Epix Pro Gen 2 Sapphire Sport Watch
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Why We Like The Garmin Epix Pro Gen 2 Sapphire Sport Watch
The Garmin Epix Pro Gen 2 Sapphire Sport Watch features a bright AMOLED display with a scratch-resistant lens, touchscreen, and traditional buttons for a user-friendly interface. Under the hood, it has all we need—and more—to make the most of our workouts and outdoor adventures. On top of the normal GPS navigation features, activity tracking, and smartwatch connectivity, the Epix Pro houses more than 30 sports apps and advanced training metrics, health features, and recovery insights, such as hill score, endurance score, sleep monitoring and sleep score, grade-adjusted pace, real-time stamina, VO2 max, training load, and much more. Even with all these features, this smartwatch's battery lasts for days and weeks—not just hours—as we pursue our outdoor passions and enjoy our active lifestyles.
Details
- Ultimate smartwatch with a crisp view of your activity metrics
- 1.3-inch AMOLED display for better visibility in sunlight
- Meets military standards for thermal, shock, and water resistance
- Up to 16 days of battery life in smartwatch mode
- 24/7 health tracking, plus more than 30 sports apps
- Bright LED flashlight for nocturnal adventures
- Item #GRMF06T
- Housing Material
- polymer, titanium
- Strap Material
- silicone
- Face Material
- sapphire crystal
- Movement
- digital
- Pedometer
- yes
- Odometer
- yes
- Altimeter
- yes
- Barometer
- yes
- Heart Rate Monitor
- yes, wrist based
- Submersible
- 10ATM (up to 100m)
- Technical Features
- Please see size chart for complete list of technical features
- Wireless
- yes
- Operating System
- Garmin Connect
- Date Indicator
- yes
- Weekday Indicator
- yes
- Alarms
- yes
- Backlight
- yes
- Battery Type
- rechargeable lithium-ion
- Battery Life
- (47mm) [smartwatch] < 16 days (6 days always on), [battery saver watch mode] < 21 days, [GPS only] < 42hr (30hr always on), [all satellite systems] < 32hr, [max battery GPS] < 75hr, [expedition GPS] < 14 days
- Low Battery Indicator
- yes
- Includes
- Epix Pro (Gen 2), USB-C charging/data cable, documentation
- Face Size
- 42mm, 47mm, 51mm
- Claimed Weight
- 2.5oz
- Activity
- training, running, climbing, cycling, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, casual
- Manufacturer Warranty
- limited 1 year
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Overall Rating
5 based on 245 ratings
Review Summary
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Selecting an option will reload the available reviews on the pageMay 27, 2024
great hardware, poor software
This is the most expensive watch I have ever bought. It is a sports smartwatch. Garmin is a GPS company that also makes watches. The GPS receiver will receive all the major navigation satellites, and is also multi-band. It has a long life while the GPS is enabled. It is very well made. I have found a number of issues however. First, you install an app on your smartphone, called Garmin connect. Next you install another app called Garmin connect IQ. No idea why you need 2 apps. I downloaded a 'watch face', as the faces included with the watch were not very nice for me. It queued the download, but it wouldn't download. The watch seemed to have the new face, the app said pending. There was nothing I could do to push the download. Finally, I rebooted the phone, and the download showed that it completed. Poor software. You can customize the included Garmin watch faces. I tried, but the user interface to do it was a bit confusing. Also the navigation to get to the point where I could customize the watch face was quite confusing. Perhaps with more experience, it would be less confusing, but I think it is a poor user interface. One reason I bought the watch was the pulse oximeter feature. In 1996, I worked on what became the best oximeter company in the world, so I have some understanding of pulse oximeters. I enabled it, and it said if it was always on, then the battery would drain faster. I enabled it anyway. I was having a hard time getting a reading. It said not to move for about 30 seconds. Eventually I got a reading of 93. Now I know this isn't a medical instrument. Still, in 1996, we had technology to deal with motion artifacts. It seems Garmin doesn't. I had assumed I could get readings while hiking or running. I guess not. Another issue is the reading. Based on my experience, I would say my typical reading would be 98 or 99. Getting a number of 93 shows the quality of the measurement is poor. When developing the oximeter in 1996, I had a perfusion of about 5%. This is a really strong signal. The oximeter would get accurate readings with a perfusion below 0.1%. So the signal strength shouldn't be an issue for Garmin. There is a lawsuit in the works between Masimo and Apple for pulse oximeter technology. The International Trade Commission found against Apple, and so Apple has removed the pulse oximeter functionality from their current watches. It would seems that Apple wanted really good oximeter technology, unlike Garmin. There was a lawsuit, which resulted in a hung jury. I might accept the crappy oximeter on a cheap watch, but the Epix is a very expensive watch.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 24, 2024
Great battery life. Excellent workout tracking.
I’ve owned my epix pro for a month and have been very pleased with it. It works quite well recording workouts and outdoors. The watch does a very good job of measuring my workouts. And the Garmin Connect app does a very good job of organizing the data. It helps me to stay motivated to keep doing workouts. The watch also does a very good job outdoors. The multi day battery life is dramatically better than my Series 5 Apple watch. I no longer worry about the battery running out when measuring heart rate on a full day hike. The built-in GPS seems to be very accurate. I’m looking forward to taking it on multi day backpack outings and not having to recharge it. I originally purchased the non pro version of the epix Gen 2. On Youtube, a reviewer ‘The Quantified Scientist’ has posted very extensive test comparisons of heart rate accuracy of watches; Garmin, Apple and others. The non pro epix Gen 2 scored poorly. After seeing those test results, I returned the non pro version and purchased the pro.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 23, 2024
GREAT MULTISPORT SMARTWATCH
I upgraded from my old Fenix 6 pro and I’m more than amazed with the features and great display. It is also very accurate and I couldn’t be happier. I made a great decision! :)
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 23, 2024
Band is short
I bought the 42 mm version because the others just looked huge on my wrist. After getting it home and taking out of the box, I realized that I’m on the second to the last notch on the band and it didn’t look good or feel good to be on the very end. in fairness, it does say that size is for those with smaller wrist, but I generally think that includes me. Apparently not. I was so frustrated by the fit that I may return it tomorrow I have had Garmin running watches in the past and thought they were very good. In this case, my intention was for some light hiking, swimming laps of the pool, and playing golf. I didn’t really get to the point where I was able to see those apps in working order.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 21, 2024
Great watch,
The visibility is amazing and there are way more features than most mortals will ever need. Upgraded from an older Fenix that would not charge. Very nice that the bands work on both watches
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 21, 2024
Phenomenal!
I bought this as an upgrade from my Fenix 6. The features are amazing with incredible battery life. I should have done this a long time ago
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 20, 2024
great watch
this watch does it all. great touch screen and color
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 19, 2024
Great training tool!
Love, when I do my HIIT workout out I can time my rest times and overview everything after.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 19, 2024
Phenomenal watch
I wore Suunto watches for over a decade. This watch has great wrist hr and is feature-rich. I highly recommend.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
May 18, 2024
Love it!
I upgraded from a forerunner 955, mainly for the bright screen and the scratch resistant screen (yes, the forerunner had several scratches after a year of daily use). I love the screen and the feature set. I have found the built-in LED flashlight to be incredibly handy to always have on-hand. So, why not 5-stars? The first, and main reason is that I would really appreciate the ability to take phone calls on my watch. Secondly, battery life with always on display isn't quite what I was hoping for, but with the always on display disabled it is good. Finally, and this is common among all Garmins, I would like better on-device music support -- for example YouTube music.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
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