It offers 17 activity modes, including indoor run and track run (though no trail option, which the Forerunner 255 has). The watch did a good job of tracking our daily step counts. The Pace 2 stumbled when it came to heart-rate tracking (to improve accuracy, it can be paired with a heart-rate strap). Instead of a suite of buttons like on the Forerunner 255, a digital dial and a separate button steer the Pace 2’s navigation. The robust battery life (20 days in standby mode, 30 hours of continuous GPS) outdoes that of our other top pick, the Garmin Forerunner 255, by days. Its speedy GPS acquisition time (about 13 seconds) launched us into our runs quickly, and its GPS distance and route-tracing precision were largely dependable (though not perfect). The lightest watch we’ve tested so far, the reasonably priced Pace 2 packs a raft of run-specific features to please a variety of runners.

If you want a super-lightweight watch with a longer battery life than most-and you don’t care as much about extra smartwatch features-we think the Coros Pace 2 is your best option.

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