My Fenix 5 just died after 9 years. I am looking for something to replace it but a Fenix 8 at $1000 is not going to happen. I need something much more basic. While not competing anymore, I need a triathlon focused watch. Swim/Bike/Run (or walk) with GPS and heartrate would ne nice but not mandatory. I would like to be able to upload to Strava.
Don’t care about golf or scuba or pickleball, just focused on those three things. Any suggestions? TIA
I just got a Suunto Race 2 a couple of months ago and it’s pretty nice.
Works great as a watch and for tracking runs and stuff. The ability to make structured workouts in the app and run them on the watch is pretty nice.
The only downside is that Suunto does a bad job of getting other workouts into their ecosystem if you want to use their training metrics. Workouts from the watch go to Strava no problem.
If I was getting one now, I’d be looking at Coros though. It was a tossup between a Coros and the Suunto for me. In the last month Wahoo and Coros announced a tie up where they cooperate on sharing activities and stuff, so if you’re already using Wahoo for outdoor rides or SUF workouts, the Coros will play nice with that from a data / training metrics perspective.
Thanks Sir Richie. I am off the Wahoo platform, being very disappointed in the remastering, a.k.a.gutting, of the Sufferfest portfolio. I have been trying other platforms and enjoying the differences. So any integration with Wahoo is of little benefit.
I have been looking at the Coros Pace 4 and it seems like a good option. Having been on the Garmin ecosystem for over 15 years is still on my mind though. The new Garmin offerings have over 100 settings, which is great, except I use less than 10.
I do appreciate the feedback. Suunto I had already eliminated but Coros is still very much in play. Thanks again,
I mean if you’re just interested in a watch for tracking and don’t care about the other ecosystem stuff then maybe look at Amazfit. Heard good things about those.