![]() Apple’s adventurer-focused smartwatch easily beats the other series within its own lineup, but it cannot compete with these Garmin devices. This is an unimaginable world for Apple Watch Ultra owners. It’s also worth keeping in mind that the watch had been away from a charger for a good three or four days prior to the trip and I’ve only just charged it back up – four days after my return. That would be concerning, if there weren’t nine days of battery life still on the clock. After 13km of navigating my way through the fells of Coniston and using the Garmin to track every footstep, I lost four days of battery life. The Fenix 7 Pro joined me for its first hike last week in the Lake District. According to the Fenix 7 Pro I’ve been testing, it can achieve an utterly bonkers 55 days with the battery-saving feature turned on. ![]() It is comically long.īut it gets even more daft. I’ve never seen that number on a smartwatch before. Insane battery lifeĬharge the Fenix 7 Pro to 100% and it’ll report 18 days of remaining battery life. The fact that it looks so ruggedly handsome is just a satisfying coincidence.Īfter two weeks of use, there are two elements of using a device like the Fenix 7 Pro which have immediately struck this Apple Watch long-termer. The Fenix 7 Pro isn’t what I’d call a dress watch, but it’s not meant to be this is a device for sporty people who regularly train and push the boundaries of their fitness. It’s a smart-looking piece of kit that has been tested to military standards for shock, water, and thermal resistance. ![]() The sapphire solar-charged display is scratch resistant and the case is made from fibre-reinforced polymer with a steel bezel and rear cover. Thanks to solar charging and immensely impressive power management, the Fenix 7 Pro can go for up to 37 days on a single charge. The highlights reel is impressive, though. Put simply, if you’re looking for a watch that can track your favourite type(s) of physical activity under pretty much any condition and deliver a boatload of data points each day, the Fenix 7 Pro will fit the bill perfectly. The spec list for the Fenix 7 Pro is huge and life is far too short for me to sit here and list everything of which it’s capable. The price ranges from £749.99 to £929.99, depending on the size and edition you go for, placing the Fenix 7 Pro squarely in Apple Watch Ultra territory. It feels the same size as my Apple Watch Ultra, though, which suits me just fine. Garmin sent me the 47mm, which is, by most normal wrist standards, a rather big watch. ![]() The Fenix 7 Pro comes in three sizes – 42mm, 47mm, and 51mm. What follows is my first impressions, having worn an Apple Watch almost non-stop since 2015. The Apple Watch Ultra is an iPhone on your wrist, whereas Garmin devices are activity-focused wristwatches with a tiny bit of smartwatch capability thrown in for good measure.ĭespite this, I needed to investigate further, which is why I’ve got a Garmin Fenix 7 Pro Solar strapped to my wrist, where it will remain for an entire month. The Apple Watch Ultra, by comparison, had barely enough battery remaining to see me through to a third day, despite the fact I’d charged it to 100% at the start of the adventure and had switched on Low Power Mode (Mat didn’t switch on any form of battery saving on his Garmin).Īs Garmin owners are only too happy to point out whenever I publish an Apple Watch Ultra YouTube video, these are two very different devices. Mat hadn’t charged his watch for a good few days prior to our trip, yet he still had plenty of battery life remaining after two days of serious hiking. The Garmin absolutely smashed the Apple Watch Ultra when it came to battery life. I was wearing my trusty Apple Watch Ultra, while he had a Garmin Forerunner 255 strapped to his wrist. In February, I visited the Lake District with my brother-in-law.
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