Complete Review Coros Apex 2 PRO - Most Annoying Features 

Bang on on the comparison between Coros and Garmin ecosystems. I run with older gen Pace 2 and FR245. Both meant to be 'entry' level watches. Neither is perfect, both complement each other well. Totally agree with your Coros highlights over Garmin though. Stumbled on your channel recently and very grateful to have done so. You're an endless wealth of information on all things running = THANK YOU! And nice to hear a New Zealander here in Australia over yet another US 'run tuber' 🙏

There is a vibration-only alarm mode. System -> More Setting -> Tones -> Alarm Tones -> OFF

Please check the new update for the coros watch, some of the open point are solved

Fantastic video Will! Couldn’t agree more! 🔥

Incredibly helpful video, thank you!

Keep the good stuff coming. Good review.

Dr Will- I had my COROS Apex 2 Pro and had to return it after a month of using it for my fall marathon buildup this year. The wrist heart rate sensor would start out ok but in the middle of runs would spike up to Max heart rates (195+ bpm) for long periods of time (5-25 minutes). COROS and I tried to troubleshoot it: I shaved my wrist arm hair and then I wore it on the inside of my wrist. Nothing we tried fixed the issue. I never had this issue with any of my previous garmin watches. COROS customer support was frustrating when they mentioned that I should probably just use an external heart rate monitor. I ended up going with a Garmin forerunner 965 and have not had any regrets. Some of my other issues with the COROS Apex Pro 2: -HRV monitoring was wildly variable depending on how I was holding it -COROS sleep monitoring and analysis is lacking vs garmin and other trackers -COROS Walk activity doesn’t let you set auto lap so it always laps at 1,000 steps instead of (for example) every 1 mile None of these were others (besides the heart rate issue) were dealbreakers but they were, as you said, annoying.

Coros have just released the ability to create your own workout modes. Do you know if this new update solves the problem you raise at the end of the video about the ability to have a 'race' workout mode with nutrition reminders etc and one for general training. Currently trying to decide which running watch to buy and will 100% buy an Apex 2 Pro if this new feature solves the problem you raised. I have reached out to Coros support at the weekend, but not heard back yet.

What about GPS performance in big city environment or if compared to Garmin 955/965 or something like it? I'm asking as it was one of the weak links of Apex 2 in early product reviews

I listen to mp3 all the time on phone, Mac, Garmin 645.

With only a $50 difference I’m really having a hard time deciding between apex 2 pro and garmin 955. Mapping and turn by turn are very important to me but also durability of the watch. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Forgot to ask if you've seen the recent Stryd Duo and Footpath announcement? Would love to hear your thoughts about it on the channel once (like me) you've had time to digest it. I run with an older gen Stryd.

Hey! So am I understanding correctly that if I’m paddle boarding or mountain biking I would just log it in my watch as like, a bike or swim and then just update in Strava what the activity really was? If so I’d totally return my forerunner 965 im trying out for the 60 days with REI and get this instead

Funny how I have more than 2TB of music and I totally preach it to anyone, build your own library! It totally pisses me off when I'm listening to something and it stops due to download buffering, it also saves on battery (less data being transfered on the background).

Previously, I had the Apex 46mm model and now Pro. The alarm snooze worked correctly on the 46mm: accidental snoozes could be deactivated by turning the alarm off at the menu. With the Pro, accidental snooze disables the alarm, but the snooze still stays on! This has to be a bug, not a feature...

Funny I thought I was the only one who thought of the idea of two watches, one Coros and one Apple 9. Since Coros isn't the type of watch you wear when you dress up to go out to a semi fancy dinner. And the features that Coros does not have the Apple will cover. However wearing two watches and the apple watch poor battery life is something to think about. I really want to love and buy a Coros but I am wondering if they are have any firmware updates coming up for at least the Apex and Vertix series to compete with Garmin.

Man, researching Coros becomes frustrating, since every video is outdated so quickly because of their quick update cycles. Can somebody maybe confirm or deny if turn-by-turn navigation for routes created in the app are a thing now for the Apex 2?

no weather widget ... ugh