Garmin - Enduro 2

I have the Enduro 2. Ran navigation continuously and received text updates throughout for 37hrs. The watch still had something like 35% battery remaining after. It'd a great watch and probably on for a good price now the Enduro 3 is out

I would recommend either Epix Gen2 or Enduro 2. For hiking, especially if you're going to do multi-day hikes, bigger battery in 51mm options could be handy.

I own a Fenix 6X Pro. I like the cheapness, battery life and no touchscreen. If I had to buy another watch today I would get an Enduro 2 most likely. Run 30 - 40 miles per week.

I hope you enjoy it and become a running monster!!!! Have a question. Would you please turn the metronome during a running session and let me know about it? Is it audible?? I have an Enduro 2 and an Epix Pro 2 51mm and both of them are quitet to the point I have to place attention and raise the wrist to be closer to the ear... I'm considering selling both...

Agree with everything you said. I’ve been rocking the Enduro 2 for almost 2 years. Great watch in every way. The only improvement I want to see is a revised strength platform like you mentioned. I hope my watch gets the update that your watch has that adds supplemental strength workouts to Garmin running coach plans.

Fellow Enduro 2 user, I expect it to record five 14 hour days on a single charge, I have actually gotten it to go 7 with some sun along the way. Haven't done anything longer than 7 days no resupply since I've had the Enduro 2, but the battery life is really damn impressive and the tracks are accurate.

I'm using a Race 1 and also have an Enduro 2. I use the Race 1 now. The two things that I miss from the Enduro are: contactless payments and the flashlight, although the race does have a flashlight mode for its display. It's also easier to get routes onto the watch, because Suunto imposes a limit on the number of courses, and course management is buggy. Conversely, Garmin course management is just clunky. I like the training load implementation on the Race, and love the display. The maps implementation also suits my usage really well. I find it to be very fast and responsive. I also like the form factor. The Enduro was a brick that would get caught on every sleeve. Also, for my usage, the Race gets better battery life. Garmin will provide many metrics - and I don't use many of them. I find some to be of dubious value, and I simply don't care about others. But some people like them - I'm just not one of them.

If you could do like $50 more, I'd get a used Garmin Enduro 2 or maybe a Fenix 7X if you get a really good deal. Battery life is ridiculous (infinite on solar and battery saving mode, or can run GPS for weeks straight too), they're tanks, and they have tons of functionality for the outdoors. Great flashlight too which has saved my butt a few times when I didn't have a headlamp or it died.

The Enduro 2 or 3 is the best option on the market as far as I'm concerned. Maps, tracking, and other features are amazing, battery life is basically infinite if you aren't using GPS. It is expensive, but resale is also good, and you can possibly use your HSA to get it tax free if you buy new. It's worth noting too that the watch is much more efficient on battery life than a phone for GPS tracking, so using a watch like the Enduro may allow you to downsize your external battery pack or maybe leave it entirely at home if you're depending on GPS for navigation.

The Garmin is the better watch for running and other activities at every price point. The Apple watch will generally be better at tech and iPhone integration, but battery life sucks by comparison. When I go hiking, my Garmin (Enduro 2) can keep a charge infinitely off solar if I don't use GPS. And if I do use GPS, the tracking and "power user" friendliness is much better. I personally don't value the iPhone integration very highly, and I also prefer the rugged and more traditional look of the Garmin. However, I can understand some people who want to carry a mini-iPhone with them and are willing to pay a separate data subscription for their watch in order to leave their phone at home. Also, some professions (e.g., teachers) who like Apple watches because they can stay connected with their family, since they're often allowed the watch but not the phone. You can't really send messages on a Garmin but it's very easy on an Apple watch.

Lmao yeah my enduro 2 kept telling me every morning that my sleep sucked and that it will make me irritable the next day lol while AU3 tells me my sleep is great and my score is always high 🤣

Probably the best is going to be a used Garmin Enduro 2, but that might be pushing your budget. Pretty much unmatched in terms of battery life for being a full featured GPS watch with mapping. The flashlight feature is surprisingly useful day to day. I have a decent watch collection, but I never take the Enduro off.

Honestly the best one is whichever gets you outside and gets you to be active. I have both and I much prefer my Apple Watch, now if it’s hiking unknown territory you bet your butt I’m taking my Garmin enduro 2

I have an Enduro 2. Love it. MIP for life. Battery life is excellent. When at home I charge it once a week but it’s seldom below 45% when I do so. Have taken it for seven day section hike and only had to recharge once.

The Garmin Enduro 2, or Garmin Enduro 3 are the best watches on the market for backpackers. These two watches offer the largest watch faces on the market, the longest battery life on the market, the best GPS-location and maps available on the market. For use case, I personally own the Enduro II, and have hiked 8,000 miles with it already. So it is a competition between the Enduro 2 and the Enduro 3 for best watch on the market. I have not yet upgraded to the Enduro 3, because I don't think the Enduro 3 offers enough of an improvement to warrant upgrading to it. Hear me out. A used Enduro 2 sells for $300 without taxes, and $400 with taxes. A new Enduro 3 sells for $950 after taxes. As someone who has extensively used the Enduro 2, I will explain as a real end-user, not the marketing fluff. The Enduro 3 offers 2x the battery life, and 2x the solar charging of the Enduro II. It stops there, these are the only meaningful improvements. But how useful is this addition, and is it worth 3x the cost? The answer is that the extra battery life is essentially never put to use use as a backpacker. You can run the Enduro II in GPS mode for 6 full days, and the enduro III for 12 full days. Consider, the longest hiking day most people would hike is 12 hrs. So if you run GPS-mode from 6 AM to 6 PM, you're actually good for 12 days of hiking on the Enduro 2 and 24 days of hiking on the Enduro III. As somebody who has hiked 8,000 miles and lived outside for a year, the longest stretch I ever went without hitting a town to re-supply was 8-days across the sierra nevada, and 6-days across the Bob Marshall wilderness. In my extreme case usage, 12-days is more than enough. Neither the Enduro II nor the Enduro III's solar can bring a dead watch "back" from dead, but the Enduro III's solar is better. Lastly, as a backpacker, you're already carrying a powerbank, so in the rare case that your watch were to die on an unexpected longhaul trip, you could nearly always re-charge your watch in the field. The nice thing about both the Enduro 2 and 3, is that in 99.9999% of use cases, you'll never actually have to do this. Hence, the Enduro 3 sells at 3x the price of the Enduro 2, for a marginal gain of battery life that won't ever actually be used by anybody, not even me after 8,000 miles. Based on all these considerations, I think the Enduro 2 on offer for $300-$400 used is the best watch on the market.

When I had a fitbit, I walked, hiked, lifted weights and did elliptical. I lost about 80 lbs between following a keto diet and exercise (295 lbs to 215 lbs). I'd obsess with hitting my 10k steps, 10 flights of stairs and 10 active When I got a Garmin, I pretty much did the same for the first few months. I had been in a long weight-loss stall, so I thought maybe running would help me break through. I started a Garmin Coach 5k program last September. I finally dropped the other 20 lbs. I have run some 5k's and a 10k. The feedback I got from Training Status helped me realize I needed more low aerobic, so I started mixing in some zone 2 elliptical on my non-run days, which helped recovery. Based on sleep data I've gotten from my Garmin, I've almost completely cut out drinking alcohol to improve sleep quality. Now it's only special occasions instead of weekend warrior, and it's 2-3 drinks max. I started swimming in April, and then switched from elliptical to cycling in May of this year. I'm hoping to do sprint triathlons next year. Now, would all of this be possible without my Garmin? Yes, but it would have been highly unlikely. The kinds of data & insights I have gotten are extremely useful and the challenges have been very motivational. I've done a few of the 40k cycling challenges, which is father than I've ever rode in my life, and up until May, I hadn't rode a bike in over 30 years.

Enduro 2.

They're very good at what they do. Most of the reviews that pan them have unreasonable expectations, because they want a smart watch an not a fitness watch. I use my Enduro 2 a lot. It does everything I want it to do. It's not perfect (I had an issue last week), but most of the time it works exactly the way I want. The watch lasts more than two weeks with about 20+ hours of activity (about 5 of those are GPS), so I'm not sure what else people are looking for.

I got a reconditioned FR55 for $120 during prime days. I use it exclusively for pool swimming and it works great! From what I understand, chlorine can mess up the altimeter in other watches. Even though I got my Enduro 2 for basically half price, it's way to expensive to mess up.

Specifically the Enduro 2. The 3 might potentially last longer with everything turned off and lots of sunshine, but I suspect, day to day, most people would have some more things running on the 3 that aren't available on the 2 but would drain more battery. I have the 2 and love it, but the 3 has some improvements I might take over a couple extra days' battery.

I think any watch eoth multi band GPS will do the job. Ive been wearing a Garmin Enduro 2 multiband gps and its very accurate for OWS and other open activities. Not so cheap though. I had a Coros Pace 2 before and was great as well.

I do a lot of mountain running and use the Garmin Enduro 2. My main reasons for this are the battery and mapping. I put maps on it using Komoot. I always tell people who ask about the battery that I will die on the hills before my battery does, as it lasts about two weeks while recording an activity. I have had it for a few years now, and I still never worry about the battery when out on the hills. Really, I will run for hours using the maps constantly the entire time and never have I had issues with it. It is also near on indestructible, I am dyspraxic and have a tendency to end up arse-over-teapot more often than I will admit and not once has this thing been damaged, and it has seen its fair share of rocks to the face.

Are there any issues with the Enduro 2? That’s what I have.

Another vote for Enduro 2.  Ran a few +24hr events and it’s always been solid and still had >50% battery available at the end.  Even using nav. 

Garmin Enduro 2 or 3, the rest doesn’t matter.

If you care about battery life, it's not even close. My Enduro 2 has nearly 30 days of battery life.

I chose the Enduro 2 over Suunto Vertical a year ago. Had a Suunto watch before, but wanted to try Garmin - very happy with the experience. Haven’t tried Suunto Vertical, but the Enduro 2 is awesome. The battery life is just exceptional, I run six times per week, and it’s a blessing to be able to "never" worry about battery life. When you (eventually) need to charge it, it charges very fast. This is probably not completely accurate, but I think a run of 2 hours eats about 2% battery life (with everything on, except pulse ox measurement), so you do the math :) I know Enduro 3 is on the market now, but don’t know if it’s worth the upgrade.

I have the Enduro 2 and get a month of battery life and every sports metric I could think of. I too am an Apple fanboy and own everything in Apple‘s lineup minus the watch.

I would look at the Enduro series. It seems like an Enduro 2 would fit your needs it gives you access to maps and a more rugged watch for hiking.

In the US, the Fenix 7 pro sapphire solar is less than the Forerunner 970 it appears. And the Enduro 3 is pretty close in price as well. Part of what makes the Fenix 7 pro sapphire and Enduro 2/3 good choices for hiking and other outdoor activities is how durable they are compared to other models. When I'm scrambling down over rocky terrain, I don't want to be overly worried about brushing it against stuff.

You may feel too big with enduros 51mm. Better to try it on first.

Fenix 7 pro gets 36 hours of GPS, Enduro goes even longer. This is far more than you will get from a phone and recharging takes far less power than a phone. There is absolutely no comparison (and let's not even get started on GPS accuracy between Strava app on a phone and a dedicated GPS watch).

I love my Enduro solar!!

It sounds like a Garmin would be a good fit for you. My advice if you are going to be running regularly is to get a chest strap as they are much more accurate for heart rate data. A cheaper watch and a HR monitor would be better for running. A better watch would be best for overall health metrics. You haven't mentioned budget, so I'll put a few options. The cheapest foot in the door is an entry level Forerunner. This will cover basic health and running metrics. Vivoactive 5 will cover more health based metrics and is a good recommended starting point. Forerunner 265 will be a great watch which covers nearly all running and health metrics. Paired with a HRM, this is a solid choice even for intermediate and advanced runners. Top tier would be the latest Endure or Fenix 8 with a HRM. Expensive, but you'll find very little better. If you want another brand to look at, I hear the Polar watches are good also.

My watch is a tool, not a fashion statement, so I've always gone with 51mm even though yeah it's probably too big for me, don't care lol

https://preview.redd.it/7fhs78of36xe1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9203c8b09dff4c3250f76de1cca6e3baaa1ea018 I have big wrists and arms and a 51mm is still a monster watch. I love it though and honestly don’t think anyone else cares how big your watch is. Added bonus - it can be used to break down a door in an emergency

Nope, sorry, I disagree. Always go the 51mm for that battery life. It’s a fact

*sits smug knowing that I am pulling off the 51mm*

The band width on the 47 is what kills it for me. The 51 appears more proportional.

https://preview.redd.it/9k23hwc436xe1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98141f6d31f58da7a6c372bc3b760c9e8443677b 51 mm - not a massive wrist but I’m tall so it suits me

For sports, always Garmin. No one else comes close for multisport watches, and I don't need a bunch of useless "smart watch" features that just waste battery.

Depending on the types of weights you utilise in your training, you may want to consider a Garmin with Sapphire Glass. It's pretty much bulletproof (I have hit mine with a 24kg kettlebell more times than I care to mention). That said the Venue range is great if you are not juggling kettlebells.

Plastic? Okay you’ve never used a good Garmin. They’re all saphire glass with titanium lol. Apple Watches lose roughly 6-8% from tracking sleep (lol). My Garmin solar doesn’t even use 2% daily.

solar garmin. everything i need, nothing i don't. paired with a polar HRM.