The Coros Apex is a multisport GPS watch with excellent battery life and a data-rich companion app that offers a wealth of insights about your performance biking, running, swimming, and more. It offers similar functionality to the Garmin Forerunner 735XT, with better battery life and a more stylish design, making it our Editors’ Choice. Pros: - Excellent battery life - Stylish design - Data-rich companion app - Breadcrumb trail navigation feature - Comparably priced to Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music - Offers advanced fitness metrics like VO2 max - Smart features like contactless payments and the ability to store songs locally Cons: - No touch screen

Verdict

The Garmin Forerunner 735XT is a comprehensive fitness tracker that provides triathletes with pertinent information and advice. It is easy to use and has good battery life, but it comes at a high price. The watch is accurate for HIIT exercises and has fast charging capabilities. However, it does not record heart rate during swims or store the data when the swim is stopped, making it unsuitable for swimmers or triathletes.

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Battery Life

Battery life is the only selling point

I almost forgot I had it on at times. The battery life is the selling point of this watch (and frankly, all Coros products). A bit better than what I get on my Fenix 6X. The trade-off in software and lack of data ultimately had me stick with Garmin though

3/5

3 years ago

amazon.com

I have had a Garmin 735XT for maybe 3 years. I never had the text/notifications on to increase battery life and have loved the watch. Then a few weeks ago the battery was not lasting as long as it used to. Then on the 4th of July I was swimming in a lake and my watch just totally died

Negative

3 years ago

reddit.com/r/running

Notifications

What smartwatch are you using with your pixel?

I only use the text & call notifications because everything else was just overwhelming/obnoxious. That's also because my Pixel was updated & the "new & improves bubbles" turned my notifications to shit.

Positive

3 years ago

reddit.com/r/GooglePixel

Lovely watch but lacks non-subtle vibration alert, decent 'beep' volume and bright'ish backlight

The critical aspect of all of my earlier Garmin watches is that I had both sound and vibration turned on for the lap notification so that even if it was noisy and there were distractions, I never missed the lap. That doesn't work for me with this watch. There is (as is typical) no volume for the sound, and the vibration is so subtle that while I feel it if I'm sitting at a desk, outside I never felt it, even when approaching what I knew was going to be a lap - it's just too subtle. Given that this is a popular triathlon watch, I must be in the minority on this, but I couldn't use this watch

4/5

3 years ago

amazon.com

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