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1.0 out of 5 starsDon't waste your $$
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2019
To whom it may concern,
I wish to receive a refund for my purchase. I intended to return my 735XT back to Amazon.com, as I was generally unsatisfied with the watch, but I, unfortunately, missed the return window by 10 days.
While I am generally dissatisfied with the watches user interface, processing power, and the Garmin Connect store, the watch has grown to be an annoyance and has stopped functioning correctly, despite multiple attempts to update the software and after performing both soft and hard resets.
Below are the issues that persist.
The watch no longer keeps time, despite auto updates, software updates, and adequate GPS signals. I now manually set the time. Perhaps for this reason, the watch no longer displays sunrise or sunset data? Even when the time is left to auto update, the time is still off by some odd hours and minutes, not simply by a time zone.
In addition, the watch continues to vibrate (which is far too loud and annoying in and of itself) despite turning off all notifications, alarms, and vibration settings.
The watch also has become remarkably slow in switching between widgets and the time. A hard reset often resolves this glitch, but it inevitably returns before the end of the day. I have tried turning off all unnecessary features that might consume the processing power of the watch, such as HR, weather, Bluetooth, and I have also removed the apps altogether, but the issue persists.
Lastly, I have noticed that the silicone band has already started to split at the buckle and I fear will fail in short order.
In my opinion, I have not abused this watch or tried to push the watch's feature to their max in any way. In fact, much of my time spent with this watch has been running, cycling, or during normal daily use in my clinic. It is because I work in the clinic and that the vibration is so disturbing to patients and persists despite attempting to turn off the vibration feature, that I have stopped wearing it when I see patients.
