I have been a user and customer for around 35 years starting with your aviation products professionally and then automotive, marine, and watches personally. I acquired a Fenix 8 47mm Titanium AMOLED, on day one directly, having also owned a Fenix 6 and Epix gen 2. I am not finding a lot to be excited about with this version.
- I wanted to ditch the signature black finish and went for the silver/gray one. The unpleasing orange band has been discarded but I am stuck with the garish orangish sensor guard. I would pay 50 bucks to acquire a silver, dark gray, or black one. I would even throw in shipping.
- There is a dearth of appealing faces. The typeface is too small, and the pastel schemes are too busy. A not seeing the trees for the forest thing. I loved my clean and crisp Epix 2 faces.
- The buttons are stiff and unpredictable. Hold them too shortly and nothing happens and too long something unwanted happens. They are stiff rather than tactile.
- Because of the above button issues, as have been using touch more, not only does that fingerprint and smear the face but it is sluggish and unresponsive too.
- The luminance is a little out of whack. The watch is hard to read in the sun and in low light.
I want to love this watch. Please help that happen.