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Comparing GPS Sports Watches

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Pros Excellent battery life, great interface, advanced health metrics, beautiful screen resolution, flashlightDurable, incredible battery life, large screen, great appLeading UI for a smartwatch, great design, excellent health metricsBuild quality, improved UI, AMOLED DisplayDurable, great design, 49mm case, incredible battery life
Cons Companion app could be better, expensiveHeavy, expensive, limited touch function, resume later function not enabled across all activitiesShort battery life, expensive, limited improvements over Ultra 1Less software features than competition, single Bluetooth pairing per sensor typeSlow software, minimal features, expensive
Bottom Line The best GPS watch on the market for serious athletes looking for high accuracy and all-day health trackingThe most rugged expedition-ready watch we tested with insane battery life in a large 51mm caseThis watch excels in accuracy, connectivity, and user-friendliness, though it's a modest upgrade over the first generationThis watch features an improved menu, UI, and AMOLED display, along with its excellent build qualityIf your highest priorities are build quality and design, this watch comes through, but we wish it had a more user-friendly interface
Rating Categories Garmin Fenix 7 Pro... Coros Vertix 2 Apple Watch Ultra 2 Suunto Race Suunto Vertical Tit...
Features (20%)
9.0
8.0
10.0
7.5
7.5
Battery Life (20%)
7.1
10.0
4.0
5.9
7.8
Ease of Use (20%)
9.0
8.0
9.0
8.0
5.5
Accuracy (20%)
9.5
8.0
8.0
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8.0
Design (20%)
9.0
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Specs Garmin Fenix 7 Pro... Coros Vertix 2 Apple Watch Ultra 2 Suunto Race Suunto Vertical Tit...
Watch Face Material Power glass Sapphire Glass Flat sapphire crystal display Sapphire crystal Sapphire crystal
Bezel Stainless steel Grade 5 titanium alloy with PVD coating Titanium Stainless steel Titanium Grade 5
Case Fiber reinforced polymer Titanium alloy with PVD coating Titanium and ceramic Glass fiber reinforced polyamide Glass fiber reinforced polyamide
Strap Material Silicone Silicon or nylon Spandex/Polyester Silicone Silicone
Tools Required to Change Band? No No No No No
Model Tested Pro Solar Standard N/A Stainless Steel Titanium
Size Tested 47 mm One size only One size only One size only One size only
Measured Main Body Size (diameter) 47 mm 50 mm 49 mm 49 mm 49 mm
Measured Thickness 14.5 mm 16 mm 14.4 mm 13.3 mm 13.6 mm
Measured Screen Width 33 mm 35.5 mm 35 mm 36 mm 35.5 mm
Measured Weight 2.9 oz 3.17 oz 2.60 oz 2.93 oz 2.7 oz
Measured Charging Time 150 min 128 min 96 min 84 min 90 min
Battery Type Rechargable lithium ion Rechargable lithium ion Rechargable lithium ion Rechargable lithium ion Rechargable lithium ion
Measured Battery Life With GPS 75 hours 135 hours 12 hours 50 hours 90 hours
Manufacturer-Reported Battery Life Smartwatch: Up to 18 days/22 days with solar
Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 57 days/173 days with solar
GPS Only: Up to 57 hours/73 hours with solar
All Satellte Systems: Up to 40 hours/48 hours with solar
All Satellite Systems + Multi-band: Up to 23 hours/26 hours with solar
All Satellite Systems + Music: Up to 10 hours
Max Battery GPS: Up to 136 hours/289 hours with solar
Expedition GPS: Up to 40 days/74 days with solar
Smartwatch mode: 60 days;
GPS: 140 hours
Up to 36 hours normal use In time mode: 26 days
With 24/7 tracking and mobile notifications: 12 days
Training mode with GPS: 40h / 50h / 70h / 120h
In time mode: 60 days - Solar: 1 Year
24/7 tracking and mobile notifications: 30 days - Solar: 60 days
Training mode with GPS:
60h / 90h /140h / 500h - Solar: 85h / 140h / 280h / 30d
Navigation Built In? Yes Yes Yes - detailed Yes Yes
Satellite Networks Used GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS Precision dual-frequency GPS: GPS, GNSS, Galileo and BeiDou GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BEIDOU GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BEIDOU
Maps? Yes Yes - detailed Yes - detailed Yes - detailed Yes
Back to Start Navigation? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Water Resistance (max depth) 100m 100m 100m 100m 100m
Music Control? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Music Storage? Yes Yes - 32gb storage Yes - 64gb storage No Yes - 32gb storage
Daily Fitness Tracking? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Touchless Payment? Yes No Yes No No
Sleep Tracking? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Blood Oxygen? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Compass? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Barometric Altimeter? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Temperature Sensor? Yes Yes Yes No No
Main Software App Garmin Connect, widgets for other features Coros App Apple Health Suunto Suunto
Can Software Crossover to Different Software Ecosystems? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Warranty Info 1 year 2 year 1 year 2 year 2 year