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
Vertix 2S
A mountain watch with a battery measured in weeks of GPS, not hours.
7.8 Solid
Runsletter Score out of 10. Good at its job, with clear limits.
Buy it if
- Huge battery with dual-band GPS
- Titanium and sapphire build
- Undercuts Garmin's ultra watches
Skip it if
- Heavy and bulky on smaller wrists
- MIP screen looks dim indoors
$699
List price; often discounted in seasonal sales
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- Battery
- Up to 40 days
- Display
- MIP
- Maps
- Offline topo
The verdict
The Vertix 2S is Coros's mountain watch: titanium, sapphire and a battery measured in weeks of GPS, not hours. It's a big, tough block of a watch built for days on the trail.
It's for trail ultra runners and mountaineers who want serious battery without paying Garmin prices. Against the Enduro 3 it costs less and the battery is in the same league, but it's heavier and the metrics are simpler.
Dual-band GPS is accurate, offline topo maps are clear, and the battery runs for over a month of normal use. It's a lot of watch for road running, but out in the hills that's the point.
“Trail ultra territory, at a price that undercuts the big names.”
Specs
| Battery | Up to 40 days |
|---|---|
| Display | MIP |
| Maps | Offline topo |
| Weight | 87 g |
| GPS | Dual-band |
| Heart rate | Optical, Coros sensor |
| Water rating | 10 ATM |
| Lens | Sapphire |
| Case | Titanium alloy bezel |
| Music | Onboard storage |
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How it stacks up
Compare side by side →| Product | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Coros Vertix 2S · this one | 7.8 Solid | $699 |
| 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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