Garmin Fenix 8 47mm AMOLED Slate Gray with Black Silicone Band

Dependable, rugged, life saving
I got this shortly after it's release in October of 2024. I have worn it everyday since buying it. I've gotten many compliments on it. The features alone are worth it. This watch actually helped save my life. I use the GPS tracking for dirt bike rides daily. I've had multiple close calls on my bike, but this watch was able to provide help to me from the gps, flashlight, and body monitoring vitals. Although it doesn't take blood pressures it was able to show HR, RR, and BPM out of range when I became extremely dehydrated. Showed the way out of remote areas when turned around. The flashlight is perfect and lit my way out of the mountains when my other lights failed. The battery life alone is worth more than any other watch I have tried. I wish it had a few more features for text. Eg. talk to text or write to text. The voice calling failed on mine maybe a function disabled but it's still great. It helped me identify the sources of stress in my life too. There are so many features I don't use. If you question its worth. Don't. It's dependable, rugged, life saving, and lasts for weeks while using GPS, the led light, and texting.

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Probably the best smartwatch you can buy!
I upgraded from a Fenix 6 that I had purchased in 2020. The Fenix 8 AMOLED is an absolutely amazing piece of tech, even in comparison to the F6. I was always underwhelmed by the display of the Fenix 6, as all of the advertised screenshots and downloadable watch faces always looked so much brighter and had more contrast than the screen actually had. The Fenix 6, although amazingly durable, was just OK from the context of visualizations. The Fenix 8 display is what I wanted the 6 to be; bright and easy to read at a glance. Battery life is improved by about 2 days (16 days on F8, 14 days on F6), and I keep the screen LED’s off and only turn on with “gesture”, meaning that the screen is off (black) until I move my wrist to look at it, then it lights up for 8 seconds. I believe this improves the battery life by even more. I’ve had the watch for about a week now, and it says it has 9 days left before needing a recharge. Of course, if I use it to track my hikes or bike rides, that amount of accurate tracking will use more battery. But just wearing it barely uses battery life. I got the Orange Spark this time (F6 was Black), I always liked the orange accents and titanium grey bezel…matches a lot of my personal hiking gear. I opted to get the 47mm watch, same a my old F6. I felt that the 51mm size was way too big. The screen is the same size, but the bezel is 2mm wider and holds a slightly larger battery (24 days I think?) I find that the 47mm size is perfect for my medium-sized wrist and arm. I actually tried an Apple Watch Series 10 earlier this year, and I absolutely hated it. I found the Apple Watch to be nothing more than having a 2nd iPhone strapped to your wrist. I had to go back to a Garmin… With the Garmin Connect app, I was able to sync the new F8 with all my old F6 data, so no lost time.

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Out of the ashes comes the Fenix
I use the watch primarily for MTBing. I do walk daily and recently have used it to scuba dive. The display was bright and easy to read underwater, the compass was very nice and the alarm for ascending too fast was audible and visually awesome. If you are an outdoors or underwater enthusiast it is a happy blend of features. I also like that I can change the display colors and styles to match my personality.

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Love this watch!!
This watch is so great once I learned how to use it! It’s super cool looking as well. I got tons of compliments on it for pickle Ball and running and weight training and basically anything you do.!!!

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Excellent watch
Not heavy Safe charge for a long time. Screen is so pretty

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Fun Watch!
Upgraded from a Fenix 7 and my 70 year old eyes appreciate the Amoled display. I may not use all the features available to me...but I track a lot of my activities and appreciate the health monitoring insights.

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Pro:Screen readability Con:Golf Course not loading
This 51mm AMOLED Fenix 8 Pro screen is awesome! I've enjoyed the readability in all light conditions, and the functions are intuitive to navigate. My only gripe is that the golf courses (any of the three local courses I live near) will not load onto the watch. I have loaded the courses onto my phone thru the Garmin Connect app and when I go to open the golf function on the watch the watch screen reads "No Nearby Courses". I've tried loading the courses while standing on the first tee box of each of the courses so It's not a GPS or distance issue for sure.

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Live My New Watch
Beautiful watch! I bought the 43mm and it’s the perfect size for a ladies wrist. The colors are bright and the GPS is amazing.

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Best Garmin I’ve Ever Had!
I bought this a month ago and am delighted w it! It looks cool, the interchangeable watch faces are fun to experiment with, and the amount of data I get is incredible! In GPS mode, it does not need any time to locate the satellites like previous Garmins I’ve owned. It took awhile to get the hang of all the buttons, but once I did it’s no problem. I really appreciate ALL the functions available on this device. The only criticisms are pretty minor: (1) It does seem to get kind of dim in certain lighting conditions, like the “auto brightness” function maybe isn’t the best; and (2) When it displays my sleep patterns the colors used to represent REM sleep and “awake” are so similar that it’s just a little more confusing than it would be otherwise. But I am so glad I bought this watch!

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Awesome watch!
Got this as a gift. A huge upgrade from the vevofit 3 I had for like 7 years. I just wish she for me the bigger size so I can Read the display easier and battery would last longer. This lasts 10 days. Which is good, but not like the 30 says on larger models. The screen is so sharp and colorful. But it is a nice regular watch size and I love it.

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