Garmin epix Gen 2, Premium Active smartwatch, Health and Wellness Features, Touchscreen AMOLED Display, Adventure Watch with Advanced Features, White Titanium

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.

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’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.

I'm generally really enjoying this watch. I've had it for a few days. My only complaint is related to the custom workouts. It's REALLY hard to make a workout, send it to the watch and then find it buried in the menu system somewhere. So far I have failed to find the workouts I've created. Consulting the online forums and instructions hasn't helped at all. It's all a bit disappointing. Still, the other features are great.

I've owned several Garmin watches over the last few years, starting with the The main reason that I purchased this watch, starting with the first Instinct, and then up to the Fenix 6. They all had impressive battery life and ruggedness that the Samsung and Iwatch don't. As my eyes age though, the screen on the other Garmin watches was difficult to read in low light, and you had to push a button to use the backlight. The Epix fixes all that for me. The large OLED screen is bright enough to see in any light, and with a flick of the wrist, the screen wakes up. Though the touchscreen works well, old habits die hard and I tend to use the physical buttons more than the screen. They work exactly the same as the Fenix. The usual suite of Garmin software and apps makes it a useful ecosystem to be in. The fitness tracking appears to be accurate, and while the sleep tracking may not be, it does seem consistent for me at least. I don't generally use the built-in mapping, because I usually have my phone and it drains the battery quickly, but the times I have used it, the maps look great and track properly. There are tons of watch faces to help customize as well. The bands are the same as the Fenix watches (not sure about the 8) so there are plenty of replacements on Amazon. And they are the easiest bands to change out as well. The battery is usually about 2 weeks at most, which is sufficient for me; it charges quickly and though it's not a month, it will do. The one complaint I would have is the charger itself. I dislike proprietary chargers, only in that I have to have an extra cable in my bag that already has plenty of extra cables. This is one watch that I think I'll use for quite some time.

Great job Garmin. I love my Epix Gen2. From the great battery life to the amoled display screen. The different activities tracking capabilities are great. The morning report shows you the essential components from training readiness, sleep score/quality, body battery, HRV score and some motivational quotes. On my third Garmin sports watch Forerunner-> Fénix -> Epix

Touch screen doesn't work after 3 years of use. Start/stop button doesn't work after 3 years of use. Battery life lasts less than a week.

At first, I was a little skeptical because the price was “too good to be true”. I decided to buy this watch because it was sold and shipped from Amazon which made me realize that it was not any kind of trap. Got the watch and been using it for the past 3 weeks. It is great. The battery lasts, the screen is awesome, and it tracks almost everything such as my sleep, my workouts (tennis, running, lifting). Could not be happier with this watch.