Garmin fēnix 5X Multisport GPS Smartwatch

This is the second Garmin Fēnix 5X I have had. The first one was loaned to me by my company for work purposes, then after a few months of using it I had to turn it back in. By that point I was so hooked on the fitness, mapping, and smart watch cpapbilities I couldn’t imagine not having something like it. I looked at several different watches but couldn’t find any with the fitness and mapping capabilities this one has so I bought a certified refurbished Fēnix 5X to cut the cost down a little bit. For fitness I don’t believe there is another watch out there that can touch what Garmin has in their Fēnix series. I have apps and widgets for everything I normally do in the gym, on the track, on trails, on bikes, and so much more. I love the constant tracking of my heart rate, my sleep, my steps, and my calories. It’s especially helpful that I can link the Garmin Connect app to other fitness and diet apps on my phone so I can get a complete picture of what my fitness looks like all day long. The mapping functions on the Fēnix 5X is, hands down, the best there is in a smart watch. I’m still trying to learn all of its capabilities. I can say I’ve navigated with the watch, I’ve geocached with the watch, and I’ve been able to communicate my location in relation to another point with my watch. I can’t wait to continue figuring out what other amazing things I can do with the maps! It would be nice if there were better instructions on the website somewhere to help figure out how to use certain features a little faster than just playing with it, though. Te battery life on this thing is phenomenal! My wife has an Apple Watch and my daughter has a Fossil smart watch. They both end up charging their watches every day or two at the most. When I’m not using the mapping features, I can get almost two weeks out of the battery before I have to charge it again. When I am using the mapping features, or if I am using the fitness features more than my normal hour a day, the battery life is obviously shorter, but even then I can go about a week before recharging. The smart features of the watch are really it’s only weakness. When I change my watch face or if I have to restart my phone it tends to disconnect from my phone. In order to get it to reconnect I’ve found I have to turn off and back on the noticifactions on the watch and in the Garmin Connect app before the watch will start showing notifications again. It would also be nice to have a touch screen to save some of the button pushing, but I can live without that as long as I get to keep my battery life.