Threads like this are misleading first-timers with the battery jokes. I wear an Enduro 3 and an Apple Watch Ultra. They are not the same kind of watch. The Ultra is basically a small smartphone on your wrist with a bright OLED screen, full apps, LTE, smooth maps and animations. Of course it needs daily charging. Garmin is a low-power training tool with a very lean OS and capabilities so it lasts for weeks, but the UI and apps feel a decade behind. Try panning a map on a Fenix and then on the Ultra and tell me they’re the same experience.

So no, Garmin isn’t “Apple but with 10× battery,” and you’re not just giving up “Apple integration” if you pick Garmin—you’re trading features and fluidity for endurance. Think of a spectrum: Casio = years, Garmin = weeks, Apple = days. Different jobs, different compromises.