fenix 8 47mm, AMOLED, Outdoor & Fitness GPS Smartwatch, Saphire, Bare Graphite Titanium, Spark Orange/Graphite Band, NA
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Web ID: 19879629My Fenix 8
I love this watch! Admittedly, it has more capabilities than I use, but the features I use are very good. Wearing the watch along with my Oura ring didn’t last long and the latter has been relegated to my dresser drawer as the former does everything the Oura does and more… especially in sleep tracking. I’m pleased I got the 47mm rather than the 51mm. The display on the AMOLED is great. I did change the watch strap as the orange was pretty obnoxious.
Customer review from Garmin
Nice watch but simple stuff is an issue
Overall it’s a nice watch. Battery seems to work well. My biggest complaint is that it’s not easy like other smart watches to operate and I CAN NOT receive text messages. Also I have to have my phone close by for some of the functions to work. It will NOT allow me to use AMEX or my other credit cards for smart pay. To have paid the money I did for this watch and the only thing better than an Apple Watch is looks and a flash light.
Customer review from Garmin
Swiss Army Knife of smartwatches (4.9/5 Stars)
Several years back I had a Fenix 3 (at least I think it was. Sometime around 2018ish) And I loved it. This version is light years better. Lots of cool and helpful features like the sleep monitor, shows you how do certain exercises, the flashlight feature is amazing too. I would call this the smartwatch equivalent of the Swiss Army knife. I have only one dislike about it. I feel like the band is a little too thin. It could be a tad wider. Maybe that’s personal preference, but I believe a watch with this big of a face should come with a slightly wider band. And I know you can buy other bands, so it’s absolutely not a deal breaker. So my honest rating of it would be a 4.9 out of 5 stars.
Customer review from Garmin
Nice watch
Love the watch however it was most shocking when I found out that you have buy different faces for it , I would think that a watch that cost as much as it does, that would be somewhat included, just because of that fact I might return it
Customer review from Garmin
Overall good. Glitches + nice to have missing
Good watch for its features, fitness tracking, especially diving computer that I've used and doesn't require an additional subscription. Battery is also a highlights with 2 weeks autonomy. On the downside, my watch had to be replaced twice in a year already due to glitches (Garmin makes it easy and free to swap though). Garmin Pay is not working on my watch at all even with compatible cards/banks, can't add any at all. I've exhausted all troubleshooting and support options by now, not fixable at this point. Very frustrating! To Garmin: Own this! Go meet with the banks and stop telling your customers to do your work and ask their banks to make it compatible when not or make complex efforts to fix it. Your support has been more than helpless in this case - awful. Garmin Pay is an advertised feature on this watch. Also nice to have missing: hen immersing in a pool like to swim would be nice to have a temperature reading automatically popping up like Apple. Taking into account the downsides, it makes its price a little on the too expensive side of things.
Customer review from Garmin
Great watch but laggy UI
The hardware is fantastic! Best Fenix watch yet, but more software updates needed to eliminate the lags in button pushes and swipes. Hopefully these will come soon.
Customer review from Garmin
Texting and Receiving Call Issues
I purchased my Fenix Watch 8 over 6 months ago to be my main watch. Although it's a great looking watch and is top of the line for health and athletic features, it is a dinosaur when it comes to texting and calls. The ability to text someone is an after thought with this watch. When calls come through and I answer I can't hear the other person on the line and they can't hear me, so I have to go digging around my bag to get the calls. This is extremely inconvenient. I guess the ability for contacts to sync with the watch compromises battery quality. I ended up buying a Samsung Smart watch to wear when I'm not working out.
Customer review from Garmin
Promptly returned my Fenix
a couple quick observations - the watch looks good - the display is good - feature set like activity tracking etc seems complete - feels less than premium though compared to my apple watch ultra, lighter, feels plasticy. Trying to configure it was a nightmare. I turned on the password to unlock the watch. As I was trying to set up my watch face the password prompt kept popping up. Trying to set the various widgets on the home screen was awkward to the point I gave up. Not sure that I ever felt comfortable using the touch screen and physical buttons for navigation seems very 80's. Finally I didn't really want to stop using the current golf tracking subscription I have but would have if I loved the watch. Since I would use that app on the Fenix and I there was enough friction getting things set up that sealed it for me. Returned w/in 72 hours.
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