8.7Staff pick
Garmin
Forerunner 970
$750AMOLED, offline maps, a flashlight and training metrics you'll actually read.
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GPS Watches · Coros
Pace Pro
Maps and an AMOLED screen at half the price of the obvious alternative.
8.2 Strong
Runsletter Score out of 10. Excellent, with a trade-off or two worth knowing.
Buy it if
- Offline maps and AMOLED for the money
- Long battery even with the bright screen
- Light and comfortable on the wrist
- Clean, fast companion app
Skip it if
- Smart features thinner than Garmin or Apple
- No contactless payments
$350
List price; often discounted in seasonal sales
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- Battery
- Up to 20 days
- Display
- AMOLED
- Maps
- Offline topo
The verdict
The Pace Pro is Coros moving upmarket without moving its prices much. You get an AMOLED screen, proper offline maps and the long battery Coros is known for, for less than half of a Forerunner 970.
It's for runners who want maps and a modern screen but don't need every smart feature going. Against the 970 you give up some polish and the deeper recovery metrics; against the Pace 3 you gain the screen, the maps and a few grams.
Dual-band GPS tracking is solid, and battery stretches to around three weeks of normal use. The Coros app is simple and quick, and the training plans and workout builder are better than the price suggests.
“Most of the flagship for a lot less of the money.”
Specs
| Battery | Up to 20 days |
|---|---|
| Display | AMOLED |
| Maps | Offline topo |
| Weight | 49 g |
| GPS | Dual-band |
| Heart rate | Optical, Coros sensor |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Lens | Mineral glass |
| Case | Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| Music | Onboard storage |
| Controls | Digital dial, buttons and touchscreen |
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How it stacks up
Compare side by side →| Product | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Coros Pace Pro · this one | 8.2 Strong | $350 |
| Garmin Forerunner 970 | 8.7 Elite | $750 |
| Coros Pace 3 | 8.4 Strong | $229 |
| Garmin Forerunner 570 | 8.3 Strong | $550 |
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