Garmin - Instinct Crossover Solar

Agreed. I have the instinct crossover solar edition and am lucky to get 3 weeks. I don't use the GPS often either.

That's the watch I have (instinct 3, solar tactical), It's fantastic, wife has one of the AMOLED versions. It's no worse than the AMOLED for looking at all the stats, as long as you don't absolutley need bright colors for some odd reason. The battery life and always on screen make it a clear winner for me. I use it for sports tracking (Mainly runs, hikes, gym and cycling) and checking my recovery needed. I can't see anything more you'd ever need in a watch, just seems perfect. I'd had the instinct crossover for a few years before I bought this and it's still in utterly perfect condition, battery is still amazing. I work a physical and messy job, and I've worn it to work every day expecting it to get rather messed up. literally looks brand new, and i've accidently scraped it down brick walls and all kinds of sillyness. I only upgraded because I fancied trying out a solar one and loved the look of the tactical.

Garmin instinct crossover, 28 days battery life, 50 without constant hr measurement. Instinct 2x and instinct 3 solar 50mm have 40 days battery life, 70 without hr. And solar charging.

Check whether this reality. My crossover says I have 51 days battery life when the hr sensor is switched off, but in real life, it's about 33 days. Still amazing, but less.

I have s11 and garmin crossover, and s11 is just smartwatch. Garmin is complete training computer.

Garmin. I started with an Edge Explore 2 GPS last year, and then later decided I wanted a Garmin watch to go with it, so I bought myself an Instinct Crossover this year. No one else makes a watch anything like it, but it's by far the best watch I've ever owned. Love the combination of an analog watch with sports / smartwatch features.

Instinct crossover if you want a hybrid watch that tracks your HR halfway decently for sports. I love that it's an analog watch with Lume most of the time, but when I need it, it's a fully digital (amoled) display giving me all the training info I need in a glance.

That would be sweet. I had to quit wearing my watch at night (Instinct Crossover) because I realized having something like that on my wrist was waking me up at night. I'd love to have sleep stats again.

I've used Garmin Instinct Crossover and 2X for over 2 years and had no issues with the software. I understand those are not Forerunner watches, but I've never heard of Garmin watch resetting during an exercise.

Apple's native swim app is horrible. I used the Swim.com app for a while but requires you to use the touch screen during your workout which doesn't really work. After 6 months, I gave the watch to my daughter and bought a new Garmin. Best wishes with the app. I really liked the Apple as a watch but it just didn't cut it in the water. I did own a series 3 so maybe they are better now. The GPS tracking for open water was horrible. I swim the same loop around a lake and the Apple gave huge differences in distance every swim. The map showed me swimming through backyards and the boat launch parking lot. In the pool, it regularly missed lengths.

Maybe I just couldn't figure it out but I like a customizable data screen. I'm farsighted (like a lot of older Masters swimmers) and I want my main data screen to show the distance of the rep I'm currently swimming in large font. My old watch only showed total distance. I don't like to do math while I'm swimming. Then a customizable rest screen. For that one, I like total distance, distance of the last rep, HR, and a running timer of my rest. This is all standard stuff on any Garmin 5 button watch. A drill mode would be nice, too. I don't use a kick board. I do kicks on my back in a streamline. It's pretty easy to record kick by just doing some left arm strokes on occasion but other drills, you can't. I've heard the newer watches can record some kick board drills. At the end, I want to be able to see all the data. Stroke count, AWOLF, Avg pace and pace for each rep, and HR data for each rep. A graph alone isn't too helpful.

garmin forerunner (255 or 265 are good choice )or instinct series both have solar models if you want even more battery, or garmin fenix 7 or 8 but they are bit more expensive. also coros pace 3 its a great price to performance sport watch with great battery life