Garmin - Quatix 7 Pro

Was on Forerunner 255 and loved it, now on Quatix 7, love the maps and the bigger battery.

Fenix 7 is fine, even without dual band GPS it's still very accurate. I was using Forerunner 255 with dual band GPS but almost always use single band all systems mode and it's still accurate. Now I'm using Quatix 7 which based off Fenix 7 and doesn't miss the dual band.

Great review of Vivoactive 6! Garmin stepped up the Vivoactive to be more similar with Forerunners and that's a good thing.  Anyway, I always buy Garmins one generation late to avoid paying too much. When Forerunner 265 came out, I bought FR255 for $250 and had a blast with it. And when Fenix 8 becomes the flagship, I bought Fenix 7 based Quatix 7 for $400, and I am now having a great time with it. 

was exactly in the same situation and got a quatix 7 pro trust me, after years of garmin connect and garmin watches it’s very difficult to move to apple. at least that’s my experience. i ended up like a clown using runGap to fake a garmin watch and import data into garmin connect and then i realized this is idiotic. and add to that the constant anxiety around battery life. but if you decide - good luck. :)

Battery life makes the AW a non-starter for me. I’ve never lasted more than a month with an AW. I really like my Quatix 7 but do sometimes wish I had gotten the AMOLED instead of the MIPS.

Garmin supports those apps (atleast last time when I looked). The best watches for swimming would be a Garmin Quatix but the Fenix is almost the same watch. Both are well made and support for sure Spotify. Strava is connectable within the Garmin App.

Quatix I can control everything from anywhere on the boat. Setting up to the start line for racing

After going to an Apple Watch for everyday use + sports, kept my Garmin Quatix for water sports, including SUP. Apple tracks very few activities and no water sports. Only issue is where to maintain activity logs so I use Run Gap to sync Apple data to Garmin Connect.

Checkout the Quatix watches

They're based on Fenix watches, so they're all nice. Just make sure it has all the features you're looking for.

Agree, I bought a Garmin earlier this year and the 7 pro was the most watch for the (sale) price. Went sapphire glass and haven’t noticed any scratches yet although the bezel has some scuffs, so I think the glass upgrade is worthwhile.

Yeah. I have the 7pro and not getting any significant updates kind of sucks ass.

Go 7pro. Good deals right now. I just did the same.