The Garmin Epix Pro is one of the best sports watches available and Nick has been using it as his main watch since it launched in May 2023. In this long term review of the watch Nick covers how it’s performed when training for a marathon and an ultramarathon, and compares the Epix Pro to its major rivals on the market, including other Garmins like the Forerunner 965 and Epix 2, and AMOLED options from other brands like the Apple Watch Ultra 2, Polar Grit X2 Pro and Suunto Race.
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00:00 – Intro
00:13 – Design & Key Stats
01:43 – The Run Test
02:10 – Design
03:50 – Sports Tracking & Training Analysis
06:04 – GPS Accuracy
07:13 – HR Accuracy
08:09 – Battery Life
09:43 – Maps & Navigation
10:53 – Smart Features
12:04 – Activity & Sleep Tracking
13:55 – Verdict & Alternatives
14:52 – Garmin Epix Pro vs Garmin Forerunner 965
16:07 – Garmin Epix Pro vs Garmin Epix 2
17:18 – Garmin Epix Pro vs Apple Watch Ultra 2
18:30 – Garmin Epix Pro vs Garmin Fenix 7 Pro & Garmin Enduro 2
19:36 – Garmin Epix Pro vs Polar Grit X2 Pro
20:54 – Garmin Epix Pro vs Suunto Race
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Hello and welcome to the Run testers my Name's Nick and this is our long-term Review of the gari epics [Music] Pro so I've been wearing the G epic Pro For most of the last 12 months since it Was launched in May 2023 during that Time I've compared it to lots of other Watches and I've worn it for Long Training block so I wanted to do this Long-term review of the watch and see How it stands in today's market so Looking at some of the design stats the G epics Pro comes in three sizes 42 mm 47 mm and this the 51 mm watch has an AMOLED touchcreen that comes in three Sizes from 1.2 in up to 1.4 in the Largest watch you can get a steel or a Titanium model of the watch the steel Ones are the cheaper models they have Corning Gorilla Glass screens whereas The more expensive titanium models have Sappire Crystal screens it's the bezel And the back of the case that you get in Those metal materials with the plastic In between you can get various straps From the watch from gin directly the Silicon one comes as standard I'm say Now this is a nylon band that I got off EBay we've had a lot of questions about About this band in the past I will pop a Link in the description below it's it's A very cheap band it has a loop on one End that you can't actually get onto the
Bar of the Epic which is fixed in place But if you just shove it through like That it works perfectly fine anyway I Will put a link to that in the Description just cost a few pounds off EBay all of the epics Pro watches have Garmin's classic five button design and A built-in flashlight which I'll just Show you briefly there hopefully that's Not too dazzling in these bright Conditions they all also have garmin's Latest Elevate heart rate sensor and They can take an ECG measurement Although this is a feature that's only Available in the US at the moment you've Got multiband GPS on all of the is in The range they are 10 ATM waterproof Rated you can connect to external Sensors via Bluetooth and entt plus and You have all the sensors you'd expect From a top Garmin on board like an Altimeter compass and a pulse [Music] Oximeter so as I said at the top I've Been using the Epic Pro for most of the Last year I initially tested the 47 mm Version of the watch which is the kind Of standard middle size and then for Most of the year I have been testing the 51 mm version which has much longer Battery life as the the main plus which Will come on to in a bit I used the Watch for the entirety of my London Marathon training block this year and I
Also used the watch for a 50 m 80k Ultramarathon last year and and for Various other little training blocks Throughout the last year running through The key areas of what's come up for me Over the past year with the watch the Design I think is really nice it's Obviously a pretty big watch but it's Notably bigger or less comfortable than All these kind of top watches in this Bracket like the polar gritex or the Choros vertic or things like the Garmin And jro and Phoenix like you can get a Lighter Slimmer watch if you look at the 4 and 965 from Garmin but even the 51 mm Epic Pro which is very big on my skinny Wrist has felt comfortable I've been Able to sleep with it it's never felt Too annoying to have such a large watch On my wrist touchcreen is great it's Really responsive it's very Snappy to Use and the buttons also obviously are Very useful when you're on the run and It's cold or wet and you don't want to Be using a touchcreen to do any kind of Activity with the watch you can always Just do everything with the buttons Which is probably how I mostly navigate Around the watch in general I often have To turn the touchcreen off actually Because uh my baby plays of it and it's Incredibly Adept at removing the widgets From my watch I don't know how he does It cuz he's can't speak or think really
So far but he does he is very good at Deleting and rearranging widgets on this Watch the flashlight is a big design Feature on the watch compared to the Epics 2 and it is very handy I'd say Like even for me someone who's at home Most of the time I don't go on any Big Adventures I use it to get around the House at night and see the children and If you are someone who's outside a lot After dark it's just very Nifty to have A watch on your wrist like last weekend I was at a wedding and there's a chance We might have to walk a couple of miles In the dark back to our accommodation And I had a watch I had a torch on my Wrist very handy indeed not necessarily A reason that I'd upgrade but I think It's something that if you are Outdoors A lot will be of great benefit Amed Display is obviously the big feature That separates it from other top Garments like the Phoenix and the uro I Really like this display it's very Bright and easy to read it's brighter Than the classic LCD screens if you're Indoors or under tree cover or dappled Light or under cloud cover and sunlight It's still really clear to read so yeah Even when you are in bright sunny Conditions I still find the am screen as Good as an LCD screen and it's better Than it in most conditions comes to Sports tracking and the training
Analysis these are as comprehensive and Excellent as you'd expect from a top Garment it's as good as anything else on The market during Sports you can show Pretty much any data screens you watch You've got loads of customization Options on the watch you can show up to Eight stats at once all the different Sports modes you could want including a Track mode for running and yeah actually Inactivity experience is very easy and Things like the structured workout Builder whether you're doing a Complicated workout you set up via Cara Connect or a simple one you do on the Watch itself it's all very intuitive Easy to use it just works it fits very Well for the kind of Runner I am anyway I've always found that anything I want To do in terms of sports tracking the Garmin epics Pro can do it training Analysis is also incredibly Comprehensive like more comprehensive Than probably anyone really needs but All the stats are there and it has stats That you just don't really find on other Watches there's some interesting new Ones that have come to it like Hill Score and endurance score and if you go To your max estimate you get race Predictions you get the usual training Load analysis which has done pretty well On the watch it's all shown very clearly On the watch itself through widgets that
Are colorcoded and yeah really it's up To the runner individually how much you Use this kind of stuff but it is all There on Garmin that's very much a key Thing with top Garmin is all the Features are there if you want them and They're quite easy to ignore if you Don't want them so different times Throughout the year I've been more into Some of these stats when I was training For an ultramarathon last year going Have a reasonable out of elevation not Too much I didn't pick a very hilly Ultra I did get quite into the hill Score and if I was doing more hilly runs I'd see that rise over time my 4-we Training load to have more elevation and Then during the London Marathon block Earlier this year I could see my Endurance score going up as I ramped up My mileage ramped up the intensity of my Long sessions and you know it was Pleasing just to see that represented in Graph form on the watch and although the Race predictor is not very accurate for Me I've never had always found that with Garmin the V2 maxtion actually is pretty Good over time like during the time I've Had this watch and tested other the Garmin I've had a proper test done with A gas exchange mask and all that and the V2 Max estimate on the Garment has Talled up pretty well with that so just Getting loads of information here and
It's presented very nicely and if you're Into it you've got it there there also The training readiness stat which is Useful I think like there are definitely Problems with it undermining its Accuracy in terms of the sleep tracking On the Garment which I'll come on to Later but you can look at that stat and As a trend over time it is quite useful Each day to get that kind of HRV reading The training readiness and stuff like That that you can use to judge your Overall State each day even if you are Mostly going to go on feel which is what I do anyway it's just nice to have it on The watch and yeah like I say it's all There if you want it GPS accuracy on the Epic Pro I've tested this against pretty Much all the best multiband watches out There and I'd say garmin's GPS accuracy In multiband mod is good or better than Pretty much anything else on the market I think the only watches that I think Have matched the Garment for accuracy Are probably things like the sunto race And sunto vertical New coros vertic 2 Us Is also very good polar grit X is a Little bit less accurate find the Apple Watch Ultra is close to as good as well But basically throughout my testing I've Never really had a major problem with The GPS light it is still not going to Be infallible when I've done like Big City events like the London Marathon or
London landmarks half marathon when You're under tall skar scrapers you are Going to see some inaccurate GPS and There's no watch that has performed well For me in those conditions yet it's very Good under tree cover and it's very Reliable when it comes to pacing it Doesn't jump around a lot it doesn't Seem to have just big errors like all The other watches I've tested like maybe Once or twice they might just throw up Something where they went completely Wrong they said they had GPS lock on and They didn't or something like that and In a year of use of the Epic Pro just Had nothing like that like it will go Wrong like I say in certain conditions Under very tall building and all that But for the most part it's very steady It's very solid it's very reliable which Is indicative of Garin as a platform in General everything is really polished And has been done for a long time so They've kind of ironed out the Kinks Whereas with some other Stu with some Other brands you are still having a few More Kinks and bugs heart accuracy so You got the latest Garin sensor on the Epic Pro and it is pretty good for an Optical heart rate sensor like you could Rely on it for the most part it's had Some real blinders for me like I didn't Wear a chest or an arm strap during the London marathon and the epics Pro did
Read my heart rate correctly to my Knowledge uh during that run it looked Exactly what I'd expected to to be Basically having used a chest trp for Most of the training the heart rate in The race was tracked very accurately by The watch I still wouldn't rely on it I Haven't relied on it for most of the 12 Months I've connected either an armband Heart rate monitor or a chest strap to The watch because basically only takes One or two bad runs to really throw out A lot of the long-term training analysis On the watch because if it just reads Way too high for example it locks onto Your Cadence for a run which it does do Sometimes and then it's very very high Your heart rate for the whole run sudden You've got all these intensi things Being thrown at you and you're training Lis saying you're training too hard and All that and your your heart rate is Very high for a slower Pace than you Usual and all that so yeah I'd still Link up an armband or a chest trrap if You don't want to I say this is one of The better Optical heart rate trackers On the market but I just don't think any Of them are up to Snuff for my use Anyway battery life so this obviously Depends on the size of the watch with The 47 mm epic Pro it was in line with The Garmin Epic 2 it lasted me four or Five days on a charge and it was you
Know it's pretty good that's quite nice For a big AMOLED watch like that that's Doing a lot but the 51 mm epic Pro is Pretty special on battery life it's the Best AMOLED watch for battery life I've Come across it's lasted 9 or 10 days in A charge like 10 days for use and in the Depth of marathon training when I was Probably doing about 125 km a week and Using it for notifications always in Multiband mode and that kind of thing it Might drop down towards N9 days but That's still very good it is a big watch To wear but you are getting a huge leap In battery life compared to the smaller Models of the epics and indeed most Other AMOLED watches out there so yeah That's the big takeaway with the Epix Pro 51 mm is the extra battery life you Get is like double what you get from the Next size down price is a lot higher for The bigger watch but you're getting a Big payoff there with that battery life So throughout the testing of this watch I have had it at you know high intensity Of battery use I've pretty much had the Screen always on the entire time and I've had multiband on I've had Notifications coming in it's been Vibrating for certain things and yeah Like I say it's nearly was 9 10 days of Use terms of single activity use 50 m 80 Km ultra marathon I did with it took me 8 hours just pretty much on the dot and
The battery life went from 97% down to 79% again that was in multiband mode so That's a drop of 18% for 8 hours of use Which actually is better than garmin's Estimate on battery life but in general I say you you can look at those Estimates and know you are going to hit Them if you're add in things like Playing music on the watch which I Didn't really do that will bring the Battery life down quite considerably but The big takeaway is like the 51mm watch Has the best batter life I come across On an AMOLED watch and the smaller Models are still okay you're still Looking at a few days four or five days With the 47mm watch comes to Maps Navigation the Epic Pro like all of G Top watches with this feature is very Very good and well ahead of the Competition from other brands you've got These really clear detailed maps on the Watch that are very easy to see on the AMOLED screen especially if you're Navigating in forest and stuff like that When you're on the tree cover the AMOLED Screen really comes into its own then These are rootable maps so you can use Them to create roots on the fly if You're following a route and you go Wrong the watch will adjust the route so You can find your way back the trail you Can use it to create a route home if You're going back to start Point things
Like that the maps are fantastic on gone Watches it's no different with the Epic Pro except you've got the AMOLED screen Which makes them I think easier to read And clearer than you have when you're Looking at maps on the Phoenix or the Enduro watches we also got CLE Pro on The watch which is a fantastic feature And one that helps garmin's navigation Features stand out from other brands This breaks out all the climbs and Descents in your roots so you can see Them one by one and you can look at the Screen uh when you're on a climb and You'll see how much of the climb you Have left how much elevation you've got To cover and how long in distance as Well it just means you can judge efforts On uphills in particular it's really Helpful I find so yeah great feature Maps navigation on the Epic Pro topnotch In line with what you get from other Garments though it's not like you're Getting anything extra here aside from The AMOLED screen which obviously the Only other Garmin AMOLED watches with Maps are the epics 2 and the 4965 comes To Smart features the Epic Pro is not a Full smartw watch like the Apple watch But it is very good for a sports watch I Say of all sports watch brands Garmin Has the most useful smart features Starting with music where you have the Capability to link up with streaming
Services Spotify Amazon music and diesa If you have Premium Accounts on those And you can wirelessly transfer your Playlist to the watch you can also just Control music playback on your phone Using the watch it's got NFC payments Through Garmin pay which is not so good In the UK doesn't have that many High Street Banks supported there are Workarounds of apps and that but it does Have those if you're going to go if you Really want to use NFC payments on this Watch you can do it there are ways to do It which isn't the case with most sports Watches got a limited App Store in terms Of connect IQ it's mostly watch faces in The occasional data field but you can Get your Park on barcode on the watch Which is the app I download on every Single garment I use and that is very Handy so yeah for a sports watch it is Pretty smart and it looks good obviously The screen looks the part of a Smartwatch you get good weather forecast Notifications and all that coming in but You haven't got the full app store or Something like the Apple watch or a Google Play Smartwatch and you don't get Other features you get with the Apple Watch like the ability to store tickets For planes and trains and other cards Like Supermarket Loyalty cards you know It's not quite as smart it's something Like the Apple watch Ultra but for a
Sports watch the smart features I think Are pretty good and we'll cover off the Key ones that people might need the Activity tracking is pretty solid on This watch you get step counts which you Can set to adjust in line with your Activity if you want some truly insane Step targets when you're deep in Marathon training which is what I often Get don't like calorie counts and Garments I think the base calorie count Is set too low on the watch like the Amount that they say you're burning just Through without any activity at all Which means I think the overall calorie Count is low and and when I am deep in Something like marathon training and I Get a bit worried about losing weight You know I look at those calorie counts And for me they do seem low and they are Low probably not judging anything by Those calorie counts is something I've Noticed over the course of the year I Feel like they are a little bit low step Count seems fine though and it seems to Do a good job of recognizing steps even When you're pushing a buggy and then you Get obviously the Readiness and the Heart rate variability stuff on the Watch like debate about this about Whether it's accurate how much people Want to use it but I think if you use a Watch for a long time you can use things Like the heart rate variability status
Can get your heart rate variability Reading in the morning and just look at The single number and you can use Garment trading Readiness as long as You're aware that there are going to be Some problems of accuracy around some Things like if you haven't used a heart Rate monitor for your training or the Sleep tracking which As of all garments tends to overestimate How much time you spend asleep because a Lot of the time when you're just Stationary in bed after a certain time At night or if you're stationary in your Front room watching TV you get logged as Light sleep and the watch did miss a lot Of times I got woken up in the Night by My baby and things like that so I'll Take the sleep tracking with a pinch of Salt I probably wouldn't use the Sleep Coach on the watch as a result of that But tends to ER on the positives but I Do think it's a little bit less accurate Than sleep tracking on other watches and It does obviously feed into some stats Like your training readiness so i' have Keep an eye on that one the other thing I do like about the general kind of Activity tracking on the watches that The recovery advisor you get after Workouts will take into account like how Busy you are throughout the rest of the Day so often I'll have quite a Stationing day at home if I'm working
From home and I run and then I just sit At my desk the rest of the day and work There I will get a little buzz saying Your recovery time has come down because You've had a very stationary day whereas If it's a weekend day uh my recovery Won't be coming down like that because I'll be spending the day on my feet you Know doing activities with the family And stuff like that so that takes a Slightly more holistic view of that Recovery advisor then you maybe get with Some other sports watches Right it comes to the verdict I would Say if you don't mind the size and you Don't mind the price the Garmin epic pro 51mm model in particular is the best Sports watch on the market it's the one I chose to use over all the other ones I've tested for most of the past year so I guess you could say that was a Foregone conclusion that I'd say that But it's a very expensive watch but it Does deliver in Spades and the main Thing you get here compared to other AMOLED options is the really impressive Battery life as long as you like I say You don't mind having quite a big watch On your wrist pretty much all the Features on this watch are as good or Better than you get on watches from Outside Garmin GPS is excellent the Tracking is very good you get the really Impressive navigation features and the
Smart features are good enough for me That they cover off what I need even if It's not as good as something like an Apple Watch for on that front so if Money is No Object I would go for it It's the best watch I've tested however Money usually is an object and I'd Certainly say you can get better value Within garmin's range and there Certainly other competitors out there That are worth looking at so I'm run Through a load of watches now that I've Also tested this year that you might be Considering along with the Epic Pro and See how they stand and the big one to Start with I think is the Garmin 4 965 Because that is such a good watch it is Lighter and Slimmer and a little bit More comfortable to wear than the epex Pro as a result and it's actually got The same size screen as the 51mm Epic Pro despite being a smaller watch also Has pretty good battery life it lasts More like 7 Days on a charge so it's Lasts longer than the 47 mm epic Pro if Not quite as long as the 51 mm got that Gorgeous AMOLED display and and all of Garmin's top software features on that Watch as well don't get the flashlight Or the latest heart rate sensor but I Would say those are probably more nice And absolutely essential so yeah that is A fantastic watch that's a fair bit Cheaper only thing that really sticks in
My mind about that which is I used it Fair bit this last year I used it for a 50k run a trail run and I scratched the Screen and I think kieran's also Scratched the screen from the Run Testers as well I just would worry about That with the 965 you got the hardier More rugged model with the epics in Terms of both the case and the screen And I think you know if you ask someone Who's going to be outdoors a lot and That kind of thing there are several Situations basically where I've had this Watch on and I've banged it or dropped It or something like that and I'm going Oh if that was the 4 and a 965 I'm Worried I might have damaged it a bit But I haven't damaged the Epic Pro so That's the one big caveat there but in Terms of actual features and usability The nx5 is a fantastic watch it's Probably the one I'd go for over the Epic Pro if you're considering price as Well and I'd probably buy screen Protector as well and then you'd be fine There's also the Garmin epics 2 which Got pretty much all the features that Came to the Garmin epics Pro in terms of Software added to it so you are getting Things like the hill score and endurance Score and you've got the bright AMOLED Screen you've got all the maps and Everything like that again you don't get The flashlight and the latest heart rate
Sensor but still consider them probably More nice than essential features and You have got that more rugged body than The 4 965 only thing to say is with the Garment Epix 2 you need to look at a Sapphire model if you want to get the Multiband GPS you don't get it on the Standard steel models but that is a Really fantastic watch and often in s so Not only is it cheaper on RP than the Latest epic Pro you can get the Epic 2 Uh in a at a discount a lot of the time And that is going to be better value and The watch I'd go for I would say you Won't be able to get a 51 mm model Though so you won't get that big battery Life bump but like I said the G Epic 2 I Used for a long time we' got a longterm Review of that watch up as well I use That kind of four or five days pretty Easily on a charge and it really does Match up the Epic Pro and all the really Important features so yeah they are the Two watches I'd look at for Value if you Want all these amazing features that Garmin are offering here you can get for Less on the Garmin Epic 2 and the Garmin 4 and a 965 you lose out a few things The flashlight the later sensor the Battery life the hardier case when it Comes to comparing it to the 965 but in Terms of actual day-to-day use those are Both amazing watches and at a better Price than the Epic Pro next up on the
Comparison block is the Apple watch Ultra 2 which I also wore for pretty Much the entirety of my London marathon Training block to do a direct comparison With The Epic Pro there is a video just On this comparison on the channel as Well if want to dive into more detail But broadly it broke down as you'd Expect I'd say the g epic Pro is the Better sports watch you've got much Better battery life like five times the Battery life pretty much at 10 days for This and about two days on the Apple Watch Ultra 2 got much better training Analysis I think slightly better GPS on The Garmin the STS tracking and training In general is more detailed and better And the native uh Maps navigation is Also better on the Garmin the Apple Watch is obviously the better Smartwatch And it does have an amazing appur that Fills in a lot of gaps where I think the Garment is better than the Apple watch You know you can fill in those gaps Mostly with the Apple watch App Store Still don't think it's really doing very Well on training analysis I know there Are some pretty good apps out there like Training today and athletic but I think The hardware on the appw watch limits Those are bit with the amount of Measurements you can take and things Like HRV so yeah overall I'd say the Garmin is the better sports watch it's a
Bigger watch you know it's less smart But you are going to get you know more Impressive Sports Performance and much Better battery life but the applewatch Ultra 2 is a very good sports watch Round And if you want to lean a bit more Into the smart side of things it will Still do a great job of tracking your Training even if you're a very serious Runner and that nice design you Obviously get with Apple as well on to The next watch which is two watches it's The Garmin Phoenix 7 Pro and the Garmin Injo 2 these are pretty similar watches All around to the Epic Pro they are just Don't have AMOLED screens they have all Of gin top features they have the LCD Display which means they can offer Longer battery life the uro 2 only comes In one size which is the 51 mm size but You get the same range of size with the Phoenix 7 Pro range and the Phoenix 7 Range I personally like the AMOLED Screen so I prefer the Epic over the Phoenix and the uro in general actually The battery life if you do get this Large 51 mm model epic you're not really A huge hit on battery life either so I Saying this was usually lasting me 9 or 10 days I just did a battery test on the Garm injo 2 and it lasted me 16 days and I charge so prob looking at about a week Extra use and the Phoenix Falls Somewhere in the middle but you know
It's not a drastic drop off obviously It's a much bigger drop off to the Smaller sizes of the Epic Pro but yeah I Think you now are getting to the stage a Little bit where the AMOLED screen Watches are starting to get that better Battery life and that makes it an easier Choice I think to go for AMOLED I do Prefer the Amed screen like I said early On it's just as easy to read in bright Sunlight I find as the LCD screen and Then it's easier to read under cloud Cover tree cover indoors so yeah I'd get The Epic Pro ahead of the other big Garmin watches that have LCD screens so The polar grit X2 Pro is the big Competitor from Polar to the epics it's A really nice looking watch I actually Think the design in terms of the case is A little bit nicer than the Garmin epic Pro because it's a little bit thinner It's very Sleek it looks really good the AMOLED screen is really bright and Vibrant on the Polar I would say and it Has Maps as well along with multiband GPS that's pretty good I think the G GPS Accuracy is a little bit better than Polar but the polar grit X2 Pro is a Pretty good watch round just think You've got so many more features with The Garmin if you look down the list of Features for both watches there are Loads of stuff that Garmin has that Polar doesn't it has much more detailed
Training analysis it has smart features Like music storage it's got Klein Pro as An extra tool with its navigation Features or it's something that both Watches might do but the Garmin does a Little bit better the maps are better on Garing they're routable Maps they're More detailed GPS accuracy is a little Bit better on the Garmin comparing the Battery life of the two watches the grit X2 Pro was about in line with the Midsize Garmin epics model the 47 mm Model four or 5 days of use it does have Quite a long uh battery life for an Individual activity in multiband mode Longer than you get on any of the Gins Although do think in real world use that The Epic Pro tended to slightly Outperform its battery life estimat from Garmin whereas the polar tended to Underperform the targets that polar set So it's not as big a difference as it Maybe looks on paper but yeah the polar G XD Pro is a good watch but at its Price which is quite high and comparable To the Epic Pro I think the Epic Pro is A watch that just offers a loads more Features and does the features that both Watches do a little bit better so I'd Get the Gin epics Pro next up we've got The sunto race which I think is a really Competitive watch one that I really Enjoyed testing it's got an AMOLED Screen it is priced very well sunto
Basically saw that they can't match Gino Features so they've undercut them on Price and it is pretty compelling Offering all around it's got really good Battery life last him about a week even With a screen set to always on using Multiband GPS as I mentioned earlier the Multiband GPS on sunto watches is Excellent I think it's comparable to Garmin and accuracy so it really puts it Right up there I had no problems with That at all and the design of the sunto Race is pretty Hardy you can get a Titanium watch of a sapphire screen for A lot less than you're paying for those Materials when you're looking at the Epic Pro range so I do think the sun RAC Is a pretty compelling alternative it Nails the essentials of tracking I'd say It's just really nowhere near as good as Garmin and all the stuff around like I Say as always Garmin has loads more Features than these watches some of Those features you won't use but it does Have a lot more extensive training Analysis it's got the smart features It's got the better maps and navigation Features they you do get maps on the Sunto as well so yeah the G epic Pro is A better watch the sunto race I think Ticks quite a few key boxes that I Consider the most important stuff on Watches things like battery life Hardy Design good GPS accuracy I think it's
Quite a nice looking watch as well the User interface is not as good on sunto That's for sure and it can a little bit Laggy at times on the race now I never Experienced anything too bad in terms of Lag with the sunto race but I know Mike Did when he was testing it he found his Watch a bit you know unresponsive it's Probably something they can fix over Time I'd say and like I said it does Nail the essentials the Epic Pro is a Better watch I'd get the Epic Pro Certainly if you can find it in a deal Somewh a bit closer to the sunto rac's Price but that's a watch look out for if Sunto update continues to update that And irons out some bugs and adds some More features it's a really the Essentials of a very good watch are There at a competitive price So that's our long-term review of the Garmin epics Pro let us know in the Comments if there's anything else you Want to me to address about the watch After using it for this period uh please Do like and subscribe ring the little Bell and we'll see you next time
