Coros Apex 2 Pro review

The Coros Apex Pro 2 is a tough sports watch with the same set of great features as the brand’s top-of-the-line Vertix 2. The design feels strong because it has a titanium alloy bezel and Sapphire glass, but it is also useful because it has a diameter that fits an average-sized wrist.

The soft and durable Velcro strap works well and keeps the watch’s main body in place, just like the trail band on the best running watches like the Apple Watch Ultra. In fact, the whole thing feels like it would work well for long indoor and outdoor workouts. It’s a real triathlete’s watch, even though it’s not the most stylish piece, especially with the velcro.

The Coros Apex Pro 2 has a lot of features and functions, but some of the tools don’t work as well as they could. This is especially clear with the maps feature, which is a cool idea but not very useful in real life. The battery life is a big selling point, and Coros has taken it to impressive levels.

With 32GB of storage, there’s a lot of room for music and GPX files. This makes it a great hiking companion, but it’s also smart enough to be used every day. It is better than the Apex 2 because it has multi-band GNSS support, which isn’t on the non-Pro version of the watch.

Coros Apex 2 Pro review: Design

It feels like a good buy when you take the Coros Apex Pro 2 out of the box for the first time. This is because the titanium alloy bezel gives the sports watch a total weight of 53 grams. It’s big, but not so big that it’s hard to handle, and it has an impressive Sapphire glass screen that’s 1.3 inches (33mm) wide.

The resolution is 260 x 260, and it works well even if you use the default watch face, which isn’t very exciting to look at. You can choose a different watch face through the Coros app, though. One of the best things about the Coros Apex Pro 2 is that it has more room for a great battery because of how big it is.

At the same time, the inside is bigger and has 32GB of storage, which is a very good amount. This is especially helpful if you keep a lot of music on your smartwatch or, in the case of the Apex Pro 2, if you want to use its map and route features. The velcro-covered strap makes the watch easy to put on and take off and seems like it will last a long time. You can buy this smartwatch from its official website.

Coros Apex 2 Pro review: Display

The Apex 2 has a 43mm case and a 1.2-inch LCD display that is always on. This is common for fitness watches because it saves power and can be seen in the sun. (Even though that makes it less bright.) The Pro has a 1.3-inch screen and a 46mm case. The Pro is 14mm thick, has 22mm straps, and weighs 53 grams.

While the Apex 2 is 12.8mm thick, uses 20mm straps, and has a nylon band that weighs 42g. The Apex 2 can hold 8GB of music, while the Pro can hold 32GB. The Pro is definitely bigger, but the text in this photo shows that it doesn’t make a big difference in how easy it is to read. The buttons all work the same way and are easy to learn.

The top button turns on the backlight, the bottom button goes back, and the middle crown can scroll to the main menu. The only thing I don’t like is that I forget to press the dial for a long time to unlock the screen. The same is true for how well it fits.

Both were thin and didn’t get caught on my winter coat sleeves. Both would work fine for me to track my sleep. I liked the smaller Apex 2 better, but only because this review made me think about it. The Pro is larger and thicker, but you can’t really tell.

Coros Apex 2 Pro review: Tracking

There are modes for hiking, running indoors and outdoors (including a track mode), rowing indoors, cycling, pool and outdoor swimming, triathlon, and multisport. Coros is all about extreme sports, so there are other modes like mountain climbing, white water rafting, and windsurfing.

There is also a list of all the snow sports tracking (snowboarding, skiing, cross country skiing and ski touring). As for the basics, they are pretty simple, but nothing is missing here. Both watches can keep track of how many steps you take, how many calories you burn.

how many floors you climb, and how long you sleep. They also keep track of how well you run and make predictions for races of 5 km, 10 km, a half marathon, and a marathon. You also get estimates of your long-term and short-term training load and recovery.

Coros Apex 2 Pro review: Battery life

The batteries in Coros watches are always good, and the Apex 2 is no different. In smartwatch mode, it is said to last 17 days. In standard GPS tracking mode, it lasts 45 hours, but in all-systems-on mode, it only lasts 30 hours. The battery level barely goes down between activities.

This is partly because it is set up to take heart rate readings only every 10 minutes by default, and partly because the Apex 2 doesn’t do much other than track activities. For example, it doesn’t track HRV at night. Even so, it’s amazing how long it lasts.

Coros Apex 2 Pro review: Price and Availability

At $400 for the Apex 2 and $500 for the Pro, these watches are on the higher end of the price range for midrange GPS watches. Given the competition, it’s an odd place to be. The Apex 2 is $50 more expensive than Garmin’s Forerunner 255, which has a multiband GPS, a long battery life, great training metrics, and contactless payments.

The Pro costs the same as the Forerunner 955, but the Forerunner 955 has better navigation, better training metrics, a multiband GPS, a long battery life, contactless payments, and safety features for emergencies. Both Forerunner watches can also play Spotify offline playlists.

Coros Apex 2 Pro review: Conclusion

The Apex 2 is another Coros watch that keeps track of your activity, whether you’re a runner, cyclist, hiker, or climber. As with the rest of the Coros line, the battery life stays strong. It has more features that make it a better smartwatch and outdoor watch, but it still doesn’t beat what its closest competitors have to offer.

It’s a good addition to the Coros family of watches, but its main purpose is to bring the Apex line up to speed with the Pace 2 and Vertix 2 so that it can use the latest software features. If you don’t need the mapping and music features, you can save money on the Pace 2 and still track your sports.

The Forerunner 745 is a good choice if you want a better sports watch that works like a good smartwatch and costs about the same. On the Apex 2, you will have to give up some of the battery life you do get.