I continue to appreciate how direct and honest you are about failings and issues you've come across. I know all the reviewers face the same struggles, but I think you are the most honest and authentic with stating them in full color. Keep up the good work!
I was lucky enough to test this watch for the past few months. As soon as I took it out of the box, it became my daily driver. Heart rate and GPS was always spot on. AMOLED screen is beautiful in person. As always with Coros, battery life is incredible and the watch is super light. It’s honestly, the perfect watch for me, not even close.
Nice! I'm so glad COROS finally figured out the open water swimming. Previously I was seeing COROS lose signal and never find it again. 😬 They also improved lap swimming by adding a drill mode option. I agree. I think this catabolizes a good bit of their other higher-end watches. Great review as always Ray!
I think the problem with Coros’s price is that it really isn’t competing against Garmin’s latest watches, but it’s heavily discounted older watches. You can get a 955 for close to this price. Even the Epix (Gen2) is now on sale for $499. Both have far superior maps and a boatload of other features including Garmin Connect and ConnectIQ. If they could have gotten the price closer to the Pace 3, say under $300, I think they would have a winner where people will accept a lot of the disadvantages (like they did with the a original Pace).
Hey there, appreciate the feedback here! We will add street names to maps in 2025 on PACE Pro, and I'm also curious to hear what specifically you find better or more feature-filled in Garmin Connect as compared to the COROS app (excluding the ConnectIQ store for developers)? Thanks in advance! - Darian
@COROSGlobal Garmin has better brand name than Coros; so your value add will be to go with at leats one thing to bring people over to your eco-system. And that I think will be price. $300 / $299 Coros Pace Pro would have done that. Now I am going to dump by Coros Pace 3 for Garmin 265. Eventhough Pace Pro has better battery life and feature of stuff; just b/c price of $350... People who are considering $350 price now will consider $400/$450 watch. $299... would have been a homerun. You guys should have just did like lower internal storage 8GB to bring the price down. If its was $299.. I would have gone with Coros Pace Pro - in an instant. Now you not only lost a loyal customer but I am now going to tell people to just buy Sunto Race S or Garmin 265 on sale - instead of Coros Pace Pro. You guys messed up big time here.
I have to disagree. For watches at a similar price point, I always prefer Coros for these reasons: 1. Battery life: Coros’ battery life always more consistently aligns closer to the claims on their website compared to Garmin. 2. Software support: Coros provides better software support across all their watch models than Garmin. 3. Coros’ app is cleaner and more focused on the metrics I need as a runner. I've had suuto race s since it launched, because I wanted a smaller watch with amoled screen vs my bulky vertix 2. but I ended up still always bringing my vertix 2 for all my runs because the app experience in suunto is not as nice as coros. So just ordered my pace pro and planning to sell my race s
@HULAHULADADA Coros watch menu interface seems 3rd class, you need to admit that, but now with Pace Pro at least, its brighter and could be more responsive. Garmin 265 - putting hand over screen to turn it off, alone is good enough to switch over, if its same price. Music control is another. People talk about battery life.. yeah have 7 days is great on Coros but 5 days on Garmin is fine.. anything over 48 hrs is fine... when coming from Galaxy watch where I had to charge it twice per day. @_@ Apple watch is daily as well.
I usually record cycling on my Wahoo Roam with Wahoo Tickr on my upper arm for heart rate. I’ve been using the Coros Apex 2 in GPS Cardio workout for the extra heart and recovery data. It’s a fairly close match on distance and heart rate.
It is a solid update but I would prefer these same updates on an Apex model; my watches do take a beating and this having a plastic bezel and a mineral lens would mean it will look beaten up in no time. BTW, I read your written review and there is something I do not agree with regarding the strava integration; I'm not only totally fine with Strava routes not synching automatically, but I find it desirable; they could actually add a toggle for that in case you prefer the other way, though.
How's the build quality? Does it feel more sturdy? I wasn't keen on items like the Pace 2, Forerunner 55 and Forerunner 165 because they felt really cheap and plasticky. The Suunto Race S has a pretty solid build that puts the midrange Garmin watches (255, 265) to shame. I'm expecting the Polar M3 to have a similarly good build quality I suppose? From this video I see that Coros disappointingly retained an all-plastic construction, even the bezel? A little bit of aluminium could have gone a long way looks-wise if they didn't want to use stainless steel due to weight.
Awesome video! Question: does the faster processor apply to the in the moment running pace? In other words if you start running faster during your run how long does the watch take to show your new faster pace? I know other reviewers noted in their reviews of past Coros watches that there was a lag when doing intervals compared to other watches and the watch took a bit to show the pace they were running during the interval. TIA
Interesting indeed! Pace 3 and Pace 2 were absolute trash when cycling regardless of how tight the watch was. Curious to see improvements in mapping and turn by turn directions. The Dura I have misses 40% of the time, but I've also noticed it varies based on the GPX file passed to it.
My biggest gripe with Coros (when using the Pace 3) was that when doing track workouts, the pace had a lag and would hop around compared to Garmin. Even after purchasing the Pod, it didn’t seem to help much. Curious if this is improved on the Pace Pro?
I was wishing the same thing then i realized garmin pay isnt supported by my bank and a lot of other banks where i live and i could just carry my debit/credit card in my shorts back pocket without feeling it cuz it weighs 10 grams and works everywhere, imo nfc watch payments like garmin are a nice idea but not great execution unless its apple or android so better to save money
Out of curiosity, which feature should Garmin be copying COROS from (outside of putting mapping in lower-priced devices, which I assume will happen in a Forerunner 275 or whatever)?
I continue to appreciate how direct and honest you are about failings and issues you've come across. I know all the reviewers face the same struggles, but I think you are the most honest and authentic with stating them in full color. Keep up the good work!
Brutal honesty and a knack for finding issues. 🙌🏻
I was lucky enough to test this watch for the past few months. As soon as I took it out of the box, it became my daily driver. Heart rate and GPS was always spot on. AMOLED screen is beautiful in person. As always with Coros, battery life is incredible and the watch is super light. It’s honestly, the perfect watch for me, not even close.
The review we have all been waiting for
Nice! I'm so glad COROS finally figured out the open water swimming. Previously I was seeing COROS lose signal and never find it again. 😬 They also improved lap swimming by adding a drill mode option. I agree. I think this catabolizes a good bit of their other higher-end watches. Great review as always Ray!
HR is a “Dumpster fire” my new favourite DCRay comment 🤣 Awesome review, watch looks sick.
I think the problem with Coros’s price is that it really isn’t competing against Garmin’s latest watches, but it’s heavily discounted older watches. You can get a 955 for close to this price. Even the Epix (Gen2) is now on sale for $499. Both have far superior maps and a boatload of other features including Garmin Connect and ConnectIQ. If they could have gotten the price closer to the Pace 3, say under $300, I think they would have a winner where people will accept a lot of the disadvantages (like they did with the a original Pace).
Totally agree. Now at $350. I rather spend few $ more to get Garmin 265 or even Sunto Race S.
Hey there, appreciate the feedback here! We will add street names to maps in 2025 on PACE Pro, and I'm also curious to hear what specifically you find better or more feature-filled in Garmin Connect as compared to the COROS app (excluding the ConnectIQ store for developers)? Thanks in advance! - Darian
@COROSGlobal Garmin has better brand name than Coros; so your value add will be to go with at leats one thing to bring people over to your eco-system. And that I think will be price. $300 / $299 Coros Pace Pro would have done that. Now I am going to dump by Coros Pace 3 for Garmin 265. Eventhough Pace Pro has better battery life and feature of stuff; just b/c price of $350... People who are considering $350 price now will consider $400/$450 watch. $299... would have been a homerun. You guys should have just did like lower internal storage 8GB to bring the price down. If its was $299.. I would have gone with Coros Pace Pro - in an instant. Now you not only lost a loyal customer but I am now going to tell people to just buy Sunto Race S or Garmin 265 on sale - instead of Coros Pace Pro. You guys messed up big time here.
I have to disagree. For watches at a similar price point, I always prefer Coros for these reasons:
1. Battery life: Coros’ battery life always more consistently aligns closer to the claims on their website compared to Garmin.
2. Software support: Coros provides better software support across all their watch models than Garmin.
3. Coros’ app is cleaner and more focused on the metrics I need as a runner.
I've had suuto race s since it launched, because I wanted a smaller watch with amoled screen vs my bulky vertix 2. but I ended up still always bringing my vertix 2 for all my runs because the app experience in suunto is not as nice as coros. So just ordered my pace pro and planning to sell my race s
@HULAHULADADA Coros watch menu interface seems 3rd class, you need to admit that, but now with Pace Pro at least, its brighter and could be more responsive. Garmin 265 - putting hand over screen to turn it off, alone is good enough to switch over, if its same price. Music control is another. People talk about battery life.. yeah have 7 days is great on Coros but 5 days on Garmin is fine.. anything over 48 hrs is fine... when coming from Galaxy watch where I had to charge it twice per day. @_@ Apple watch is daily as well.
I usually record cycling on my Wahoo Roam with Wahoo Tickr on my upper arm for heart rate. I’ve been using the Coros Apex 2 in GPS Cardio workout for the extra heart and recovery data. It’s a fairly close match on distance and heart rate.
It is a solid update but I would prefer these same updates on an Apex model; my watches do take a beating and this having a plastic bezel and a mineral lens would mean it will look beaten up in no time. BTW, I read your written review and there is something I do not agree with regarding the strava integration; I'm not only totally fine with Strava routes not synching automatically, but I find it desirable; they could actually add a toggle for that in case you prefer the other way, though.
Looking forward for a comparison with the Suunto Race S!
I think it’s amazing watch and a very well position offer.
How's the build quality? Does it feel more sturdy? I wasn't keen on items like the Pace 2, Forerunner 55 and Forerunner 165 because they felt really cheap and plasticky. The Suunto Race S has a pretty solid build that puts the midrange Garmin watches (255, 265) to shame. I'm expecting the Polar M3 to have a similarly good build quality I suppose? From this video I see that Coros disappointingly retained an all-plastic construction, even the bezel? A little bit of aluminium could have gone a long way looks-wise if they didn't want to use stainless steel due to weight.
Awesome video! Question: does the faster processor apply to the in the moment running pace? In other words if you start running faster during your run how long does the watch take to show your new faster pace? I know other reviewers noted in their reviews of past Coros watches that there was a lag when doing intervals compared to other watches and the watch took a bit to show the pace they were running during the interval. TIA
Interesting indeed! Pace 3 and Pace 2 were absolute trash when cycling regardless of how tight the watch was. Curious to see improvements in mapping and turn by turn directions. The Dura I have misses 40% of the time, but I've also noticed it varies based on the GPX file passed to it.
So which one. Coros pace 3 pro or Suunto race s or Polar vantage m3? Im looking to purchase one of these three
At least between the Pro and Pace 3, I will go with Pace 3
My biggest gripe with Coros (when using the Pace 3) was that when doing track workouts, the pace had a lag and would hop around compared to Garmin. Even after purchasing the Pod, it didn’t seem to help much.
Curious if this is improved on the Pace Pro?
For people who set the screen on always on the battery life difference is too much to ignore
MIP IS WAY AHEAD
MIP is 👑 I don't like at all where this trend of AMOLED displays is going on
How would you compare that watch with garmin forerunner 955? i can't decide which one is better
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@@DonGib888 so if i dont care about amoled display i should get a 955 ?
DC Rainmaker does not look excited at all if a non Garmin product looks better than Garmin. Funeral vibes what I normally get ;)
Strange, I was pretty happy if you ask me. I think they did a solid job.
The screen looks a lot crisper than my Epix 2 Pro (not to mention smoother...)
Many less features though
Easter egg at 7:20 ;-)
...for now. ;)
All i saw was 1337 🤩
I wish coros had nfc payment
Why not coffee?
I was wishing the same thing then i realized garmin pay isnt supported by my bank and a lot of other banks where i live and i could just carry my debit/credit card in my shorts back pocket without feeling it cuz it weighs 10 grams and works everywhere, imo nfc watch payments like garmin are a nice idea but not great execution unless its apple or android so better to save money
When I first heard of Coros I figured they copied Garmin. Now Garmin needs to start copying Coros now.
Out of curiosity, which feature should Garmin be copying COROS from (outside of putting mapping in lower-priced devices, which I assume will happen in a Forerunner 275 or whatever)?
First 😮
Good job