I own the 42mm Apex and have been using it daily for about 6 weeks. I'm generally happy with it. Feel free to ask specific questions.


5krunner has a review and a discussion forum.


Bluetooth only for communication with a phone; it doesn't support BLE sensors (e.g. power meters) currently. It does support ANT+ for common sensors (heart rate and power). Currently no support for ANT+ foot pods.


$300 for the 42mm version which has slightly less (but still amazing) battery life.


The Apex would seem to check all your boxes, but I'd note that oHR may or may not work well for you. It seems to vary quite a bit by individual (regardless of the watch brand). In my case the Apex oHR isn't accurate enough for running workouts, so I use a chest strap. (Heart rate is important data for training and recovery status, so if you don't have accurate heart rate data, you can't really use those features.) The issue is not unique to Coros. The Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR is even worse for me.

Edited to Add:

I'll probably jinx myself with this edit, but I got lazy on a recent run and didn't bother with the chest strap. The results were actually pretty good, so I tried a few more runs with the optical HR. It hasn't been flawless, but I'm no longer convinced the optical HR is significantly worse that a chest strap. (With chest straps, I still get a few anomalous spikes at the start of most workouts.) Fingers crossed this performance continues.