COROS PACE 3 Watch Review from Marathoner Reed Fischer 

What makes the Pace3 better then the now similarly priced Garmin 255. I don't see the Pace 3 winning in multisport support, HR accuracy, advanced analytics or build quality.

If Coros ever decides to make more of a smartwatch and less of a fitness watch I'd definitely buy. These guys know what they are doing 😊

I never will change from Coros. The pace 3 is best.

@@vpnconsult take the Garmin watch or the Pace 3. The most important thing is: be happy. 😃

it's gonna be my first watch i dunno if i should go for coros pace 3 or garmin 255 ! it's so hard to choose, i want the best one to start i will keep it for years ! any help? :p

Yes! Exatamente

@coros what they said

Ay wassup Brock love your content bro!! Keep up the good work!!!

This is a feature on the pace 2 - holding down the back button and scrolling to save location.

He did miss that the Pace 3 display is brighter and has better contrast/better blacks. It’s actually a nice upgrade. The Pace2’s blacks were a tad washed out…had a bit of a bluish tone.

Real

Reed is running the NYC Marathon and we’ll have training videos coming next week!

he's running new york marathon

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You will go back on build quality, and multisport analytics but will get a better battery time and lighter device with the Coros.

Switch! 😃

Having used both.. Garmin, the ecosystem is better, the app is better with nice badges, competing with friends, challenges and better customization. Coros, barebones app.. laser focused on running (I dont cycle or swim so dunno if its good for that) with a rally cool training hub where you can see a lot of info to help you become better. Conclution: Garmin's ecosystem does a good job to nudge you to run more (especially if you have friends using the same ecosystem) whereas coros is a better choice if you are already motivated and want to push it further.

I never had some problems with open water swim tracking with my Pace 2 in the last 3 years.

I found accuracy very variable on the Pace2, with the path jittering about a lot, and the occasional drop-out (straight line 'jump' of a few 100m). That's my typically experience swimming in a salt water harbour by some hills. With the Pace 3, I've had two lake swims (freshwater, no adjacent hills), and one sea swim (per above), and the accuracy seems spot on. A slight gremlin with the auto-lapping (default every 500m) getting muddled with the manual laps, leading to confusing lap data in Strava, e.g. a 650m "lap" becomes 150m in Strava, a 1200m "lap" just 200m etc. , and the overall distance is massively under-reported. It seems you may have to turn auto-lap off if intending to record manual laps.

Yes

Only mp3 but not Spotify or other services

No integration with streaming apps and downloads but if you still do mp3 then yes you can do music

Maybe Spotify will support after new firmware release

You can turn off the lock setting which makes pausing MUCH easier

I come from Pace2 which is really nice but I have same thoughts and I am between upgrade to FR955 or 265 but tend to spare some money to buy the better 965 if its a bit cheaper. Main reason are my "old eyes".

I would stay with Garmin. Your history is with them in Garmin Connect and Garmin will give you other sports with HR and in my understanding somewhat better accuracy if that is important to you. Personally I have an affinity for Coros and like where they are going. But right now Garmin gives the most value and variety for what I need.

Hi, we are sorry you've heard from users who have had that experience. Do you mind sharing details about what non-biased reviewers reported elevation tracking is inaccurate?

@@COROSGlobal Meaghan Murray of Believe in the Run. Michael Ellenberger. See Meaghan’s 9/7/23 Strava post.

Haven’t had any issues with elevation! Tested hiking to the top of Australia! And it was accurate to the meter

This is a joke. On a flat road, it shows an elevation of 200m plus. Also the screen quality is awfully cheap. Returning mine this week

Maybe look at the app

I'd say the figure they quote on their site, 38 hours, is fairly accurate. I'm at 44% battery right now and it still predicts that I have 11 hours of nonstop GPS activity I could do. My activities are generally 45 minutes and the battery goes down maybe 3% in that time using all systems on GPS, should be even less usage just using the standard GPS setting.

Nothing beats a Garmin

Worth

Gosh and getting close to 3 times the price too!!

@@bev9708 I hear ya but worth it.

If money is not an issue, sure.