"Garmin will send you a refurbished unit, free of charge"
"I've had to pay ~$100 for each replacement"

It's interesting to hear how variable the Garmin responses are. My Fenix 5 has the same barometer/temperature sensor issue as many, and I was quoted $160+tax for a refurbished Fenix 5. I would certainly take a refurb unit for free, and maybe even pay $100, but definitely not $160 for a used and dated model when there are other new options on the market for not much more money.

Yup I have a Suunto 9 and have complained about this. Used to have Ambit3 which was excellent accuracy, but unfortunately I lost it ... they’ve gone backwards with their GPS ... wrist HR is not good either so I’m still using my belt. If I use my wrist HR it always shows me in zone 5 when I know I’m in zone 2 or 3.

I switched from Garmin to Suunto (after owning multiple Garmin watches, yes I think we are all familiar with replacing a broken Garmin ..) but my next watch might be another brand (am hearing some good stuff with Coros??)

The better half switched from Garmin to Apple and is quite happy (though battery life isn’t so great...)

You don't know me, of course, but my experience is just the opposite. I initially gave up in frustration about 10 years ago. Since then, I've been tempted to try Garmin again twice (645M for music and Edge 530 for radar). Both times I regretted the attempt and ended up hating Garmin even more. After three strikes they're out, permanently.

As a software engineer that also does user experience design, I may have atypical biases. But the quality of Garmin's software is abysmal and an average intern could vastly improve their user experience. I don't care what features Garmin adds. If they cause the watch to crash and if they're not easy to use, they're not worth it.

$160 was what I was quoted about a month ago, sort of regret not taking the offer at $70 in fall. At that time I was so pissed because this was the 3rd time and just a few weeks out of warrantee. My previous failures happened around 1.5-2 years of use. I'm pretty sure they were $100. I don't know why it happens to me so much. I don't swim that much, at least compared to most on slowtwitch.

It was easy for me to switch to the coros since it only costed me $160, had some discounts and reward points. I'm just waiting for a new garmin with updates that I actually want. I don't care for the newer fenix or forerunners.

Coros Apex Pro.

I've tried Wahoo's watch, Android smart watch, Garmin this and that. Love the Coros for it's simplicity, ridiculous battery life and for being not-Garmin. My wife does love her Garmin Fenix 5s though.

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