A bit off-topic, but I think both watches should have separate forums. They are just too different. Even in this thread about reviews, it would be confusing.
You can't expect objective reviews from youtubers like DC, Des or Chase, because these are paid reviewers from Garmin, who take their products to heaven for money. These reviews have zero informative value. I recommend you watching, for example, The Quantified Scientists on YouTube, or any other user portals that declare that, they are not paid by Garmin. As already mentioned above, a good portal is also zivotsgarminem.cz.
All of this is incorrect. DC, Des or Chase do NOT receive any money from Garmin. If you listen to Des/DC podcast fitfile, they mentioned without mercy the F8 launch and how poor of a value it is. To quote DC "dumpster fire software." They do get samples for review purposes only. I don't take their word as gospel.
And quantified scientist has flawed data. His testing often involves the biggest size watch, therefore the heaviest which can/does impact HR settings as it's more prone to moving. His sample size when testing is 1, himself. Bigger sample size is the standard. I like his videos, and his 'bigger picture' assessments, but I do not take his data as fact,
actually that linked czech website zivotsgarminem is very informative, to be fair. just why to call top reviewers paid by garmin etc. thanks to all these reviewers we don't buy cr@p (at least accidentally)
