Garmin epix Gen 2, Premium Active smartwatch, Touchscreen AMOLED Display, Adventure Watch with Advanced Features, Slate Steel

My first Garmin watch and I love it. I have been using Samsung smart watches and this is a huge upgrade. I have had the watch about a month. The battery life is over the top. I had a Galaxy Watch 4 Classic and got about 2 days of use between charges. On my first two charges I got about 12 days of battery life per charge. This is with Always On Display off and wrist gesture on. This time of year my exercise is mainly walking/hiking. In the 12 day periods I averaged 17 miles which was about 5.7 hours of GPS time per charge. Battery life is my single most favorite part of this watch. I can't tell you how nice it is not to worry about charging the watch frequently. After a month it would be very difficult to go back to a watch which has to be charged frequently. Other things I like about the watch include: - For the size, this watch is very light. Significantly lighter than my Galaxy 4 Classic. - Screen is awesome. High res and very bright. No issues in sunlight. - Sapphire crystal. - Plenty of memory. Even with the all the maps preloaded 15.6 gb is available. - Maps are preloaded and include topo. Maps are very usable with high res screen. - The amount of detailed information you can get on the watch relating to exercise is amazing. - The phone app is great and you can get even more detailed information relating to your exercise. - The widgets on the watch are very helpful and detailed. With the GW4 I had to go to phone to get details. - Crazy amount of sport modes (which I will only use a fraction of). - Heart rate monitor is very accurate. - GPS is also very accurate and multi band really helps in hard to cover areas. - Routing and navigation features with maps are fantastic. There is not much I dislike about the watch besides the price. After a month of using it, the price does not bother me as much :) I do wish it had better lossless music file support. I have much of my music in FLAC format.

I had a Fenix and sold it to purchase an Apple Watch Ultra which I still have and enjoy using. However, while the AWU is a great smartwatch and has far better interaction, notification and connection to other Apple devices the AWU has horrendous batter life and it's fitness tracking is not as good as Garmin. Both watches have their place and I'll keep the AWU as it does have it's place. Regarding the Epix G2, the amoled screen is excellent, bright vibrant color, works well enough in direct sun and still, even with AOD enabled allows for multi-week battery. Compared to a day and a half on the AWU this is amazing. Workout tracking, step tracking and mapping are great and work as well as the AWU. Also I prefer that the Epix is round, watches should be round. Once the weather gets better I am looking forward to comparing the Epix G2 to my Garmin Edge 1000, if the EG2 works well enough as a cycling computer I'll likely sell the Edge as I don't need two cycling computers. Overall I'm very happy with the watch, it does many things excellent, some things good. If there way interaction with notifications, like an Apple Watch then it would be the perfect device, alas Apple will never allow that.

Very high quality device. Great battery life. Everything is customizable right down to every little window in my picture. Each little circle can be changed. It is a bigger watch but it is hard to get this much into a smaller device. Plus, for the maps and display, you want it a bit bigger. Only complaint is the price. It is just a bit expensive but watch for sales. It is not so bad on sale. Still a great quality device. I would buy it again. I found a second complaint. When running on a treadmill, it would sometimes stop tracking distance. If I ran 5 miles, it would record 2.6 miles. It just stops sometimes. Not always. Probably 1 of 5 times. For that, it lost a star. REVISED: USER ERROR. THERE IS A TREADMILL OPTION. I FOUND IT LATER. ADDING THE STAR BACK TO THE REVIEW. I had purchased another Garmin watch, Instinct 2 Solar,with the same features but I had difficulty reading the display without reading glasses. That's a great watch too just not as easy on the eyes. This is much much better. I can at least see it although, still is better with my glasses. The display is gorgeous. The picture makes it appear to have depth. It doesn't appear quite as 3D as the picture shows but still is a gorgeous display. Everything you see on the face is customizable. Including choosing different colors, displays, etc... just a very cool watch.

I’ve been wearing Garmin smart watches for years and I think I’ve been waiting for this for years. The AMOLED display is bright and beautiful. The battery life for my GPS use pattern is good, several days. The “always on” but dimmed out Display mode works great. The GPS accuracy is better than the Garmin MARQ I was wearing before. The wrist based HRM is better than the MARQ too, none of the annoying, wildly inaccurate heart rate spikes. The golf app works great and only consumes 15% of a full charge for a 4 hour round. I really like the white band & case and titanium bezel, looks sophisticated and cool. The selection of watch faces is large and I use an Omega Seamaster look-alike. I’ve had pretty good luck with the Amazon Prime music app and the Bluetooth connection from the watch to by Bose ear buds is very good. It’s hard to find cons, I’m disappointed they continue to use the Fenix style connector, the spring loaded connector for the MARQ was MUCH BETTER. I haven’t been able to make Garmin’s external display feature to my Edge 520+ bike computer work, generally, my Edge just crashes. Probably a problem with the edge, not the watch.

This full featured watch is amazing durability. I am in construction and damage just about everything I wear. For me the sapphire display and titanium bezel is a huge win. I try to be very careful but have on a few occasions scraped the front of the watch across concrete, stucco finish or other surfaces that would majorly scratch or destroy any other watch. Absolutely scarry everytime it happens. I also have two large dogs that like to play hard and have clawed and teethed the lens on multiple occasions. The watch still looks new and not a single scratch after having it for about a year. I never worry about getting it dirty or submerged in water. In fact I wash the watch like i would anything else to remove the dirt and grime it gets from work and outdoor play. The features are spot on and work great. I can't think of anything this watch lacks other than a bullet proof built in microphone. Never have seen a built in microphone that will hold up to the punishment that I put things through. For now I am perfectly happy without.

At the beginning I was very happy and all looks promising, a week later back button stop working, I Googled a bit and see that I wasnt the only one who has this and it might related to using it in water environment. A day before I shipped it back, the "back" button return to work some who. So now this watch is under microscope to see that this defect not returning. The good, the screen is amazing sharp and it is an impressive watch. hanging around with this watch for 2 months - Great watch, fun and clear

got this half off. it feels like a premium smartwatch, as it should. i was coming from the venu 2 and while i don't notice too much difference in general use the gps is more accurate, faster to lock location, etc. battery life is also great, around two weeks between charges if i sit around at home or about 1 if i run frequently (context: 10-20mi runs). weight is barely noticeable to me. AMOLED is beautiful and the sapphire screen is unscratched

I have every Apple Watch and most Garmin watches but this is the best watch I have ever owned. Apple Watches are nice but hard to read and they only last a day and half per charge (the Ultra). Most Garmin watches are had to use and hard to see. I have bought the Fenix 5, 6 solar titanium, Foreruinner and others. None of them compare to the Epic Gen 2. The Amoled screen is the best on the market. Easy to see even in bright sunlight. Touch screen works better than any watch I have owned. It is very easy to use (most Garmin are hard to use and see). It doesn’t have fall protection or phone calling like the Apple but I never used those anyway. And did I mention that it goes 15 days on a singe charge. LET ME REPEAT THAT 15 DAYS ON A SINGLE CHARGE. This is the watch Apple should have made. Every watch should have an Amoled Sceen PERIOD!!!!!! This is the only watch I will need for a long time. Highly Recommend! PS gave my Apple Ultra to my brother.

Me está fascinado este epix 2. La pantalla amoled es sensacional, el sistema es rápido y las métricas deportivas de lo más completo. Es muy útil que pongas una fecha de carrera y te diseñe un plan de entrenamiento basado en tu condición física, nivel de VO2, sueño, recuperación, entre otros. El GPS se conecta rápido y es muy preciso, los sensores de Frecuencia cardiaca, podómetro, se conectan de inmediato en cuanto inicia una actividad. El material de la correa es suave y de buena calidad. El reloj no es pesado y es muy cómodo para correr, el día a día, dormir, ciclismo, yoga.

Got this on sale and it was the best buy i’ve ever made. love this watch. had 3 apple watches before this and will never go back. If you want to wear it while sleeping (it has a great sleep tracking function) then I suggest buying a soft 3rd party band to use at night (use the stock band for exercising). bands can be changed in seconds with the quick release so it’s super easy to change.

Bought this as an upgrade from Forerunner 255, for the display and metallic casing. It does a great job and has some extra features which are nice. The display is fantastic, with configurable brightness, always on and during activity setup. Battery lasts a bit more than a week, and I use it about 7 hours per week in GPS mode, power mode set to "normal". It is a bit big, but it fits under my shirts/suits sleeves, so that okay for me.

Well packed and arrive just in time as a father's day gift. Really love this watch. The resolution is brilliant and clear. Have been using it for the past 5 days and the battery life is amazing. Got this watch at an amazing price. Highly recommended

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