Venu 3 sensor compared to FR 945, esp. sleep

I have a 2020 FR 945, which has and continues to be a very good watch. I'm debating whether the upgrade to the Venu 3 is worth. I'm particularly interested in the performance of the newer sensor on the Venu 3 compared to my 945, particularly for metrics like heart rate tracking, breathing rate, stress, and sleep.

If anyone has any experience with both watches--or with another model that has the same sensor as the FR 945 but now you're using the Venu 3, I'd like to hear your comparison of the two.

Thanks!

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PRK91 over 1 year ago +1

I don't have the FR945, but my friend has the FR245 (which uses the same Elevate V3 sensor) and in activities like running/jogging, the Venu 3 does better, compared to the FR245 (she tried my watch only…
PRK91 over 1 year ago in reply to 7983379 +1

Breathing rate is something that I am yet to explore. But during sleep, it varies a little (for me it goes as low as 9-10 bpm) and if you have sleep apnea, probably it would vary a lot (and for that, I…
PRK91 over 1 year ago in reply to ColinCroft +1

Some of the data fields of FR unfortunately remain on FR. However, you can do one left swipe and check the battery level on your home page and then press the A button to go back to the activity page. I…

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0 PRK91 over 1 year ago in reply to ColinCroft

You're welcome. Yeah, a right swipe will get you back to the activity page. Same here, I can live with the swiping. The only feature I would love to see on Venu 3 is the Courses option. I totally love the Running Dynamics update and if they can bring courses, that would be awesome. But I heavily suspect that they wouldn't haha. Let's see.