Which of the three flagship sports watches, Songtuo, Jiaming and Gao Chi, is better —— Comparative evaluation of flagship sports watches

The three flagship sports watches, SUUNTO Songtuo, GARMIN Jiaming and COROS Gao Chi, are really liked by many consumers. Many friends are very concerned about which is better. Everyone is very much looking forward to the battle of Titan. Here I bring you a detailed comparative analysis. Let's have a look.

1. In terms of appearance and display contrast, F6XPS and VERTIX prefer hard-core American outdoor style. All adopt titanium alloy bezel, high-strength nylon body and titanium alloy back cover. The bezel and the back cover are fixed with screws. They are typical sandwich structures, which are relatively icy to wear in cold weather.

9BARO is a Nordic minimalist style with stainless steel bezel and high-strength nylon body. The back cover and the fuselage are integrated, so it will be more comfortable to wear in winter.

In terms of weight, there is little difference among the three watches: F6XPS is 83g, VERTIX 77g, 9 baro 80g (titanium version 76g).

All three watches are equipped with photoelectric sensors such as heart rate and blood oxygen saturation, among which VERTIX and 9BARO are protected by relatively strong materials, while F6XPS is covered by materials similar to plexiglass, which is relatively poor in protection.

All three watches use quick-release straps, F6XPS is 26mm strap, VERTIX is 22mm, and 9BARO is 24 mm.

F6XPS and VERTIX quick release buckles are much more convenient to assemble and disassemble than 9BARO quick release ears.

In terms of wearing experience, 9BARO is the best, VERTIX is quite satisfactory, and F6XPS is not as comfortable as the other two models because of the sharp edge of the belt buckle, which will scratch the skin.

On the screen dial, all three mirrors are made of artificial sapphire, and F6XPS and VERTIX are plated with DLC.

The screen of F6XPS is 280X280 pixels, VERTIX is 240X240 pixels, and 9BARO is 320X300 pixels.

In terms of visual experience, F6XPS increases the thickness of the power glass, and the screen goes deeper into the fuselage, but it does not affect the screen display and looks very delicate. VERTIX's screen has a strong sense of graininess, the impression is closest to the mirror, the reflectivity is high, and it is difficult to see the table in poor lighting environment; 9BARO's perception is quite satisfactory, but that kind of flat bottom always makes people feel a little strange.

2. Comparison of operation modes

In terms of operation mode, F6XPS has five buttons, and the upper and lower buttons are on the left, which is awkward to operate, especially when pressing the buttons with your thumb.

Both hands can wear it, but 180 can't be rotated, which is more humane than VERTIX.

VERTIX adopts photoelectric knob +2 keys+partial touch screen. A photoelectric knob integrates the three most commonly used functions of up, down and confirmation. The operation is fast and accurate, which can be worn by both hands and can be rotated 180 degrees. Quite awesome, and the operation experience is the best among the three watches.

9BARO adopts the right three-button+touch screen operation, which is quite satisfactory, but opening the touch screen will accidentally touch the keys when exercising, and the bent hand will also accidentally touch the keys.

This watch can't be worn by both hands, but SUUNTO 7, 5 and 3 can, and it's quite charming.

In vibration feedback, both F6XPS and VERTIX use linear motors, so the vibration feedback is crisp and powerful. 9BARO uses a rotor motor, and the vibration feedback is weak and slow.

The function of lifting hand backlight is very practical and convenient. Both F6XPS and VERTIX have independent backlight keys, which can be set to raise the hand backlight all day/after all day. However, Songtuo 9BARO does not have this function, and it takes two hands to check the time at night.

When I'm at fun run, I usually turn on the normally bright backlight for the convenience of viewing sports data and improving safety.

VERTIX has a light-emitting mode, which always lights the backlight and consumes low power; 9BARO can be set to turn on the backlight in the exercise record and turn it off automatically after the exercise; F6XPS needs to be turned on in the system settings, which is a complicated process.

However, the backlight of buttons, warnings and handles during activities is set to sunset, and after the display time is set to be always on, the backlight is not turned on during daytime exercise, and it is always turned on at night.

If you need to turn on the backlight during the day and turn it off at night, you can use the backlight button to control it, which is better than the other two, but it needs to be explored slowly and the process is more painful.

3. Comparison of featured functions Next, let's talk about the featured functions of these sports watches.

Let's talk about Jia Ming first.

Jiaming F6XPS supports solar charging, which is a precedent in GPS sports watches. The technology and craft are really awesome, but the actual effect is not so good.

Its mirror diameter is 36mm, the solar panel is not large, the conversion rate is not high, and it will not be charged at full power all the time due to the influence of illumination angle and intensity.

So in actual use, I didn't feel the obvious changes brought by solar charging. When charging, I still rely on the charger. Solar charging can only be used as an alternative in extreme cases.

LiveTrack is a very good function. You can let your family and friends know where you are at any time during the exercise, but there are many restrictions. You need Bluetooth to connect your mobile phone, and your mobile phone needs mobile data networking. If you can use GPS signal, this function will be better.

Offline map navigation, music and payment are the functions of smart watches. Because there is no touch screen, it will be more troublesome to move keys when viewing offline maps. Moreover, the map file is large, the navigation will be slow and stuck, and the accuracy is average.

I used it to navigate, and the navigation ended a few hundred meters away from the finish line.

The music function is very convenient. You can install QQ music on Connect IQ platform to synchronize with your mobile phone, or you can directly copy MP3 files from your computer to your body with a data cable.

Never used the payment function, used to pay by mobile phone.

COROS watches can automatically count running power data and measure how much energy users consume when running, which is less affected by external factors.

COROS also pioneered the running mode of sports venues, which solved the problem of inaccurate distance caused by GPS positioning drift during runway training.

I actually measured it, and the error is only about 5 meters, which is really accurate.

Training combination is a very useful function in COROS. Currently, it supports four events: running, cycling, swimming and fitness. Users can make a series of steps, distances, strokes, intensities, groups, movements, etc. Through it, it plays a role of reminding.

The training plan is larger than the training combination, which is a periodic arrangement. You can arrange the type, distance and intensity of daily training activities by yourself and add them to the training plan, with high freedom.

GARMIN CONNECT also has a training plan, but it can only be carried out according to the preset plan, and the degree of freedom is not high.

Songtuo's family has a rather terrible integration track? Technology can integrate GPS and motion sensor data through algorithms, improve the accuracy of whereabouts and distance, and reduce GPS power consumption and prolong battery life without obviously affecting trajectory accuracy.

9BARO provides three battery modes of high performance, long battery life and long battery life, and a user-defined battery mode, which can provide 25- 120 hours of recording time when GPS tracking is turned on.

If the battery power is too low during exercise, it will remind you to switch to the battery mode with longer battery life, and remind you to charge before it is enough to support the exercise life according to the activity history.

4, battery life and route navigation PK

In terms of endurance, VERTIX stands out, with an average of 5 hours of daily exercise per week, and its endurance can reach about 30 days. The endurance of F6XPS is 18-20 days, and 9BARO is about 15 days.

In the same way as GPS, I carry these three watches at the same time in the same exercise, which turns on photoelectric heart rate, route navigation and double-star positioning. Power before exercise 100%. After 4 hours and 27 minutes of exercise, the power of VERTIX is 92%, that of F6XPS is 88%, and that of 9BARO is 79%.

Generally speaking, the full battery life of VERTIX is 56.25 hours, F6XPS is 37.5 hours, and 9BARO is 2 1.42 hours.

In terms of route navigation, after I imported the same route file into the watch, the three watches interpreted the distance and height differently, so it was impossible to judge who was more accurate, but the altitude curve interpreted by F6XPS was not accurate.

Judging the height, the forward running and reverse running of the route will pass through the elevation pile, and the height reading of the elevation pile is the closest twice, followed by VERTIX, and F6XSP has the largest error.

During the navigation process, all three watches will remind the direction in different ways. F6XPS also has sound and vibration rotation tips, which is quite good, but I turned it off because I was bored.

Although I ran according to the predetermined route, 9BARO sometimes reminded me to deviate from the route, and later reminded me to return to the route, which was confusing.

Altitude navigation is a page that I often open in cross-country running, and I can distribute my physical strength according to altitude navigation.

All three watches can correctly display altitude navigation, but F6XPS can't reflect the true altitude trend of the route when running forward, and the altitude curve is accurate when running backward, but it doesn't navigate.

9BARO and VERTIX can work normally whether they run forward or backward.

VERTIX is undoubtedly the best in route navigation. You can view the route and height by zooming, or you can move through the touch screen. 9BARO can only zoom the route, altitude navigation can't zoom, and you can't move to view it; F6XPS will get stuck when switching maps, and altitude navigation will fail when running backwards. The experience was really bad.

After the exercise, I compared the tracks generated by three watches with the original navigation route on Google Earth, and the results were not much different from the original navigation route. However, in the corner with dense vegetation and poor signal, VERTIX and F6XPS both drift, F6XPS deviates greatly, and 9BARO is closer to the original navigation route.

The distances displayed by the three watches are also different, with 9BARO being 26.59 km, F6XPS being 27.06 km and VERTIX being 28.28 km.

VERTIX and F6XPS both have 3D distance function, which is more in line with the actual distance.

5. Comparison and summary Generally speaking, all three sports watches have good performances, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, but I want to focus on Jiaming FENIX 6X PRO SOLAR.

It's the first time to use this model, and one of the more uncomfortable shortcomings is the card. It will appear when a large amount of data such as complex dial, map navigation and trajectory navigation are used. Sometimes it takes 1-8 seconds for the corresponding operation after pressing the button, and the response is super slow, a bit like insufficient memory? Songtuo 9 Barrow will also have a stuck situation, but at least it is a reactive stuck frame.

I have already mentioned other aspects of performance, so I won't go into details here. You can refer to them.

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