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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.

I used to have Apple Watch 7 and now I’ve got Venu 3. I bought garmin Venu 3 because right now I live in a country when I do a lot of activities, but when I’ll be leaving this country , I’ll sell garmin and buy Apple Watch steel. Garmin has a lot of nice sport stuff, I really enjoy it. The screen is great, the battery is amazing.

So if sport matters a lot for you , definitely garmin is great, especially Venu 3.

If you need great smart watch and decent sport stuff - Apple Watch.