I was an enormous Put on OS fan, however our resident health wearable professional has been in a position to change my tune in 2025 with nice watches just like the Garmin Intuition 2X Photo voltaic, which is now $150 off for the remainder of the day at the moment, Friday, July 11.
When Michael despatched me this watch again in March for a Spartan Race I used to be participating in, I had zero expectations for a way glorious it will change into. Through the years, I’ve slowly stopped sporting sensible watches through the day and usually solely put on them for understanding, climbing, or different outside actions. Seems, the Intuition 2X Photo voltaic was made for this sort of use and past, as its 40-day battery life was a staggering enchancment over my earlier favourite Put on OS watches.
The Intuition 2X Photo voltaic has a dope photo voltaic panel on high, which can’t solely measure the UV depth (letting you recognize when to place extra solar protection on), however it additionally expenses the tremendous vibrant flashlight constructed into the aspect. If that is not sufficient, its potential to know which muscle groups you are understanding whereas on the go seems like pure magic, and it’ll assist you higher log and practice for particular health enchancment.
This $299 worth is usually reserved for watches just like the Amazfit Steadiness 2 and even the OnePlus Watch 3, however whereas each of these supply compelling options, nothing touches a Garmin’s health monitoring capabilities in my estimation.
Take this HIIT exercise I did earlier this week. I sprained my ankle final week so I have been doing extra upper-body stuff this week to present me ankle a relaxation (plus loads much less cardio since, you recognize, it hurts to make use of the ankle). All I did was set my Garmin Intuition 2X Photo voltaic to a HIIT exercise and click on the “go” button. It magically discovered what I used to be understanding, all with out me needing to inform it.
The Amazfit Steadiness 2 I have been utilizing can do one thing comparable, however it normally solely assigns muscle utilization primarily based on particular exercise sorts. As an example, I used it to log “energy coaching” and it was ready to determine that I used to be doing deadlifts, so it logged my legs as being closely used. However choosing a HIIT exercise on the Amazfit Steadiness 2 will solely give me coronary heart price knowledge, not muscle utilization.
Whereas this muscle knowledge may appear superfluous at first, it is truly extremely useful for particular coaching. That means, you recognize precisely which muscle groups had been utilized by every kind of exercise, even if you happen to go to a CrossFit or WOD kind of gymnasium with plenty of selection. If I had been available in the market for an additional smartwatch proper now, that is the deal I would be shopping for at the moment. There’s completely no query.
