Hi all,
After much debate, my wife and I updated our watches to this model, and I have a few questions/observations.
1. I don't have access to the boxes anymore, but from reading a different thread, our watches have a musical note on the "Back" button instead of chevrons. Does that mean they're a newer revision? All our buttons are nice and clicky; a far cry from my Fenix, but, much better than the 935 she had. I posted this concern in another thread where I wasn't sure about doing this upgrade primarily because of that reason, but for now it doesn't seem like it will be a cause for concern down the road. The "Start" activity button in particular is almost as stiff and clicky as my Fenix, which is really nice.
2. The North American topo map download is enormous. Do I actually need this, or does the full map exist already on the watch? I don't care much about staying current, the trails we hike/run on are older than the trail dirt itself.
3. I had the iOS 13 bug pop up this AM where it wasn't syncing to my phone at all, so I restarted the watch, and it took a LONG time to shut down. Like five full minutes. Every Garmin I've ever had, it's been an almost instant shutdown. Is this normal?
4. The body battery and PulseOx are just cool. A little gimmicky, but the PulseOx in particular could be nice down the road. I'm sure body battery will tell me I should be getting some more sleep, LOL.
5. Beyond annoyed they didn't include a QuickFit band on a $600 retail watch. Seriously, Garmin?
6. REALLY like the additional info on the widgets. The fact it tells me my estimated 5k time every time I go by the VO2Max widget is a little intimidating. 
7. The new screen is MONEY. Love how clear and bright it is compared to older Garmins. In fact, I had to turn the brightness down on the screen, it's straight up blinding in the dark.
8. I've now done two GPS activities, and wow. This thing is dead nuts accurate compared to my older Garmins. Really, really pleased with this. Can't wait to hit the trails tomorrow and see what it does!
9. Six data fields. YES. Finally, I don't have to scroll up every time I want to check the time.
Overall, well worth the upgrade so far!
