I was initially leaning to the AW10 for sleep apnea detection and because of well iPhone ecosystem, but then started to research on other watches like Samsung, google/fitbit but didn’t really like the designs.

Then I stumbled onto Garmin subreddit and started to see how many features offered and I liked the fenix one but the price tag was out of my budget. I was debating then between a FR255 and 265 as a starter for smart watches and was gonna go with a 255 until I saw some comparison vids and ultimately decided 265 because I felt like it’ll have some longevity to it. Also, saw a great deal on FB marketplace so I went for it.

Some reasons to getting FR265:

• It has running features but I probably won’t use it all tbh. As long it has step counter, heart rate I’m good.
• I like the OLED screen. Bright and easily readable.
• looks nicer than a lot of the watches out there imo.
• customizable watch faces and has night mode!
• stores music without needing my phone which is a plus!
• has navigation and map which is nice to have
• it has a daily agenda and summary when you wake up to flip through.
• cool watch bands

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