Huawei has just dropped what it believes is its best running watch to date, the Huawei Watch GT Runner 2, and it certainly sounds like it’s going to give the likes of Apple and Garmin a run for their money.
It has a whole heap of features, including Huawei’s highly accurate TruSense heart rate sensor and algorithm, an intelligent Marathon Mode for responsive training advice, route design similar to Garmin and Coros, and a redesigned 3D antenna array for better GPS accuracy.
Although apparently not available in the US, the watch costs £349.99 in the UK (around $475 / AU$665).
Towards Garmin
With the GT Runner 2’s claims to be more accurate than a Garmin, I tested it against my personal Garmin Epix Pro in a quick 5.4 km round trip. For my full review, I’ll be testing it against the Apple Watch Ultra 3 along with a Polar H10 heart rate monitor. Although the Garmin Epix Pro is older than the Garmin Fenix 8, it still has the updated Elevate V5 heart rate sensor and registers as accurate in GPS when tested against the Apple Watch.
In this initial test run, the Huawei was light, bright (even under the glare of the winter sun, its AMOLED screen was very easy to see at midrange) and compared favorably with the Garmin.
With just 30 meters of variation in distance and 8bpm difference in average heart rate (I’d classify a difference of 10bpm and below as not very statistically significant), it’s certainly close enough to the benchmark for the average runner. You can see the stats for both watches below. True sticklers for accuracy and professional athletes will have to wait for my full review for more extensive testing.
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