Watch SE (2nd Gen)

Damn…just bought an SE 2 last week :(

Yep got rid of my Apple Watch a month ago and it’s been way better. The 165 Garmins battery last at least a week and wicked easy to use. Use mine for running and it’s been great for that some reason my AW SE2 would constantly stop recording my run don’t know why but never worked right. Also the battery only lasted 2 days terrible.

I have an SE2. 100% wait for that 3.

Apple Watch with cellular. She won’t need to have her phone on her at all times and I personally love this for my workouts. If price isn’t an issue, get the Series 10, otherwise SE2 is perfectly serviceable. No point to look at other brands outside of Apple, unless she goes on multi day hikes, in which case a Garmin is a better choice, even if they got no cellular options.

If you expect any smartwatch capabilities you’ll be frustrated with the Garmin. I was wondering if I should go for Garmin last year and for my use case I am glad I didn’t. I need a smartwatch that gives me access to all my usual apps and payment methods and has LTE so I don’t need to carry my phone around. The Apple Watch was an amazing purchase for me. The Apple Watch also has more accurate tracking and an extra app brings the same gimmicks like “body battery” and “recovery” to it. Still Garmin is a no brainer if you need a sturdy watch for long outdoors sessions, like a multiday hike for example. So “was it a good choice?” depends on - what are you actually doing with your watch? If you aren’t spending your time in the wild outdoors, no, the Enduro is not a good choice.

*topic on battery apple watch SE has it all except the battery life. got frustrated with it dahil ang dali ma drain kahit hindi ginagamit. makalimutan ko lang i-charge sa gabi after my workout, useless na siya the next day if I need to go, and it charges very slow. I switched to huawei fit (3) and no regrets. battery can go for more than a week without charging. it charges really fast din.

I switched from an apple se2 to a coros nomad and I will never go back. My apple almost died when I was doing a trail race. We have the same concerns, battery life. I only switched because I really wanted the data, I think you probably should think about it. But the aw was a really good daily watch, notifications and all that jazz. But being away from that was pretty good detox too.

garmin>coros>suunto in that order I switched from an apple watch to a coros recently. never going back.

I have an SE2, purchased new 1.5 years ago. I usually charge it for about two hours at my desk every morning and that’s sufficient. But I also have a focus mode on most of the time, so maybe it helps slow down battery drain? I noticed certain watch faces (i.e. Nike bounce face) drained it much faster. I switched to a modular face with minimal complications and now I usually get away with charging once every 24 hours, for about two hours. I don’t use my watch for tracking many exercises though. I do use it for Siri (timers, alarms, texts).