The Garmin Forerunner 970 is the best sports watch available, in my opinion, but it doesn’t come cheap and the Suunto Race 2 is a notable competitor that offers many of the same key features as the Forerunner 970 at a lower price.

I’ve run hundreds of miles with both watches in testing, and put them directly head-to-head by wearing both at the same time for 10 days.

As you’ll see below, aside from design and battery life, the Forerunner 970 outperformed the Suunto Race 2 in all areas in my experience. However, it also costs considerably more, and the Suunto Race 2 is certainly competitive in most regards.

I’ll highlight the key differences I noticed in my testing below — for more detail on either watch check out our Garmin Forerunner 970 review and Suunto Race 2 review.

Garmin Forerunn

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