The epix got shat on, but no one ever realized that this watch had a 6 month recharge time when used in watch only mode. See here: https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webh...917F11A90.html
Why doesnt the Fenix have a feature like this, when the feature works EXTREMELY well for me when using my Epix.
The only reason i can think of is that Garmin wants this new line of watches to "call out" to the IoT's in the background so theres no way they can fully turn off features as well as they did with the Epix.
It seems like a huge step backward.
Give us an option to turn off almost everything so we can get that crazy battery life, in watch only mode, that we got from the epix! That would be so awesome.