Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - fnix 8 AMOLED GPS Smartwatch 47 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Slate Gray - (2024)
Average customer rating
4.1
(90 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 90 reviews
5 Stars
52
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
7
1 Star
6
Customer Reviews for Garmin - fnix 8 AMOLED GPS Smartwatch 47 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Slate Gray - (2024)
Customer Rating
5
Probably the best smartwatch you can buy!
on December 2, 2025
Posted by: Eddie Tee
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.
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.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great watch
on December 3, 2025
Posted by: Mac 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
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Legit
on December 5, 2025
Posted by: Morgan D
Touch screen is great. Battery life with a heavy draining screen saver / and many workouts a week is still at 7 days at least.
Written by a customer while visiting ExpertVoice.com
Customer Rating
5
Top Notch !!!
on December 5, 2025
Posted by: Hadar R
This watch is by far the best outdoor watch I have ever owned.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
3 weeks in...
on December 10, 2025
Posted by: Joel T.
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.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great watch, but had issue w/ Red screen
on December 12, 2025
Posted by: Mike P in Hawaii
Got this watch to upgrade my Fenix 6, which was a great watch. Had for about 6 months then screen went all red. Called Support and went through a series of steps to see if it was a setting or soft ware issue. They determined it was a had wear issue and replaced watch, which is currently working great. Would buy again as great watch.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Pulse Ox doesnt work
on December 14, 2025
Posted by: SpartanJustice
I bought this watch specifically for the pulse ox feature and it is absolutely impossible to do a manual reading with this watch. It will do its own readings once in a while but manually it’s absolutely impossible. I’ve tried reaching out to tech-support. They said you have to hold still I’ve tried dozens of times, a person can’t hold anymore still and yet it still throws an error saying unable to read the features of the watch marginally well
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
I was expecting more
on December 16, 2025
Posted by: Rodmen
Not sure if i haven't understand how to use it yet, but I was expecting more for a watch of this price.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin