In mid-July, I started an experiment when I my watch Apple Watch (I will sometimes abbreviate them to AW) exchanged for Garmin Venu 2 Plus. Just a few days after putting the Garmins on my arm, I prepared an article with first impressions:
I’m glad I thought of it then. I might forget and get used to some of the changes that caught my attention right after the exchange. Moreover, everything I mentioned then still applies.
However, with time, other things will become apparent, and here is the planned second article, which I will write after two months: What happens when a longtime, satisfied Apple Watch user starts using a Garmin watch?
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Garmin watch, but which one?
I’ll start from the back, with the result itself: I’m switching from an Apple watch to a Garmin. I’m not saying it’s permanent. In a few years, I will again think about whether to change the stable and check what new Apple has invented, or perhaps a new comparable competition. But now it will be Garmin. Just not with a watch Came 2 Pluswith which I started the test.
It’s not because they don’t suit me. On the contrary. In the course of using it, I just started wondering if I wouldn’t enjoy going to a higher model. With a larger display, navigation with maps and, above all, a full range of sports functions. After all, the Venu is very much a style watch – a small watch that Garmin goes against the Apple Watch – and it lacks some of the features of the higher-end models.
A new model presented at the end of August Garmin Venu 3 it offered some interesting new features, including those that I missed in the older generation (such as VST measurement, regeneration time). I am currently testing this watch and it is excellent. But it doesn’t change the set position of the Venu series, I still wanted to look higher.
Fortunately, I had an easier choice and didn’t have to wade through Garmin’s entire (somewhat confusing) portfolio of watches. After my experience with Apple and Venu, I had a condition: I want an Amoled display.
The trans-reflective MIP display that Garmin is famous for is without a doubt great for certain uses. It can be always on, and the more light hits it, the brighter it gets. It can also be equipped with a layer for solar charging, and watches with it have incredible durability. But it does not shine like Amoled, its black is not black, the display does not look so nice. My deteriorating eyesight also plays a role – I want the watch to shine nicely.
Thanks to this condition, I did not have such a difficult choice. After the Venu 2 Plus, or today the Venu 3, I first looked at the watch Garmin Epix. With them, choosing a specific model is also more complicated, because there are two series, three sizes and different configurations. But also twice the price and significantly larger dimensions and weight. And I need the top row at all, isn’t it useless for me?
But then I discovered a watch that I had overlooked until now: Forerunner 965. I hardly ever run, so I might not be interested in a model for runners. But that’s just slightly confusing labeling of Garmin products. These Forerunners are actually universal watches that can be used for any sport. The functions of the Epixes are – with only minor differences – fitted into a smaller and lighter body. Even so, it can fit a display of the same size as the largest version of the Epix 51 mm watch. They use a larger font for this, which suits my eyes.
I could also think about Garmin Forerunner 265. These watches are smaller, a little more plastic, have less durability. But it lacks the built-in map I wanted and various little things. Otherwise, it would also be a very good compromise.
A few days before the publication of the article, Garmin also presented an AMOLED watch Vivoactive 5. But that’s already a lower line.
Although the Venu watch is the cheapest of these models, only you can call them. Others will also connect to the phone, notifications will be transferred to them, but communication, including calls, is not available. I don’t mind it personally, I tried phoning Vena once just so it wouldn’t be said, and it’s more of an emergency. But people who are used to calling from the wrist on the AW may miss this feature on other Garmin models.
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2023-09-25 15:59:44
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