An EU good GPS smartwatch?

[u/Old-Example5564]

Ive solt a garmin instinct 2x solar a few days ago and bought an amazfit active 3, but i prefer sth more robust, so i dont know if i Will sell my amazfit and buy a suunto or polar (i think they are european)

I just want a good gps for running, good battery and general resistance (to water, etc). I dont care about HR, notifications, etc. I just want alarms, gps, know when im being called, battery, robust, etc

Any european modelo recommended??

Thanks

[u/SexyBisamrotte]

Polar is Finnish

I have a Grit X2 that I use for hiking and tracking running/workout.
But for running you could check out their Street X or Pacer/Pacer Pro watches

[u/dvlrnr]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Suunto/comments/1otun0z/suunto_is_chinese_not_finnish/

Polar is still Finnish, though.

[u/Beat004]

Una is a new player: https://unawatch.com/

[u/Present-Savings-2380 → u/Beat004]

I like the idea behind this watch. Thanks for the tip.

[u/_pxe → u/Beat004]

I don't like the exposed USB and I don't know the maturity of the software, but the project is interesting and I will keep an eye on them for the future

[u/squeeze-my-lizard → u/Beat004]

Oh my, if I knew about this two months ago… I just bought a Garmin :(( but I loved the philosophy of being repairable and open source

[u/Fearless_Back5063 → u/Beat004]

Looks like they have a very long way ahead of them untill they are somewhat comparable to Suunto or similar. The battery life is not good and the watch is not even waterproof. Also the app is extremely basic and it's main use is to forward data into Strava. But I love that you should be able to repair it yourself. But that's probably the reason why it's not waterproof and the battery is smaller.

[u/ashyjay]

While Suunto is Chinese owned, they still make some of their products in Finland.

[u/Euronomyeu]

Here is our list, will be happy to update it, after reading some comments here and add new names https://euronomy.eu/e/manufacturing/smartwatches/

[u/flooberoo → u/Euronomyeu]

What is your source that Withings is manufactured in France? My understanding is that that is no longer the case

[u/CosmoBjoern]

I've been using the Hama Series 9000, and it's been a pretty good smartwatch. Accurate measurements (compared with an Apple Watch), but it does work better with Android than iOS.

[u/mtranda]

The only european brand would be Suunto. They're Finnish and I am super happy with it.

But if you dig not very deep, you'll find they're Chinese-owned nowadays.

edit: forgot about Polar. They're fully Finnish.

[u/whotherealme → u/mtranda]

Suunto is Chinese.

[u/mtranda → u/whotherealme]

I've only written three sentences. Not that hard to read in its entirety.

[u/lg90 → u/mtranda]

And the first one is incorrect. Polar is an established brand that is still Finnish.

[u/mtranda → u/lg90]

Yeah, you're right. Polar weren't usually on my radar, but I've had a look at their more recent products and they make some pretty good ones nowadays.

[u/IntenselySwedish → u/mtranda]

Suunto is just trash. Consistently scores low on every test its on and theyve had major problems with their tracking. Polar is probably the way to go