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Series 9 or Venu 3? (alien.top)
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I know I will probably get skewered for this question in an Apple sub, but has anyone considered the same?

Starting to see some holiday sales start to pop up and considering both.

Tried the Ultra 2 and disliked the weight and how dim the screen got in low.

Already know the battery argument between garmin and Apple.

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[–] UnstableAccount@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I've have tried to go back to a few Garmin watches over the last year, basically the 965 and the Venu 3. Neither stuck. I have a AW Ultra 2 at the moment after a recent upgrade. It came down to this:

  1. Workouts are an hour or two of my day and the AW more than covers the metrics I want. When I really want to get into it during a run or hike with a map I will use Workoutdoors.
  2. The other 14+ hours of the day I am walking around, responding to messages, getting calls, or just sitting around. The AW does that more than well enough.
  3. I don't care about charging a watch that lasts me a full day with workouts each night (in my case every 2-3 days.) I don't like wearing my watch to sleep.

Neither Garmin was a disappointment, it's jsut that neither did enough extra to compel me to change back to Garmin. I used to a long time Garmin user, but AW has become my regular the last 2-3 years.