Forerunner 210

Currently running with a Garmin Fenix 6S, and have had it for over 5 years now. It does everything (and more than) I need. Works great and holds a charge so I don’t see myself getting a new watch for a while still. My first two I used for 3-4 years each, first one had charging issues and eventually died (forerunner 210), second one (forerunner 220) I wanted to upgrade to something with HR and more features. They brought out a newer model with HR capabilities a month and a half after I got my second one. 🥲 I couldn’t justify upgrading so quickly and kept it for a few years.

Apple watch is the best smartwatch, Garmin is the best sportwatch. If your runs are under xhours, than go for the AW; if you are going to train seriously, Garmin all the way

I have used AW, Garmin, Polar and Suunto and AW is by far the worst sportwatch. After switching back to Polar after AW the quality of life improved immediately by not having to charge the thing more than once a week.

Garmin is a sportwatch with some smart features. Apple Watch is the opposite. The battery of Apple Watch is a nightmare, I always forget to charge Apple Watch, i think a Watch should be a help no another task.

I actually use an arm strap heart rate monitor (COROS) opposed to a chest strap and find it to be very accurate actually…can see a big difference in the consistency of my heart rate changing between watch alone (Garmin Forerunner 215) and having the strap. I believe there is a way to set up alerts if you are outside a heart rate zone for options such as HIIT…I know you can when you select “Running” as an option

i second that. wrist HR with F8 is also faulty for me like 30% of the times, could be because of a wrist or a strap. But i did not see any with F8 improvement compared to F6 or older forerunners

Seems like I am replacing my watch every 2-3 years. Battery is always the reason. Have gone with the base models of the garmin forerunner (35,45,55) then finally upgraded to the 200 series most recently.