Fenix 8 47mm, AMOLED, Saphire, Carbon Gray Titanium Black, Black/Pebble Gray Band Fitness Tracker
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Web ID: 53119413 weeks in...
I decided to upgrade from the Venue 2 plus to the Fenix 8. The Fenix had some GPS features I really wanted so I took advantage of the Black Friday sale. Much like my old watch, this watch is great. The screen is so easy to read and it is easy to navigate. My favorite feature is honestly the flashlight! It is so dang handy! The one thing I am a little disappointed in and the reason I am only giving 4 stars is the accuracy of the heartrate monitor. It is way less accurate than my old watch. Like sometime 30 to 40 beats per minute low. I would think for the giant increase in price that this would be a lot better. Having been on some Garmin forums since buying the watch to see if there is a fix it appears I am not the only one with this problem.
Customer review from Garmin
Top Notch !!!
This watch is by far the best outdoor watch I have ever owned.
Customer review from Garmin
Legit
Touch screen is great. Battery life with a heavy draining screen saver / and many workouts a week is still at 7 days at least.
Customer review from ExpertVoice.com
Great watch
Been using crappy electric watches for sometime now not an I watch fan. My wife likes it but I bought my son a grandma watch a few years back and he loves it so I figured why not. I’ll buy myself one. I did I like the battery life last long time. Features are good crisp clean
Customer review from Garmin
Probably the best smartwatch you can buy!
I upgraded from a Fenix 6 that I had purchased in 2020. The Fenix 8 AMOLED is an absolutely amazing piece of tech, even in comparison to the F6. I was always underwhelmed by the display of the Fenix 6, as all of the advertised screenshots and downloadable watch faces always looked so much brighter and had more contrast than the screen actually had. The Fenix 6, although amazingly durable, was just OK from the context of visualizations. The Fenix 8 display is what I wanted the 6 to be; bright and easy to read at a glance. Battery life is improved by about 2 days (16 days on F8, 14 days on F6), and I keep the screen LED’s off and only turn on with “gesture”, meaning that the screen is off (black) until I move my wrist to look at it, then it lights up for 8 seconds. I believe this improves the battery life by even more. I’ve had the watch for about a week now, and it says it has 9 days left before needing a recharge. Of course, if I use it to track my hikes or bike rides, that amount of accurate tracking will use more battery. But just wearing it barely uses battery life. I got the Orange Spark this time (F6 was Black), I always liked the orange accents and titanium grey bezel…matches a lot of my personal hiking gear. I opted to get the 47mm watch, same a my old F6. I felt that the 51mm size was way too big. The screen is the same size, but the bezel is 2mm wider and holds a slightly larger battery (24 days I think?) I find that the 47mm size is perfect for my medium-sized wrist and arm. I actually tried an Apple Watch Series 10 earlier this year, and I absolutely hated it. I found the Apple Watch to be nothing more than having a 2nd iPhone strapped to your wrist. I had to go back to a Garmin… With the Garmin Connect app, I was able to sync the new F8 with all my old F6 data, so no lost time.
Customer review from Garmin
What a great product!!
I upgraded from a Forerunner 255 and I have no regrets. This watch is extremely functional, the battery life is exceptional and I can’t wait to use it for more adventures.
Customer review from Garmin
Good but.....
I've had for about a month and like most of the features. Buttons are strange but functional - locks up when I try to start an activity and has to be rebooted about once a day.
Customer review from Garmin
Great but
I bought this watch a month ago. I really enjoy the battery life and the screen. My only annoyance is sometimes it doesn’t correctly pick up my sleep and another big thing is, I can’t send text via iOS from the watch. And that itself is making me debate about getting an android phone or switching to the ultra 3
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