Want to know best way to configure Fenix 7 without needing to wear it 24/7

• Pulse Ox Mode = manual check (instead of all day)
• Move IQ = off

That alone should magically increase your battery life by a lot.

I have no idea how to turn off all day continuous heartrate tracking and sleep tracking... maybe someone else knows how to do that.

There is no way to turn them off. Just ignore them if you don’t want them.

He can't turn them off but he can hide them in the Garmin Connect App...

Why does turning off Move IQ improve battery life?

Not something I really use so improving the (already excellent) battery life sounds like a good option.

For me it was about making the watch just something i wear only for workouts/activities. 

Battery life was not the concern in my posts. I just didn't want nuisance alerts or feel the need to have to wear the watch 24/7. 

It's of course up to the customer how he's using the watch, but the design of the new Garmin watches is still made for 24/7 usage, especially all the health functions, sleep etc. - if you just need a watch to track your activities, you don't even need a Fenix but a cheaper model would do in my opinion as you'll not use all the advanced features of it. Bit of a "waste of money" but Garmin won't care ;-)

There are feature sets on the Fenix 7 that I use that cannot be found on another model. 

Are you using every feature set on yours? I would argue no one "needs" any of these watches.

Before noticing the splinter in my eye... address the log in yours ;-)

Ok, good point ;-) no, I don't use all activities of course but I'd say I use all core functions it has, heart rate, sleep, HRV, stress and all these values only make sense if they are collected 24/7 (to update your training readiness and training suggestions, as all these values are basically linked together). These features were one of the reasons for buying the Fenix 7X in the first place.