i was very disappointed with the enduro 3. sold it and back to my apex pro. the garmin apps with an s (you need like 5) were terrible. Climbpro never worked right. the mapping and battery life were great which is what i needed at PTL.
the question is really ‘are the sensors better?’ than prior or other current models. Holding out for a new Vertix or similar level replacement. As I noted the Garmin Enduro 3 was disappointing. I have loved my coros apex pro for years and love the app (simple and effective) and all the history I have on it. Need long battery and confidence in the sensors. Every sensor system I have had (Enduro 3/Apex Pro/Whoop) conflicts…
The battery life is not what it seems. Think atleast 20-30%less than advertised if you use any function in that watch, including HR, backlight, any of their programs to ‘help’ you run better. They all make your battery go to the wayside. Had mine apex pro die at 27hrs(40hr is the advert). Best they could tell me was to calibrate my battery(too late for that) and to not use any functions on the watch…cuz fuck me.
I love my old Apex Pro, and when I upgrade I will stick with Coros. Can’t beat the price point or the battery life. And when they have updates, they push to the watch. No need to upgrade your watch to get new features (unless the watch is outdated and can’t support them).
When I ran cocodona and bigfoot 200 I had a Coros Apex Pro, and I took it off to charge during naps so I could have it all as one activity. I ran four 100 mile runs with that watch too each on a single charge. I have seen people charge their watch while running, but that can be uncomfortable depending on how the charging port is set up.
I just got a Nomad couple of weeks ago. I upgraded from the Apex Pro 1. I did not have to, the watch was running great. But I found a great deal and jumped on it.
The nomad is great. My reasoning behind getting it was: you get 90% of the Apex 4 (the important 90%), for 70% the price, or even less if you consider buying the official refurbished from Coros, or a second hand on eBay. It shares the processor, screen, memory, sensor, hardware with the Apex 4. You lose the titanium bezel and the sapphire glass, which I addressed by buying a glass screen protector from Amazon at 7usd for 4 discs.
I hope that an AMOLED Apex is in the next 24 months horizon, so I better save up to it.
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