I was a many many years and versions Garmin user, I got tired of the touch screen and the difficulty getting my Garmin to download to Strava, through the connect app, so I went to a Bolt about a year ago. It's better for me than Garmin, I like not having the touch screen, it's got a great battery life, I like having my HR zone illuminated at the top of the unit. I don't use nav or live tracking so can't comment on those. There are a few negatives- some things I wish you could control from the unit instead of the app, such as turn on the backlight when it gets later in the evening, give me a warning and an option to go to battery save if I forgot to charge the unit and my battery is about to die. And why does it have to have a different mount than Garmin, with the little blue disk turned 90degrees. But overall I'm happy with it wouldn't go back.