Best Garmin Watch (2025): Tested and Reviewed for Running, Cycling, and More

For respective years Garmin would merchandise an yearly update to its do-everything Fenix statement and besides to its Epix line which was, effectively, conscionable a Fenix pinch an AMOLED screen. Well, Garmin yet decided to consolidate, and nan Fenix is now nan 1 statement to norm them all. And I mean that, because it is very virtually nan champion watch I’ve ever worn, but it comes pinch a hefty value tag. Not only tin you now take betwixt a agleam and colorful AMOLED surface aliases a solar-charging show pinch mind-boggling artillery life, but location are immoderate caller features that make nan latest Fenix moreover much versatile.

For starters, nan Fenix 8 has cribbed nan extent sensor from its Descent line, which intends this mundane watch now useful arsenic a full-on dive machine for recreational scuba arsenic good arsenic free diving. The watch besides now features a microphone and a speaker. This allows you to make immoderate basal sound commands (start an activity, alteration modes, group a timer, unfastened stopwatch, etc), grounds sound notes, and moreover reply a telephone call—which I did a mates of times while showering. (There’s still nary cellular connectivity, though, which is simply a bummer.) It besides has a built-in LED flashlight (three levels of achromatic and 1 reddish for maintaining nighttime vision), which I ended up utilizing each nan time. It besides has built-in topographic maps, 24/7 wellness monitoring, 15-plus-day artillery life, and search for complete a 100 different activities.

The Fenix 8 comes successful 43-mm, 47-mm, and 51-mm sizes and is disposable successful some AMOLED and star surface options. Personally, I deliberation AMOLED is nan measurement to spell because it looks truthful good, and charging it erstwhile each 2 weeks isn’t a large deal, but if you’re going to beryllium doing immoderate month-long treks successful nan hinterlands, nan 51-mm Solar version starts pinch a afloat period of artillery life (up to 48 days pinch regular vulnerability to nan sun). It’s expensive, but it’s fantastic. —Brent Rose