Aviator

I love garmin aviator

I have a Marq Aviator, second-hand. It is the best looking watch they make. Period. It's looks big on my skinny wrist but all fitness watches do.

Garmin has to be one of the most stubborn refuse to change companies out there. I mean has anyone looked at their executive team lately. Bunch of clueless old guys that don’t appear to have any athletic ability anymore & never had any fashion sense. We ask for a whoop competitor & we get an index sleep monitor. However don’t worry we’ve released a screenless tracker for your horse. I’ve had a ton of Garmins over the years. Including multiple Marqs. Now because Garmin won’t listen to their customers I’ve moved over to Amazfit & Whoop(have had one for like 7 years) I’d gladly go back to Garmin if they would release what we’ve asked for, a proper screenless Whoop competitor. Garmin wake up already. Of course I’ll be checking out Polar’s offering next week. Hope they nail their band.

it was all about battery life for me. And in that case it's the garmin and not even close. I had a 1st gen Ultra and switched to the Marq with zero regrets.

Forerunner 970 and call it a day. It's specifically designed for a cost no object triathlete. You can get a Fenix or MARQ if you like but they're heavier. Might be better at golf, scuba and flying if any of those are relevant to you.

With all due respect, the MARQ and Fenix are both nuts to me. The subscription stuff seems to be happening in a few directions - Connect+, which sounds pretty awful, but it's not like you need to subscribe, and I think you need subscription service for the connectivity on the LTE watch. Also, anything satellite requires a subscription with terms that got worse a couple years ago but you can use a different service that has friendlier billing. I haven't run into a battery life bug personally but I've seen some chatter about it. Lately I think Garmin's current models are a bad deal. I follow the Forerunner series a little more closely but I think this applies across the board - everything got a price hike going to AMOLED and everything that's had an additional new model since then got another price hike. I actually had a Fenix 6X Pro Solar briefly myself before returning it in favor of an Edge 840 and a FR 165. I'm claiming I'm going to wait for the FR 970"s successor to come out and then maybe pick up a 970. I'm curious about maps on my wrist for hiking, I just hate to buy twice within the same generation and I'm feeling kinda done with current-model pricing.

Look at the Garmin Marq editions. Garmin has options. Apple has “one or the other”

Take a look at the MARQ versions of garmin watches. They’re 3,000 dollar plus.

No information about budget. But if you can afford it, the Garmin Marq is awesome....