AmazFit T-Rex 3 In-Depth Review: What's The Catch?

The AmazFit T-Rex 3 has garnered much attention over the past few months since its announcement. In many ways, that attention is deserved, albeit a wee bit overstated. Still, the watch has been on my wrist now non-stop for 35 days, putting in nearly 700 kilometers of workouts across cycling (road, MTB, gravel), running, hiking, openwater swimming, and more. I’ve figured out what it does really well (battery life), what it does really badly (clarity), and what it’s so-so at (navigation). Of course, those are just a few examples, I’ve got countless more in each category. That said, it’s important to understand context here. The AmazFit T-Rex 3 is normally $279, but was recently on holiday sales for $235. At either price, it’s super appealing. Some have tried to call it a ‘Fenix Killer’. But let’s be clear, this is not remotely close to a Fenix killer. Instead, it’s much more attuned to be hurting sales of a COROS Vertix, or perhaps in some scenarios, a Garmin Instinct. But as you’ll see, price isn’t everything. Neither is feature-check-boxing. The navigation section will make that really clear. Still, this is not AmazFit’s first BBQ. And each time they release a watch they get closer and closer to being a premium competitor, but at a budget price. In effect, AmazFit is kinda like COROS, before COROS grew up and started spending time on new feature development, instead of just product comparison checkbox development. With that, let’s get into it. #AmazFit #TRex3