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Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar vs Garmin Forerunner 970: which should you buy?

Checked today with current prices and trusted sources
Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar
Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar
Garmin Forerunner 970
Garmin Forerunner 970

Purchase today

Neither has a clear purchase advantage today

The Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar is fine to buy now, and there's no rush to buy the Garmin Forerunner 970. Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar costs $100 less to buy today.

Better product

Different strengths, no clear winner

The Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar Guide names it for battery life and navigation. The Garmin Forerunner 970 Guide names it for running and calls. Neither is ahead overall.

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BEFORE YOU CHOOSE

Check your phone first

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THE PRICE

Price check

Each model is judged on its own price history.

Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar

$649.99at Amazfit
Checked Oct. 20, 2026
Tracking since Oct. 2, 2026

Garmin Forerunner 970

$749.99at Garmin
Checked Oct. 20, 2026
Lowest in the 41 days we've tracked it
THE DETAILS

Key differences

01 / A02 / B
01

Water resistance

10 ATM

10 ATM; freediving to 50 m and recreational scuba

5 ATM
10 ATM vs 5 ATM

From each company's own specs. We list a difference only when both companies give a figure and the figures differ. If either one doesn't say, we leave it out rather than guess. When two figures were measured in different ways, we show both and don't compare them.

FIND YOUR FIT

Best for

Open any row to see the reason.

01 / A

Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar

Battery life

Up to 25 days, and up to 51 days with daily sun on the back.

Navigation

Plan routes on the watch from preloaded maps.

02 / B

Garmin Forerunner 970

Running

It has multi-band GPS and tracks for up to 21 hours with it on, or 26 hours on GPS alone.

Calls

It has a speaker and a microphone built in.

Both products

Outdoor adventure
THE INDEPENDENT VIEW

Do reviews break the tie?

Reviews don't settle it: we haven't found an outlet that scored both.

YOUR NEXT STEP

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