Originally Posted by
jgwilliams
The Xoss sounds good for the money. I have to admit I like Garmin stuff and have had good results from them - although I know others have had different experiences. I bought my 705 in 2008 and it's still working. I decided to retire it last year for a number of reasons: the waterproof cover over the USB port had broken, the old Garmin mount isn't great, it's large and relatively heavy, takes a while to lock in the GPS coordinates (although faster than Xoss by the sound of it) and has to be plugged in to a computer to download. The 320 Plus locks in GPS almost instantly. It has the same size screen in a much smaller unit, much the same battery life and downloads over BT.
I also have a Garmin Virb X camera which I've been very happy with. I did have a Vivosmart HR+ fitness tracker which, although it worked very well, I found too chunky on my wrist so I now have a Galaxy Watch. The watch is an excellent unit but I don't like Samsung's Health app as much as the Garmin one and there is no access via the web which is a real PITA. So when this dies I'll probably think about going back to Garmin.
I'd give the Garmin Forerunner 635 a shot. It's a pretty good balance between smartwatch and fitness. It has Garmin pay built into it so you can pay with your watch while your out running or biking and it has built in music storage. It's smaller on the wrist than my foreruuner 235 but had less bezels so it has the same screen size.