Planning to sell EPIX Stainless and buy Apple Watch Ultra- Thoughts ?

"How about I drop you off in the middle of a mountain with an apple watch"

Well if you kidnapped me and threw me out of a plane I guess that would be a *** situation in more than one way.

If you didn't I would of course have downloaded all the maps to the watch and used that for navigation. There are apps for that you know.

jsanneblad said:

Well if you kidnapped me and threw me out of a plane I guess that would be a *** situation in more than one way.

Lol

jsanneblad said:

If you didn't I would of course have downloaded all the maps to the watch and used that for navigation. There are apps for that you know.

Yeah, that's the problem. Theres 60 different apps you have to have to track things. How about courses? Topo maps? And walking down that big mountain I threw you off, you better be running because it's a 12 mile hike back home and your battery only lasts a day with GPS routing. You better hope that when you get to the tree line at the bottom of the mountain your downloaded maps show you the trail really good since you don't have multi band. 

If you have an iphone and like the extra smart features of an apple watch, the choice should be easy.

I have both watches on at the moment (and have on and off for a few weeks now) - I love my Epix, but the Apple Watch is almost there to be honest. They're both very different watches, but I think the deciding factor for me is what I ACTUALLY do in terms of sports and needing a Garmin watch versus what is more of a help in everyday activities.

Everyone has their own thoughts, opinions and requirements - to be real honest I got the Epix for the screen so it was more like a regular smartwatch - I feel like Apple is doing a better job catching up as a sports watch versus Garmin catching up as a smart watch

Anyway - I'm still very undecided and I have a bit of fear of taking my Garmin off after having one for seven or so years (I so don't want to lose all my stats and records).

Good luck with your decision - if you hate it you can always sell it and come back to Garmin haha

I went from Fenix 6 Pro to Apple Watch Ultra (for 2 months) and just switched back.

What I missed about Garmin / didn't like about Apple Watch:

• Need to find an app to fill in the gaps in the first party apps
• Like no Run navigation or maps (used Work Outdoors)
• Over reliance on touchscreen - especially in winter with gloves or rain!
• Didn't integrate so well into other eco-systems like TrainingPeaks - partly because you end up using so many different apps
• No clear, central place to store or review your activity like Garmin Connect
• Health metrics not so comprehensive - had to rely on another app (Athlytic) which seemed ok but I never really fully trusted it

What I liked about the Apple Watch:

• Apple Pay! Just worked...
• Apple Pay for transit - just tap
• Maps - worked with phone and standalone
• Integration with music and podcasts
• Great screen

I have both, started with epix and flipped to AWU when it came out then last week flipped back. AWU is a better smartwatch, epix is better sport watch so not an easy one to conclude. At the moment I love the epix but that might be as it’s new. Morning report is superb, I didn’t have that when the AWU came out. Ask me any questions and I will happily try to answer

Great reply, sums it up very well!

Epix is much more robust too

Well I'm switching back and forth between the AWU and the Epix. It's completely true: There is no better "all in one hell of a beast sports watch" like the Epix 2.

But Garmin Connect kind of spoils it for me, since I like to have correct and reliable long term data for calories spend in Apple Health. Not only for long term use, but for using the data in other apps for evaluation and improvements.

And - whatever Connect is synchronizing... I haven't figured out yet, how the numbers where calculated. But it's most of the times exceeding what is in Connect itself.

The AWU on the other hand might not have all that sport and fitness data analytics. But it sychronizes flawless. And is clearly the best smartwatch iPhone-users can buy.

So - the Epix is on sale. Or will remain some kind of comparison device.  

Can you elaborate: what is the specific scenario where GarminPay did NOT work, yet ApplePay "just worked"? I thought that (assuming your bank supports Garmin) there is literally zero difference between ApplePay vs GarminPay, transit or otherwise.