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epix 2 titanium bezel scratches very easily

5696354
over 3 years ago

I was seriously surprised how easy the watch gets scratched. I only had it for a week and already have a large one on my bezel without any substantial damage done to it.

Hoping if garming ever reviews this forum then they  would consider making this watch a little bit more durable in the future because now it is a complete joke. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 5696354

    With mechanical damage I doubt you can return, you can only sell and buy new. I had stainless steel version of fenix 5x and it also had some nice scratches on bezel, not on sapphire glass, that was absolutely clear.

    I think you have 2 options with this kind of outdoor adventure watch:

    1. accept it will gets some scratches as an outdoor watch (and it starts to look like outdoor watch) and use it freely

    2. or you want to protect, so use any kind of plastic / rubber protectors as described by Gustco, which is a bit pain in the ass, or you don't use it for hard outdoor activities like climbing, via ferrata, hiking... to save them for your kids.

    So decide  yourself Smiley

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to chapman34

    I don't think this version (white with titanium bezel) has a DLC, and titanium is less resistant to scratches compared to stainless steel.

    Per Garmin site: Sapphire Editions: Carbon grey DLC titanium or pure titanium. So black watch definitely has carbon grey DLC, but as you can see the white case definitely isn't, so I suspect it is just pure titanium and thus less resistant to scratching.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Titanium has considerably lower hardness than steel.  It will scratch easier.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to ImDisaster

    The thing has absolutely 0 durability for a watch. I would probably not buy it knowing  beforehand.

    I own some regular watches for 10+ years and they seen some beating. Still look like brand new. 

    Even my cellphone has not scratches and i dropped like 100 times already 

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Titanium is chosen to reduce weight as I understand it. As stated already it is softer than steel so it will scratch. The coating should reduce this a bit but it will likely scratch.  I don't see how this can be extrapolated to durability, that is a different question....does the watch still work after going through a beating no matter how it looks.  

    Me, I'll take the weight savings and the scratches over a brick on my wrist that won't scratch.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Titanium is known for being strong and lightweight, not for being stretch resistant. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    So Garmin says to you "you can have stainless steel and not scratch the bezel. Or you can have sapphire and not scratch the glass. Your choice which you want scratches on but you can't have both scratch-free." Interesting marketing logic.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to ajlawsonbiz

    It's not specific to Garmin and not marketing logic. Samsung, Suunto, Apple and all other watches are exactly the same. Sometimes you get lucky and never see a scratch or any damage and sometimes a hit just the right way even one that seems insignificant will cause one. It is what it is. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 4646951

    Garmin atleast  twice in some cases 3 times as expensive. So, i would expect a litt bit more from the outdoor premium  watch

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 5696354

    depends on the market, but for example in the UK the cheapest titanium apple watch is £700. The cheapest titanium F7/Epix is £780/£900. 

    If it is too much and you aren't prepared to pay for that level of functionality then there are cheaper options just as durable i.e. the instinct 2.

    But personally I would take the durability of the Fenix/Epix over the similar durability of any apple watch no matter the casing type.