellness by monitoring heart rate, respiration, stress, sleep and more. GPS and outdoor navigation sensors guide during those outings off the beaten path. And for those tamer days, enjoy connected features like smart notifications, the most music storage of any GPS watch, and Garmin Pay contactless payments. This ain’t even the tip of the iceberg—the Garmin fēnix 7 Pro series of multisport watches keeps on giving from performance features to durability to battery life!

Garmin epix Pro (Gen 2) Premium GPS Smartwatch 

epix Pro Quick Specs

Case Size/Display Size/Weight: 

• 42 mm x 42 mm x 14.1 mm with a 1.2” display / 58-63 g
• 47 mm x 47 mm x 14.5 mm with a 1.3” display / 70-78 g
• 51 mm x 51 mm x 14.9 mm with a 1.4” display / 88-98 g

Display Type: AMOLED color touchscreen

Battery Life:

42mm Smartwatch Mode: Up to 10 days (4 days always-on)
GPS Mode: Up to 28 hours (20 hours always-on)

47mm Smartwatch Mode: Up to 16 days (6 days always-on)
GPS Mode: Up to 42 hours (30 hours always-on)

51mm Smartwatch Mode: Up to 31 days (11 days always-on)
GPS Mode: Up to 82 hours (58 hours always-on)

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: Preloaded topo maps (Sapphire edition only), preloaded road and trail maps (Sapphire edition only), preloaded ski resort maps, real-time bread crumb trail, point to point navigation, back to start, TracBack®, up ahead

Safety features: Livetrack, Group Livetrack, Live Event Sharing, Incident Detection during select activities, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Slate Steel, White Titanium (Sapphire), Black Titanium (Sapphire)

Price: $899.99 (Standard), $999.99 (Sapphire)

Wear a Garmin epix Pro (Gen 2) with a stunning AMOLED display and be epic. With this premium active smartwatch, take on every day with advanced training tools, loads of battery life, and a vibrant eye-catching watch face on your wrist. Train how you want with 30+ built-in sports apps and take it further with performance metrics and Garmin Coach training plans. Plus, conveniently download TopoActive mapping via Wi-Fi® connectivity—or get it preloaded on Sapphire editions. Additionally, Sapphire editions support multi-band GNSS technology for stronger, better, more accurate positioning in challenging environments. Get all of Garmin’s best smart features and health monitoring, along with monster music storage of up to 2,000 songs on watch for phone-free listening. The epix Pro is the perfect GPS watch for those who like eye-catching style and fine technology on their wrist that will work for them whatever part of their active day they’re in.

Garmin Enduro 2 Ultra GPS Watch

Enduro 2 Quick Specs

Case Size/Weight: 51 x 51 x 15.6 mm / 70 g

Display Size/Type: 1.4” transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) color touchscreen

Battery Life:

Smartwatch Mode: Up to 34 days/46 days with solar
GPS Mode: Up to 110 hours/150 hours with solar

GPS: Built-in multi-frequency positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

Maps & Navigation: Preloaded topo maps, preloaded road and trail maps, preloaded ski resort maps, real-time bread crumb trail, point to point navigation, back to start, TracBack®, up ahead, NextFork™ navigation

Safety features: Livetrack, Group Livetrack, Live Event Sharing, Incident Detection during select activities, Incident Detection alert on phone for wearables, Assistance

Water Resistant: Yes

Available Colors: Black

Price: $1,099.99

The Garmin Enduro 2 is the ultraperformance multisport GPS watch that can go to the ends of the Earth and back. Solar power on this puppy provides battery life of up to 150 hours in GPS mode with solar charging—that'll help you outlast your next ultra race. AutoSelect mode uses SatIQ™ technology to dynamically determine the GPS mode necessary to maximize battery life without compromising positional accuracy. The rugged, lightweight design won’t slow you down, and the light UltraFit band offers a secure, comfortable fit during all activities. TopoActive and ski maps will help you find your way, while a variety of built-in sports apps as well as endurance, stamina, and other performance metrics will help take your training to the next level. Use traditional button controls or the new touchscreen interface to access selections. Enduro 2 includes an Adventure Racing World Series-approved adventure racing app. Plus, its advanced features, including the NextFork™ map guide, grade-adjusted pace, and automatic rest timer for ultra runs, will help you prepare to go the distance. A superbright LED flashlight (twice as bright as the fēnix® 7X multisport GPS watch) will even guide you in the dark. If you want “all the things” in a GPS watch, this is it!