I just got my hands on the Coros Nomad, a new rugged GPS smartwatch built with outdoor adventurers, from fishing enthusiasts to rock climbers, in mind. Priced at $349, it's a direct competitor to one of my favorite tough-built smartwatches in 2025, the Garmin Instinct 3.

However, the Nomad has a few tricks up its sleeve, most notably the ability to download maps for offline navigation, which you won't find on the Instinct 3.

In addition to supporting an enormous range of outdoor activities — there are ten fishing modes alone — an onboard microphone lets you record voice notes that sync up with your GPS data in what Coros calls an Adventure Journal.

The Coros Nomad also boasts dual-frequency GPS, impressive battery life, lots of physical controls — including a customizable 'Action' butto

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