Amazfit has released its latest watch, the Amazfit T-Rex Ultra 2, which is basically a bigger and more battery-laden version of the Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro released last fall. They also swapped out the flashlight’s secondary call for green LED instead of a red LED. Further, Amazfit has added some new software features, such as a ClimbPro-like mode and improved map details layers. Oh, and again, lots of battery improvement tweaks. Seriously, the tagline for this watch should just be ‘The big and the battery’.
As always with Amazfit, the end result tends to be a mix of ‘Hot dang, well done on hardware’ with ‘Sigh, these new features don’t actually work’. And to save you some time, that’s again the case here. Nonetheless, I’ve been putting it through its paces across runs, rides, and more – all to find out where these limits exist, so you can make the decisions you need to make.
Now, at the moment, I’m still finalizing my written review, though my video review is already up (above). As always, these two are basically twins of each other, I’ve just gotta finish doing all the tappity-tap of the written side. This post will magically update to that full written review here shortly. But I figured I’d get you the video for now.
Above is the video, and below are all the YouTube chapters for each section:
0:00 The Review Game Plan
0:35 Size Differences
0:50 Weight Comparison
0:54 Strap/Band Changes
1:03 Flashlight Differences/Changes
2:06 Night Vision Goggle Mode
2:44 Increased Battery Size & Claims
3:04 Real World Battery Life Tests
4:12 Titanium Case Changes
4:25 Increased Storage Size
4:35 Changes to Pre-Loaded Maps
4:51 Improved map details/trails
5:18 New Checkpoint/Waypoint Feature
6:05 New ClimbPro-like Feature (Does it actually work?!?)
8:08 Yet again, more navigation issues
10:01 Changed off-course warnings
10:23 Increased offline navigation distance
10:42 Added Grade Adjusted Pace
11:00 Added Workout Voice Notes
11:29 Added Dual-Diving Certifications
11:45 GPS Accuracy
12:15 Heart Rate Accuracy
12:26 The Pricing Mess
14:20 Final Thoughts & Recommendations
Again, stay tuned here shortly as I swap out all my detailed sections into this post. The gist of it will be the same as the video, except with a bit more detail in certain areas (accuracy of course), but also battery bits, mapping/navigation, and more.
With that – thanks for watching!
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