Garmin 6x sapphire... worth it? Have lived my dumb watches. I have all apple products but I don’t want my texts to now appear in my wrist. Mildly active looking for more than my Fitbit. I’ve run half marathons and sprint triathlons. Intrigued but for a sapphire $800 seems steep.

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Female here. Love my garmin. Male friends with garmin have either the fenix or the forerunner. Similar in functionality and prices. Personally I think the forerunner looks a little more sleeker if you are wearing all the time. The fenix is a little clunky IMO. Overall though, they all love their garmins. I love mine. Way better than an Apple Watch. Worth every penny. The group of us all cycle. I’m a big swimmer as well. A few of them do triathlons. Pricy but you won’t regret it. Added bonus if you are a golfer which I am, you get a built in range finder and score keeper for golf.

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Same to everything! I have the white band with gold and get compliments on it all the time.

I run with and wear a Garmin 45 everyday and what’s become my only complaint after a year and a half is the battery slowly degrading where now I need to charge it every other day or so now. When I first bought it I was charging it every 5 days to once a week. I think that’s my only real complaint and would only be worried about the fenix battery in the longer term, I’m sure it’s better though.

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I'm waiting until the weekend to pick up the 945 if the price drops a bit. Planning on an active triathlon 2021 and even though I've had a fitbit since they originally came out, I'm sick of their crappy products and the Versa X lasting less than a year before the battery goes to daily.

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I had the Garmin Vivofit and now have the Forerunner (for exercise) and the Vivomove (for every day). I love Garmin products!

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Yes, it does. I originally got the Vivomove because I missed having an analogue watch. The Vivomove is great, but it was missing some key features I needed for running, so I bought the cheapest Forerunner. Both are connected to my Garmin app, so I sometimes have to upload the info to the app when I switch (ie it doesn’t appear to be automatic, but that could be because I don’t know what I’m doing), but it’s not a big deal.

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I have the Garmin fenix 5s, the s models are designed for more petite people like myself! I love it! It’s heavier than the forerunner series, but it looks more professional

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Had a few forerunners and loved them for training. Too bulky to wear everyday. Like some comments above, the battery slowly degraded and there was a persistent bug that sometimes caused the battery to lose charge while it was plugged in. It was also agonizingly slow at finding a GPS signal. These both killed the Garmin brand for me. The one reason I liked Garmin was that they were dedicated hardware makers - focused on the needs of consumers... but a charged battery and a GPS signal is basic functionality for a training watch and they just couldn’t get it right... then I realized that having something on my wrist was pointless when I already had all the features I needed in my wireless earbuds and the utility of the earbuds (beats pro wireless) + some basic apps far outweighed the buggy hardware and clumsy software that Garmin has locked me into.

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I have the Fenix 5s Saphire and it’s a thousand percent worth it. A) I like the appearance and that it is round. B) you can configure notifications C) it is amazing for maps and tracking. I do a lot of off the grid stuff and it’s kept me safe a number of times. It was fully worth the money and also the Saphire glass! I do some rock climbing and after a year and a half the screen is in perfect condition

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I have a Garmin Venu. Best purchase I made!!! Wish i knew more people with Garmin watches.

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