COROS - PACE Pro GPS Sport Watch

You dont have to run to use the coros system. The pace pro is functional really no different from the other models in the brand for the most part (pace pro has the amoled screen and less rugged than the more expensive models). It will absolutely be useful to show trends and measurements, however to monitor hr in real time during non activities would require changing the default setting and use more battery and you might not be super impressed with the sleep phases (no consume brands are 100 on that though) so its ok. Coros targets runners b/c i think thats the biggest market for sport watches and everything else is likely a big drop in share, as well as accuracy and modeling.

coros pace pro! does everything a garmin does for a fraction of the price

Garmin seems to stop supporting their watches with new features within around 18 months of release. Also with the new Garmin connect subscription service, who knows how many things they will decide to lock behind a paywall in the future. The Coros Pace Pro processor is also better than the one in the FR--lots of people complain about the Garmin lagginess when moving around the maps. And for me personally, I'm trying not to support any US based companies due to the current administration.

I got a Coros pace pro, it's been brilliant. If I had to get a new one today I'd probably go for the Coros pace 3, 90% of the features and everything I need for just over half the price.

They are a Chinese owned brand, if that matters. I have found it to be really accurate and reliable and a huge improvement on my old Fitbit charge 4. They undercut the market, which is good because the price of some of the other brands watches is kind of insane. And there is no need for a subscription or anything. The data that is available, dashboards etc. are all in the app and don't need any additional money to be paid to access them. At least not yet. I would recommend them, but obviously do your research and make a decision. DC rainmaker is a YouTuber who seems fairly reliable and makes good reviews videos. Though to be honest, it's kind of hard to go wrong. Whatever is your budget, whatever brand you go with. Especially if you're new to it, it is highly probable that you will only use a fraction of the features available so you'll be satisfied with whatever you go with I think. The build quality of the pace pro is good, lots of different watch faces to pick from, feels really premium. Had it a few months now and I'm happy with it. Should last a few years.

Oh and the battery life, I rarely charge more than once every 10 days if I'm really active. 2+ weeks if not using the gps on runs/cycles

I have owned two Garmin watches, including currently an Epix Pro. If I had to do it over again I would have saved my money and gotten a Coros Pace Pro.

Go with a Coros pace pro…great gps…great map features…great battery…and I bought mine through Coros with my HSA…didn’t cost me a thing…my son uses a Garmin Enduro 3 and he loves it…

I have the Coros Pace Pro. I got the refurbished version and it looks totally new. Was under $300 with tax. I haven’t had it long but it seems pretty good.

Additionally, Coros Pace Pro have True Map navigation and also have "Phone mirroring" which the latter can be used as alternative for Bike computer but also can be used for Running / Trekking if you want bigger screen. I believe this is one edge of Coros vs Garmin.

I’ve just sold my 970 after 8 weeks, just couldn’t get on with it or justify the price, whilst the screen is very bright I found the glare to be to much, and the curve of the display I found attracted dust and grime to get stuck between the bezel…it drove me nuts. I’ve happily now moved to the coros pace pro and it’s more than enough. The price of Garmin’s lately are insane

I did , the watch has the capability to be an amazing watch for training but its software is bad. I bought a coros pace pro - so much better

I have a Coros Pace pro and my wife a garmin fenix 8. My Coros GPS beats hers hands down every time. The GPS is unrivalled

For the main functionality, including maps, the Pace Pro does it all at a lower price. The 965 has a few extras, and handles music better, but none of that would be a deciding factor for me personally. Is there anything specific you're looking for in a watch?

They're about even on battery life. Garmin says the 965 gets up to 23 days (not counting activity tracking), and the most battery-intense activity settings give you 10 hours. Coros says the Pace Pro gets 20 days and 10 hours respectively. These estimates aren't precise enough to worry about the 3 days' difference on the daily use number, so I'd consider this a draw.

People are being a bit mean, but basically if you are not having battery life issues with your Pace Pro, then there is ZERO reason to switch to the Nomad or Apex. They are likely all using the same processor. They will all have the latest features (basically the more detailed maps) that are missing on models with older processors. And they are all likely using the same GPS, and heartrate hardware. If you don't need multi-day gps tracking between charges (i.e. hiking, or ultra running) then you would likely find the Nomad or Apex a downgrade. The screens are lower resolution, less bright, and have much less vivid colors when compared to the Pace Pro.

My guess is that all of them perform exactly the same for indoor swimming because the sensors and software for this activity is the same on all watches. If anything the Pace Pro is easier to read in dim environments.

I have a garmin 955 and while I enjoy it for what it is, I have no faith in Garmin as a company anymore. I love the watch don't get me wrong, but if I was going to do my switch from apple to a dedicated sports watch now, I would definitely have gotten the Coros Pace Pro instead. Garmin just feels like a sinking ship

I had a Garmin 55 and moved on to a Coros Pace Pro for running, biking and kayaking. I go on up to 10 day kayak camping trips. I rarely need to charge the Pace Pro. I average 5 hours of kayaking per day with a day or two of no paddling. I mostly paddle in Canada and GPS is dead on during my trips. The Coros is also bargain priced compared to Garmin.

I was trying to decide between the 255 and the pace Pro. These devices are very similar with a few exceptions. Do you need mapping? I decided on the Pace Pro because I wanted to try a different platform. I do think Coros training hub and the range of running plans available through Coros are superior, especially in number, to Garmin.

I just picked up the Pace Pro coming from the Forerunner 955. Pace pro is hands down the better watch.

I've had an Apple Watch and switched to the Coros Pace Pro. If you're only going to use the watch for crossfit and exclude any sort of running then I would say skip the pace pro. A lot of the stats is catered towards running/runners

I appreciate that the coros pace pro has a lot of running related features at a lower cost than going for the Garmin.. although there are cheaper entry Garmin I didn't like how they gated software features behind buying a more expensive watch that has no real different hardware to justify why the feature would be locked

I had many garmins also polar and now Pace Pro. Coros UI and app is imho best in industry. Easy, nice and fast.

I have an AWU1 with 82% battery health and I’m a slow marathon runner so I was starting to worry it won’t last through my next marathon, since I rely on it for music/podcasts, etc. Thought about switching to Garmin or upgrading to newer AWU1, but decided to get a Coros Pace Pro as my dedicated running watch while keeping the AWU1 as my daily driver. The Coros is like half the price of similar Garmins and has great features/battery life, even has navigation during runs (can’t reroute during a run) but misses so many smart watch features. Even Garmin misses so many smart watch features that AWU1 has. It cost a bit more, but I know I wouldn’t be happy with the tradeoff of ditching some AWU features by going 100% Garmin or Coros.

Nope, but I was researching about what watch to get a month ago. But from all I have seen, the 570 even though its new, people are still recommending the 965 instead of it since its a better value. I got COROS instead since I did not want to deal with the 2 years support life that Garmin watches get and subscription plans

Went with Pace Pro after finding out you have to pay for the watch and subscriptions if you go with Garmin. Also Garmin devices usually have a support life of 2 years as per my research

Just got the pace pro a few weeks ago and im loving it, the value you get at this price point is just insane. Almost went for a Garmin but if you're just running marathons, triathlons, Pace Pro is the watch. Only go for Apex if you actually need that battery life, but if not Pace Pro is more then enough. I also thought Pace Pro would be outdated but boy was I wrong. Did not regret a single bit.

I like the simplicity of the coros pace pro. I dont get overloaded with notifications like my apple watch and the battery life is amazing.

Garmin watches are going to provide more metrics out of the box, and give you more information plugged into metrics to provide easily digestible scores and a sleep coach. I don’t really dig this. Pace 3 is more utilitarian and running focused. The 255 has a music option if you’re into that. I like the pace 3 for the price and app experience, as it’s better for me. Pace pro blows 265 out of the water for pure running in an AMOLED watch. but that’s more preference!

That absolutely sums up my opinion. I sold my Coros Pace 2 because my ageing eyes had issues with the MIP display on the smaller screen, and moved on to amoled displays on the FR265 and Race S. But now, with the Pace Pro, I would definitely go back to the Coros because it offers a good balance of features, purpose and stability. If you think Suunto's software quality has been better than Garmin's in recent months, you're clearly not affected by the inferior software quality (sleep tracking, OHR, WiFi, etc.) of the last two Suunto FW releases.

As someone with a coros pace pro, Fenix 8 and Galaxy watch. Just stick to your apple watch unless you want to sacrifice a lot of smart features for battery life. If battery life is what you want go for the coros pace pro. Garmins are unnecessarily expensive.

Love my coros pace pro

I went to the store with the Coros 3 in mind. I ended up with the pace pro. It’s pretty good - 38 hours in full GPS mode. The sticking point was something I didn’t consider - navigation. Eventually, I want to do ultras with minimal aid stations, and it would be good to have the option to navigate or know if I’m off course. I recall in my previous ultra, my friend mentioned his watch alerted him a couple of minutes after he got off course and redirected him to the course. He said he wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.

I have this one too ! It’s so precise and amazing battery life !

Coros Pace 3 or the newer Coros Pace Pro…it’s a pure sports watch so don’t expect too many smart watch functions. Nevertheless it’s very feature complete. It has a small profile and is praised for its battery life.

Garmin 255 Coros pace 3 Coros pace pro I've been happy with the pace pro since it's an amoled although it does miss out on some "smart" watch features like audio controls

For the price and specifically those sports, the pace pro. Coros in general is a brand mainly focused on good data and won't have any of the "smart" watch features you may enjoy on the FR965, Bluetooth audio control as an example.

I'll come back to my opinion a bit. After several days of use, the watch has improved considerably. I think it took time for the pedometer to calibrate based on my steps, and maybe it was something else with the GPS, I don't know. In the end, my running results are much more accurate. Over my last three runs, this is what I've achieved compared to the Coros Pace Pro: \- 10.51 km and 333 elevation gains (Watch3) - 10.60 km and 344 elevation gains (Coros) \- 20.01 km and 630 elevation gains (Watch3) - 20.04 km and 663 elevation gains (Coros) \- 21.20 km and 208 elevation gains (Watch3) - 21.09 km and 218 elevation gains (Coros) In the end, the GPS track matches my route much better, and the distances are more than accurate. I don't really know the difference between the OnePlus and the Coros, which is more reliable in terms of distance and GPS tracking. Regarding the heart rate sensor, it's more or less reliable, like all watches (I was particularly disappointed in this regard with the Fenix ​​8...). Still have minor issues with pace variation on the OnePlus, but it's better than before, probably related to the pedometer calibration, which has been improved over time. So I think the watch is perfectly adequate for amateur running. However, there aren't really any analysis tools like those on the Coros, Garmin, and Suunto. Tracking training will be complicated without a dedicated watch. Among the dissatisfactions, there's no HRV measurement as part of a tracker, only one dial with 5 metrics to choose from, the rest is imposed by the watch. (Not cool) The OnePlus is truly a complete watch with incredible battery life. For now, I'm completely satisfied with it, and I don't regret my purchase. I've tested many Android Wear watches, and honestly, this is the one that does the best job on a daily basis. I hope it gets even better in the future!

Don't listen to people convincing you that they love their MIPS screen 😂 I know it sounds hypocritical but it's a very niche thing that you either love or hate, nothing in between. MIPS users are a very vocal minority. After you use both and realize there's no need to have a "thing" on all the time, AMOLED looks better in all conditions, especially in the dark. There's a reason majority of new sport watches coming out are in AMOLED.  That aside, the Garmin is an old model that is probably abandoned from software perspective. Coros is lighter, looks better, and battery lasts longer

Coros. Pace 3 or Pro. Good customer service. Good reliable products. Easy to use. Good app experience 👎 Garmin. Poor customer service. The product has a good build but beneath the fancy skin is an unreliable hardware setup Regarding wrist heart rate.....99.9% of us don't need that precise of tracking. Once you gain more experience you will learn your effort and exertion relative to performance. Heart rate is nice to know info but not that critical for 99.9% of us regular folks..

The advantage of a COROS is that they are thin and light so you forget about them. The pace pro is very good, the mapping is a plus otherwise the pace 3 is even lighter.

Just bought a COROS Pace Pro this week as well. Super happy with it so far (coming from years of using an Apple Watch).

If you're considering the Coros Pace 3, you might also want to check out the Pace Pro. It's exactly $350 and comes with a great AMOLED screen. I bought one a couple weeks ago after researching all the options you're looking at.

The link in the video is from me - glad its of some use and thanks for sharing it 🙌🏼 I agree with a lot of the info around trying to benchmark sleep trackers - even the supposed gold standard sleep lab test is only 70-80% accurate so I wouldn't sweat it over Fitbit or Apple being a smidge better than others. Having tested Coros Pace 3 and Pace Pro, they weren't thst for off from Garmin's sleep analysis and the training status feature has been updated so its not overly biased towards getting in a tonne of running for it to work properly. Among comments in some of my videos, a lot of people seem to be chosing Coros Pace Pro. However, the notifications on recent Garmins are much better and richer than on Coros, Polar or Suunto. I didn't get along with Suunto's HR sensor as you'll see in the video above. Fitbit are still rumoured to keep going with trackers, but not sure for how long. Also checkout Amazfit, decent pricing with a lot of features you're asking for. 😀 Want to stick to android - Pixel Watch 4 (this fall), Galaxy Watch 8 and OnePlus Watch might be worth looking at. Want a sports-oriented watch, Garmin Venu series or Amazfit.

Bought one around October last year for 359 EUR, very happy with it. I also tried some OLED watches: 965, Suunto Race S, Coros Pace Pro and didn't like them. I'll take OLED for all my screens but prefer MIP for my watch.

55 or 255. You’re training for your first race, no need to spend 500-600 on the 965. If you find that you’ll stick with the sport and could use the extra features, then upgrade. Better yet, get a Coros pace pro refurbished for $279

It might turn you into one :) just changed from apple watch 10 to coros pace pro and loving it. Makes me want to run much more now, way better experience than apple and that comes from a huge apple fan boy.

Have had the Coros Pace Pro for a couple months now and it works perfectly, the pace 3 is cheaper and would largely work the same I’d assume. Garmin forerunners 155/165/255/265 likely has very similar functionality with Runna too in a similar price- depends how much you want to spend if your are only going to use on runs (I’d question why you don’t want to always wear to track health metrics?)

Yeah that makes sense then 🤝 By the sounds of things the Pace 3 would be a good fit for you- Coros has great integration with Runna with synced workout schedules and good GPS/battery life etc. It’s also meant to be super light weight - lighter than my pace pro which I forget I am even wearing half the time! They rarely go on sale but I managed to get a 10% off code on Pro Direct (UK- not sure if available elsewhere) when I bought mines 👍

Coros Pace Pro. $349. Full mapping and good battery life. If you're looking for more 'smart' features, go the Garmin Forerunner 265. Just less battery life.

my vote would be for a used/refurb fenix or enduro series, many can be found in local facebook marketplace or certified on ebay. my opinion is based on the following: I have owned a number of Garmins several forerunners, a fenix 3, fenix 5, fenix 6x. Instinct x2 Current setup in a 6x and pro hrm strap. My fenix 5 bricked two years ago and I sent it to Garmin for service. They told me it was dead and sent me a refurb 6x at no cost, that 5 was many years old and well out of warranty. That entire experience was really impressive. The battery life is pretty good still on the fenix and charge it every week or so. Since its 51mm I can read it without my glasses on I tend to lean towards chonky watches. Coros apex pro, just returned a pace pro today. The apex I owned was great and battery was insane, I picked it up used while my garmin was being serviced. eventually I missed the Garmin eco system. In the last few months I having been eyeing a new watch and had read about garmin going pay model so I again looked at Coros. I picked up a pace pro, unfortunately the first order was lost. It ended up being returned as I had a hard time reading it without my glasses. The screen was nice and bright at stock settings but in the three days I wore it ate through over 50% battery therefore having to charge less than weekly was a big change. From what I read they changed their settings and I could not toggle between 12 and 24 hour time on the watch or app I want military time on my wrist as I work nights in a hospital and regular people time on my phone. I had to switch my phone to military time for it to show on my wrist. Eventually I will more than likely pick up an enduro 3

Its about as good as you are going to get. Apple does lock certain features to apple watch only - so an apple watch ultra 2 is an alternative option you can look at - as does include recreational diving features - but not as much as the fenix 8, and you can cover the gaps the F8 misses via 3rd party apps - but does leave out the cohesive eco system garmin provides - and considering that you barely mention any smart features would then say you are looking at the right watch (definitely from fitness tracking and progress tracking point of view). Fishing - actually it does - you can log your catch and log the spots where you catch..... [https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-EECCAC99-90D6-4AB1-9A3A-EC433D3365E2/EN-US/GUID-A6881EE1-DB08-4922-925F-C7526EFAE8A2.html](https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-EECCAC99-90D6-4AB1-9A3A-EC433D3365E2/EN-US/GUID-A6881EE1-DB08-4922-925F-C7526EFAE8A2.html) and then you can used those saved location spots to navigate back to them at any point (can be very useful for fishing holes whether out on the water or fishing from bank/beach). All garmin have a built in coach for running - think C25K but does up to half marathon distance, then F8 incldues a Daily suggested workout option which you can then add a race event to it, to get the DSW to try and get you to peak for your event - so if you want a hassel free experience and a watch to build your training programme - hard to beat what garmin offers. Hiking- get offline maps and offline navigation (think satnav from car on watch) - so can create routes and get tbt directions on watch and via audio. Plus love the climbpro feature. Maps will work with all outdoor activity so can use for paddling as well as running / hiking etc (have a couple of paddle routes for when on canals / rivers especially canals in towns - great way of seeing parts of a town via water). So yes there isn't really anything else that comes close to matching it. Nearest alternative options would be apple watch ultra 2 (and losts of 3rd party apps); polar grit/vantage and coros pace pro /apex pro / vertix all include built in training systems and with training metrics and analytics like garmin to track progress; suunto at this stage is training metrics and analytics - though their suunto ocean is a full dive watch (garmin equivalent is the descent mk3 which is basically a fenix with full dive capability);

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.

I’ve had and loved garmin forerunners and a coros pace. Slight preference for coros over garmin for battery life. Slight preference for garmin for multi-app interoperability.  I’m actually planning to buy an Apple Watch because it’s fine as a fitness tracker and has better health tracking capabilities on top of the fitness stuff. 

I use Form Goggles or a Coros pace watch. The Coros track well and can do structured workouts. And having access to my distance, pace, heart rate, and workout time available is really cool

For me I use Training Peaks for collecting all my data. I have a coros pace watch for tracking strength workouts, running, and open water swims. I have a garmin for riding the bike out side. On the bike I have a garmin cadence and speed attachments. And for my peddles I have polar power meters. A Tac X Neo for training on the bike inside. Form goggles for tracking my pool swims. For structuring workouts I use Training peaks for a ATP (year plan). TrainerRoad for bike workouts, Form goggles for swimming workouts. And for the strength and running I enter them into the coros watch app. I’ve gotten the gear over time. If I had to start from scratch I would just use my Coros Pace 3 to track everything and pick up one thing at a time as I got the funds.

My apple watch series 8 lasts for a whole marathon without issues That said if you want much more battery life, coros pace should do it 

I like my Coros Pace. Fantastic battery life is a killer feature.

I have a Coros watch. The batteries last forever.

Runner? Get yourself a Coros Pace.

I like my Coros Pace

The Coros Pace. I’ve had the 2 for 3 years and the battery life is still amazing. The 3 is even better apparently. Great value watch. 

My Coros Pace works great. Most smartphones should do the job too.

Hi there, I use Coros. Like you, I wanted something that would just do running, no other bells and whistles. I wanted something with accurate GPS and good battery life. It has its own app and it also sends automatically to Strava. The price point is in the 200s USD for the Pace model, which is what I use. Their customer support was awesome a couple of years ago, but just this past month I had an issue and got lost in the maze of AI robots that everyone is using. Eventually a real person showed up, but not until after I had already bought a new watch, since my marathon training cannot afford to wait for AI robots lol. FWIW, despite that, the new watch I chose was the updated version of the Coros Pace, because I still really like it. Hope that helps!

I wear a coros pace on the opposite wrist, but only when I run or go for long walks. Though I do wear a normal wrist watch most days, on the opposite wrist of my whoop

Yeah! It works well for me for most occasions, and if I’m ever dressing up and don’t want my whoop showing I’ll opt to position it on my bicep or in my bra strap against my rib cage.

COROS Pace. Best bang for your buck. Battery life is outstanding, GPS is great, all the basic functions you need, easy interface, checks all the boxes.

Basically any modern smartwatch will do this. Your axes of choice are ecosystem, battery life, and price. The basic Apple Watch will do what you want, but because you’re using the GPS, the battery will be dead mid-day. I do not recommend any Apple Watch but the Ultra for an athlete or active person because of the awful battery life. If you want something cheaper than the Ultra, I’d look at the Coros Pace and cheaper Garmin Forerunner options. They’ll both cost about half and are really good products with roughly 5-10x battery life vs the basic Apple Watch.

I've used Coros watches for about 6 years now. First a Pace and now an Apex 2 Pro. They don't have all the functions of a smart watch, but if you're concerned with accurately tracking workouts, I'd go with a Coros or Garmin. Plus, my battery lasts at least a week.

I love my coros. Does what I need a runni g watch to do and lasts days on a single charge.

Garmin (or coros) make a better running watch. Apple makes a better smart watch. If your priority is to use it for running with some additional smart watch features, go Garmin or Coros. If your priority is using your watch as an extension of your phone, go Apple.

I love my Coros as a navigation tool.  My phone very rarely comes out for navigation now.

My Coros watch has amazing battery life. I went on vacation for 10 days and knew I'd be fine not charging it.

I know I'm going to be the unpopular opinion here. I love my Coros but I've also tried Garmin and there's really not enough of a difference for me to recommend one over the other. I think it's whatever platform you're used to.

Decathlon gps900, best value Coros watch. GPS is accurate, app is great the bartery life still out lasts most watches on the market. Unless you want the very best tech, this watch is perfect.

Yes, all the major fitness watches can integrate with Runna. I use Coros and the Runna workouts sync with my watch and when I finish a run it syncs the data back to Runna!

I never regretted buying a Coros watch.

I'm a runner/crossfitter and enjoy the Coros watch. The sleep tracking and HRV are more generous than my fitbit was. (I'll take it ha!))

The Coros fitness watches are very useful.

True, but my points are still valid. If Whoop have done anything that contravenes any laws they will find themselves getting challenged. If they haven’t, and I’d be surprised if their lawyers have missed any loopholes, then as I said, people can complain all they want but are left with the two options I mentioned. If they choose to leave I guarantee they will have some other issues with the platform they choose going forward. None are perfect. Good luck with whatever you do. I’ve gone with a Coros watch and the HRV4Training app. Covers all my requirements and is as streamlined as I can make it.

Yeah, my Coros doesn't seem to understand that kick sets exist. It also gets confused on sculling and some drills.