Garmin fēnix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED, Sapphire, Premium Multisport GPS Smartwatch, Long-Lasting Battery Life, Dive-Rated, Built-in LED Flashlight, Titanium with Spark Orange/Graphite Band

I couldn't be happier with my Garmin fēnix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED! This watch is an absolute powerhouse, delivering exceptional performance, cutting-edge features, and remarkable durability.One of the standout aspects is the battery life. By customizing the watch face and optimizing the settings, I've been able to achieve 12+ days of battery life on a single charge, even with daily activity tracking and notifications enabled. This is a game-changer for someone like me who is always on the move and doesn’t want to worry about frequent charging.I specifically customized the watch face to have a simple black background, with date, battery meter, and heart rate showing. I've also turned always on display set to off. I really love the build quality, it's rugged yet stylish, making it perfect for both outdoor adventures and everyday wear.I complete in full distance Ironman's, and this watch excels at fitness training, with an incredible range of metrics for running, cycling, and swimming. The GPS accuracy is spot-on, and the health monitoring features like heart rate, VO2 max, and sleep tracking help me train to my peak.If you're looking for a premium smartwatch that delivers long-lasting battery life without compromising on features, the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro is a no-brainer. Highly recommended! 👏👏👏

Upgraded from a fenix 5 that was showing it's age. The amoled display is bright, snappy and gorgeous. The menu takes some getting used to, but it's much faster and easier once I figured it out. I wanted sapphire since my 5 picked up a few scratches over the years. I'm not sure why there's so much hate on the 8. The only issues I've read about are how it shut down in earlier patches when submerged in very cold water. Definitely an issue, but seems to be corrected.My old watch was steel. Titanium is so much lighter. It feels less substantial, which makes my mind assume it's less robust, but that's just a mental thing. The lighter weight is less pressure on my wrist.The built-in flashlight is super handy. Really enjoy having that.Having new activities available is also very nice.Battery life with the amoled screen is going to take more experience for me to figure out. I did a 3 hour hike and it drained 20% of my battery. The screen was on the whole time with altitude, compass, time and distance going. That alone has me worried since I do things that need much longer life than that. This was a concern abandoning the MIPS version, but the screen is so much better overall. I will update after some longer usages and whether or not I can disable always on mode during an activity.Screen remains visible in bright sun, something I was worried about since MIPS screens are great in bright sun and I dont want to be fighting glare on an led screen.I do wish Garmin and peloton worked together actively. Not sure why they don't but it's a frustration for a best in class fitness watch. You can have the watch broadcast heart rate to the bike, but the bike doesn't truly connect to share watts, speed, resistance, etc. It means I can't get VO2 info or any other true stress feedback via Connect from those sessions.Lastly there's major sticker shock on everything and this was no exception. I managed to get it a little under retail, but my fenix 5 was like $500 and that felt splurgy. $1100 is just nuts.

Absolutely love my watch. Feels great, battery lasts forever and the orange band stands out. I’ve owned multiple garmins and this one is my favorite by far.

It takes me back to the flip phone days of typing text replies with a keypad keyboard! LOL! The 20-year time warp on Garmin's latest $1100 watch is hilarious. I can't believe you can voice reply to messages.There's no browser on this device, and message links cannot be launched from the watch on the phone. So you'll still need to use your phone to take any action on a message, including replying. They do load pictures from some app messages (so far just Amazon), but not SMS.Taking Bluetooth calls on this is worthless; unless you're in a soundproof room, you won't hear the speaker.Learning how to use this is painful. Customizing the watch using the app is painful as well, and of course, all the good watch faces cost money.The workout planner is cool, but it's a pain to use. Editing your workouts is difficult, but the free workout runner detects sets decently.The watch doesn't quite sit flat on my wrist unless I really pull it tight. But the band is comfortable day and night.I like the body battery and sleep tracker charts. It would be nice to be able to export the data.The watch isn't good at detecting when I turn my wrist to see the time. I have to touch it half the time.The map feature is neat, but they reused the old cheesy-looking Garmin GPS map device they used to sell for rental cars. Unfortunately, there's no way to click on the elements of the map to get more information about the icons and locations. Like, what trail is that? Give me directions or start hiking a trail on the map. Nope, it's just a dumb display! Cute!All the same health tracking features are available on a $90 Fitbit, so I really think they are juicing the price on this with no value added.Lower the price to $600, and I wouldn't mind all the ridiculous flaws, but don't insult me with a $1100 price tag.

Big improvement over the Fenix 6! All around great watch.