Coros Nomad vs Garmin Enduro 3
Both have offline maps and a speaker, so the extra $550 for the Enduro 3 mostly buys endurance and durability: 90 hours of GPS versus 34, the max analytics tier, 10 ATM water resistance, and streaming music sync. The Nomad is the far better value if you don't need ultra-distance battery, and it's 14 grams lighter with a touchscreen the Enduro 3 doesn't have.
CorosCoros Nomad
GarminGarmin Enduro 3
- •You want offline maps and a rugged build without a $900 price tag
- •34 hours of dual-frequency GPS covers your longest efforts
- •You do ultra distances or multi-day efforts where 90 hours of GPS matters
- •You want Garmin's deepest analytics, streaming music, and 10 ATM durability
The Nomad is Coros's adventure watch: a rugged plastic-and-aluminum case in the style of a Garmin Instinct, a sunlight-friendly memory-in-pixel touchscreen, and global offline maps with trail and street names, which the Instinct 3 doesn't have. It adds dual-frequency GPS, ECG, a speaker for hands-free calls, and voice notes that feed an Adventure Journal, with 22 days of daily use and 34 hours of dual-frequency GPS. It skips NFC payments, a flashlight, and streaming music, and the MIP screen is less vivid than the AMOLED on Coros's Pace line.
The Enduro 3 trades AMOLED brightness for a solar-assisted screen and battery life that laps every other watch on this list. Ultra runners and multi-day adventure racers are the actual target market here, not weekend 5K runners.
*Estimated — this model's exact GPS battery life isn't published by the manufacturer. All figures are standard GPS mode, midsize case, no solar boost.
†Estimated — this model launched too recently to have an established customer rating yet.
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