COROS - PACE 4

Would defn suggest the Coros ecosystem, its much more polished and seamless than garmin. Switched and haven't looked back. Maps on any watch are a gimmick since the screen is so small and pretty much always have smartphone on hand, so think the Pace4 is better than even Pace Pro.

Loving my Coros Pace 4. Switched from Garmin and not looking back at all. Disliked the clunky Garmin app a lot. Hardware was good though. Coros’ value is unbeaten imo

I recently switched to Coros coming from Garmin. Specifically Fenix 7 Pro to Pace 4. Prefer the overall experience and app a lot. Garmin is moving towards Connect+ (their subscription) more and more and their hardware prices increased a lot over the past few years. Coros’ value is unbeaten imo. 

Came here to say the pace 3 or 4. Changed my life. As long as you don't care about paying with your watch, listening to Spotify or anything. Coros pace line is a great budget option. Check out reviews online, mostly positive. When you get to serious training I'd pair it to a HR monitor for any watch for more accurate hr.

And only $200 with Pace 4 released. Great deal, great battery life. My recommendation as well

Coros pace 4. I love my coros device. Battery is about 14 days. I'm a runner (6 days of exercise a week. At least 1hr each run) and it still gets 2 weeks on a charge. Incredible device IMO and cheaper that it's competitors while still having good features. I'm using a pace 3 but allegedly the 4 has a better battery life. I'm about 14 months with mine and it's still as good as the day I got it

GPS accuracy is really good for me. I do usually run open road with some trails mixed in so I'm usually in what I'd say is pretty good coverage, never tried taking it super off the beaten path, but i've never looked at it and seen it be horribly wrong or anything like that. It's a great 'no frills' fitness device for sure. Smart features are basically non existent. It shows text messages on the watch face when you get them but there isn't any apps or interacting at all, just a notification thing. I've been super happy with how well its held up considering the price edit: not to hype up its battery life too much but I just checked my charge. I charged this last on Saturday, ran a Marathon on Sunday, and then ran 2 more days since then. Its at 56% right now, 6 days later and 6 hours of exercise. Honestly not sure how this thing works but it seems like black magic to me

Coros Pace Pro or 4, their app UI is so much better than Garmin, all features are available with the watch purchase (no premium needed)

Just got a Coros Pace 4 after an Apple Watch and I love it. Battery life is crazy good.

I can only speak for the coros pace 4 I went with coros instead of garmin because i have a wahoo computer and the coros was slightly cheaper than the garmin and better battery life. I also run 2-3 times a week on top of cycling, so the below things im gonna say are not too much of a bother. If i only cycled i would have returned or sold it. The LARGEST issue is Coros doesnt sync from strava. So if i record an activity on my wahoo or zwift, it uploads to strava, then I have to download the .fit file and import it to Coros. If i record on the watch its no problem. Even the wahoo app gets new strava uploads with no issues. I didnt know about this problem before getting it because all of the reviews are from runners who dont zwift or bike. I cant tell you about the experience for someone with a coros head unit. That would probably eliminate this issue. Ive found multiple forum posts asking Coros for strava/zwift integration but unfortunately it seems from the developers answers  they are getting ignored and delayed by both platforms Your mileage may vary but i dont mind the export/upload process, ots quite an excellent watch for the price for running and general fitness tracking and the app gives good insights.

For me getting a watch gave motivation to continue running and aim at bigger and bigger goals. 10k became half marathon, then marathon and now my focus is ultras. I don’t think there is any magic watch and they will probably all tree be great. Someone mentioned a cheststrap for puls measuring. I clearly prefer the arm strap from Coros it is accurate and much more comfortable to wear.

u/Holiday_Date705 and anyone else interested: Currently laid up with a bum knee and having an ear surgery soon — so too much time on my hands LOL. I would say newly released Garmin watches are buggy. Sometimes closer to alpha firmware release than a beta. But after a year, their watches tend to stabilize. COROS tends to be a little more stable overall, but then their firmware has less customization. Therefore, less on board computational processes. On a Garmin, you can set-up & use the watch without the smartphone app and onboard the watch can determine VO2max, sleep scoring, HRV, training load, estimate race times, etc. All the other brands (COROS included) require the use of their smartphone app for initial setup and periodical the app for many of the other features. My point being is not a pro-Garmin stance, but rather that Garmin has a lot going on (within the watch) which means every update, bug fix, etc can break something else (sometimes seemingly unrelated). Which is why I went with COROS. The COROS watches deliver what I want (mostly) without the noisy marketing features. In turn, this yields more stability, but also less feature rich. Suunto’s UI has improved a great deal within the last few product releases (Vertical 2, Race 2 & Run) but their UI functionality can be odd. Not necessarily hard to use or unintuitive, just odd. Right now the Suunto maps were adjusted to possibly download faster resulting in reducing trail and road detail unless you are zoomed in very close. Which for trail running / hiking I find defeats the purpose of having a wrist map. As when I want a quick reference with some context beyond what can be seen. After COROS updated their maps, I see more TOPO and POI detail with faster panning/zooming than what was experienced on my last Garmin (Enduro 3). So, if you go down the rabbit hole on these devices the only perfect watch is the one you just bought. Once the honeymoon is over… marketing of another watch will try to hook you. LOL. COROS may not be the most developed product but I find it consistent and their team appears to genuinely listen to their customers (wants/demands). Additionally, they are not selling a hardware revision each year of a particular product line (series). For example, the recently released Apex 4 & Pace 4 may not see a new hardware revision until fall 2028 (based on previous release history). Additionally, COROS has consistently try to provide as many features as functionally possible (as the hardware will support) to their older products.