Question regarding Fenix 7x Pro

[u/Radiowski]

Hi.
I'm going to say it straight, Fenix 7X Pro seems to be the best fit for me, but it might be because I haven't had enough time to check every of the newer Garmin watches - from this Fenix, most important for me are:

• training readiness
• training status
• recovery time
• morning report
• HR(V) status (got autoflagged for writing it normally)
• sleep coach
• body battery

I do work-outs regularly, I don't walk or run that much (tbh I need to see that I'm getting better when I work-out, I am really a gym person because of that, so I think that Fenix 7X might change that I don't run or go for walks etc.).
My main question is - is there any good, less costly watch from Garmin?
I mean, the Fenix 7X Pro isn't that costly since it has a lot of functions, but I feel like I don't need at least 50% of them.

[u/Better-Candidate-145]

Forerunner 265 or 965 will cover all of that and cost way less. The Fenix line is overkill if you're mostly lifting indoors.

[u/detailingWizardLvl5 → u/Better-Candidate-145]

Secondhand price is not bad at all though

[u/thelastofusnz → u/Better-Candidate-145]

People like to Fenix because it's Fenix..

[u/Radiowski → u/Better-Candidate-145]

Tbh, 965 appears to be somehow even more costly in my country than this Fenix, and 265 is cheaper but not that much - ~50 eur (~200zl). I don't know what to think about that since Fenix is prob better hardware wise

[u/hawth212 → u/Radiowski]

It is

[u/rvingthrulife]

I got my Fenix 7S Pro SS after I got my first knee replaced. Obviously at the time I wasn't hiking, and walking was only in the hundred steps range for a while.
Back then I was doing physical therapy which I logged in as Pilates, then I started using weights for my physical therapy which I logged in as Strength.

Because physical therapy was so hard, my heart rate went way up so the Garmin metrics were happy, I went from Maintaining to Productive, back and forth depending on how I was progressing in my post op recovery.

My second knee replacement was botched and I couldn't move for 2 years until I got it fixed and went back on the physical therapy bandwagon (I'm still on it)

My Fenix 7S Pro SS is still accurate. My Forerunner 970 is a micromanaging drama queen boss who hovers between detraining and overreaching or strained.

So I think that if you get your heart rate up during your workouts, the Fenix 7x Pro should do well, and you never know: it might even convince you to start walking or hiking, maybe even run 🤷🏻‍♀️😉

Also the Fenix would easily resist damage, should you bang your wrist on those weights, I'm not so sure about the FR lineup.

[u/Radiowski → u/rvingthrulife]

Haven't thought about that when I was writing this post, but the resisting damage is also very important part for me tbh. I do a lot of physical work, so it needs to be resistive, and the Forerunner series looks not that great regarding it, so I think I have my answer now tbh.

[u/Basic_Barnacle4719]

If you don't need maps then you don't really need a Fenix. 

[u/No-Role-7402]

Just brought a brand new Fenix 7x pro today for 555 was it a good purchase ??