# Coros watch Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/coros-watch/ 12 people recommended Coros watch in Hacker News comments, 4 had mixed feelings and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 10 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend Coros watches for fast performance, simple software and good value compared with Garmin. The most common caveat is a closed platform that does not support third-party apps. Summary written by Claude from 24 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 23 of those comments still count. ## Why people recommend it - Fast watch and maps (3 comments in the sample): "The Coros watches (from what I've heard, the same applies to Suunto and Polar) are fast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48961459)) "Coros watches have several weeks of battery life and fast maps" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48961301)) "Although Coros watches are fast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962554)) - Good value for money (3 comments in the sample): "Coros blows everyone out of the water from a user experience standpoint, and they offer excellent value." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630775)) "most watches less than half the price of the closest Garmin watch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48961569)) "Value for money, simple software not bloated compared to garmin" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49631516)) - Recommended over Garmin (2 comments in the sample): "would highly recommend not buying a Garmin and instead looking at Coros or Suunto" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48592219)) "If you need a proper, dedicated sports device get a coros, garmin or suunto" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209139)) ## What people warn about - Closed platform with no third-party apps (3 comments in the sample): "it's a totally closed platform, that doesn't any have 3rd party apps at all" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48964268)) "Coros and Amazfit especially got close but they are closed development" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376848)) "at the price of only be able to sync your rides and routes using a proprietary app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49572489)) - No NFC payments or messaging features (2 comments in the sample): "For me coros are non started because of lack of the NFC payments." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48972366)) "Coros cannot reply to imessages, cannot add to reminders, cannot add to calendar, cannot place a call from the watch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49631400)) ## Other GPS sports watches people recommend - [Garmin watch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/garmin-watch/): 91 recommend, 24 mixed, 45 criticize - [Garmin Instinct](https://hackerapproved.com/p/garmin-instinct/): 26 recommend, 4 mixed, 3 criticize - [Garmin Fenix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/garmin-fenix/): 20 recommend, 6 mixed, 6 criticize - [Garmin Forerunner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/garmin-forerunner/): 5 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 criticize ## Where to get it - [Official site](https://www.coros.com/) - [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Coros+GPS+sports+watch) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Coros watch", https://hackerapproved.com/p/coros-watch/ (12 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.