Garmin - Enduro 2

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...

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.

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.

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 🤣

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

People have to stop comparing these. These are for two different people. I would never wear an Apple Watch based on battery life alone. I specifically got the Garmin for a wrist based gps and mapping tool to track and orient myself. You buy an Apple Watch to use smart features and be connected to your phone. Garmin has never been in that market. It’s a whole company based on gps systems for outdoor activities . You buy an Apple Watch to have Apple ecosystem. you can’t use half the feature of the fenix on an iPhone bc they only want you to use their watch… Garmin are all specifically made for their audience even down the the model . Apple watches are just to keep you plugged into your phone and have no bearing on actual outdoor activities despite calling it ultra. The Millitary has been orienteering with Garmin wrist based gps systems forever. You’d never catch an Apple Watch on patrol in Afghanistan. 😂

Garmin - They have a lot of watches at different price points. There is built-in GPS and the battery lasts for several days, unlike a smart watch that you typically need to charge every night. The Garmin app easily syncs with other fitness apps, if that's important to you. If you have a smaller wrist, go for the "S" models that will look and fit better.