Garmin Epix review: the ultimate adventure smartwatch?

New top sports watch line gets slick OLED screen upgrade, but shorter battery life as a result

Garmin's latest luxury sports watch is a departure for the firm, which has swapped its usual low-power LCD for a fancy OLED screen, sacrificing battery life in the process. It better competes with the Apple Watch and its ilk, but are the trade-offs really worth it for an adventure-tracking smartwatch?

The Epix (gen 2) is a new line of expensive all-singing, all-dancing watches from Garmin costing from 799.99 ($899.99/A$1,399). They are built on the company's Fenix 7 - the benchmark for these types of smartwatches - sharing its design, sensors, software and comprehensive navigation, sport and activity-tracking features.

Screen: 1.3in AMOLED (416x416 pixels)

Case size: 47mm

Case thickness: 14.5mm

Band size: standard 22mm quick release

Weight: 47 or 53g body only

Storage: 16 or 32GB

Water resistance: 100 metres (10ATM)

Sensors: GNSS (GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDuo, QZSS), compass, thermometer, HR, pulse Ox

Connectivity: Bluetooth, ANT+, wifi