I had an Apple Watch Ultra 3 that would go two days at most. It is nice to have a watch that has most of the features the Ultra 3 (and some beyond what Apple offers) that can run for days without recharging. I top off the charge in the morning when I take a shower and it gets back to 100% most days. I wish the LTE features were a bit more general with regard to phone calling; perhaps Garmin will add features via a future software update.
My watch has twice locked up to where neither the touch screen or buttons are responding. Usually able to get the top left to respond to start the power down, then back out and it comes back. Is this a HW issue or is there a fix coming?
Garmin is always a good product providing a well rounded smart watch for athletes. I am happy with the battery life and glad they have made it back into the LTE world so I can be safe while training. I can navigate the watch fine but the software is still a little wonky compared to an apple watch.
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.