Customer Reviews for Garmin - fnix 8 Pro AMOLED Sapphire GPS Smartwatch 47mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Titanium - (2025)
Customer Rating
3
Its okay, thinking of returning
on December 18, 2025
Posted by: Oh well
Too much to type, but in a nutshell, if your whole family/network is using garmin then that would be great, otherwise, not so great. All the"pro" features are not useful if all are not connected.
I received this as a gift, and was hoping that the cellular features would allow me to run with just my watch and remain in contact. That is not the case. Only people who have the Garmin messaging app can contact me, which is useless as people call/text my normal number, and none of that comes through like it does on my Apple Watch. I suppose for now I will continue to run with my Apple Watch for communications, and Garmin for run tracking. All other features are great. Garmin has had more than a decade to try to match communications features with Apple Watches, and they’re still not there.
I absolutely love my watch. The built in Garmin in reach feature gives my family piece of mind when I’m back country hiking and camping. I was surprised how easy the watch was to setup. I have enjoyed the follow on emails giving even more details on how to work all the features this watch has and there are more than plenty of features. 100% recommend purchasing this product.
I'm a big fan of Garmin Watches, I started with a Decent G1, upgraded to Fenix 8 and then, as soon as it came out, upgraded to Fenix 8 Pro and here's why.
One thing that lacked in Fenix 8 was that with everything it can do, without a phone present, it couldn't send out distress messages. Since this watch is ment to be worn by the best, to do the best, I always found it bizarre.
But LTE and In-reach built in is a game changer. Apple Watch Ultra, literally had one advantage over Fenix 8 and it was the outside connection. Now there's literally no reason to buy an Apple Watch.
20+ days of battery, any sports & expedition related tech built in.
I upgraded from he Forerunnert 945 LTE. I wanted both for the emergency services (heart condition) and the Fenix adds satellite. Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, it does not have automatic incident detection like the Forerunner did. It's also larger than I would have liked. The touch screen is nice, and the features/activities list is seemingly endless.