The Garmin Epix 2 is a top-end runner’s watch, with a brilliant array of in-depth tracking features – and an eye watering price to match.
Back in the good old days of 2015, the Garmin Epix was the watch you’d buy if you wanted a Garmin with full mapping. It had a square screen and looked a little odd, but worked amazingly well.
We find it hard to argue the Epix is worth this much more than the brilliant Fenix 7. But it is one of the best fitness trackers available nevertheless. Garmin’s classic MIP display style is replaced by an AMOLED screen here, which measures 1.3 inches. This looks sharp but it has some drawbacks, namely that it’s going to use a lot of power when you’re standing outside as it will need to boost brightness to be visible.
FeaturesGarmin packs a lot of nerdy, in-depth features into its watches, and the Garmin Epix is no exception. Let’s take indoor cycling as an example. There’s lighter stuff too. Garmin offers multi-week workout plans for couch-to-5K folks and there are comparable plans for cyclists too. For yoga and weightlifting you can sync guided workouts to the watch. There are classes pre-programmed in Garmin Connect or you can build your own, plotting in specific yoga poses and gym-based exercises. It’s all free to access too, with no subscription required.
While there’s not a great deal here compared to the library of a true smartwatch, there are a few useful extras, like Komoot, Samsung SmartThings and a few third-party apps that can control Philips Hue lights. You also use Connect IQ to download apps for the Epix’s support music services: Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music.
Its GPS is an absolute joy to use as it latches onto signal almost instantly. We saw zero drop-outs and no overly creative route mapping. It even consistently placed us on the right side of the road and only claimed we ran straight through a building a couple of times during the first couple of minutes of a tracked workout. Our guess is the Epix signals an active GPS connection before its triangulation is 100% complete, which is why it feels so instantaneous.
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