COROS PACE 3 vs Garmin Forerunner 970
Our pick: COROS PACE 3 takes it — 85 vs 84.
Both are strong — the call comes down to what you prioritise:
- COROS PACE 3 — You want a light, accurate, long-lasting running/triathlon watch with serious training tools at a low price.
- Garmin Forerunner 970 — You coach or train for endurance and triathlon and want maps, the full readiness and load suite, and data you can use to manage clients' weekly volume.
COROS PACE 3
An ultralight, no-nonsense running watch with accurate dual-frequency GPS and huge battery life for the money — still one of the best value GPS watches around, now that its price has dropped below the newer PACE 4.
Garmin Forerunner 970
The most complete Forerunner yet: a brighter AMOLED under sapphire, a flashlight, speaker and mic, ECG, a Gen 5 heart-rate sensor and new load tools such as Running Tolerance. It also costs about 135 EUR more than the 965 we reviewed, and smartwatch battery drops from 23 to 15 days.
Compare side-by-side
| COROS PACE 385Scorefrom€228.95Review → | Garmin Forerunner 97084Scorefrom€624Review → | |
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Prices are our researched reference points.
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