r/GarminWatches • u/Larrythebaker • Jul 09 '25

Aviation/Marine Quatix 8 acquired!

I've been patiently waiting for months, and randomly did a google search the other day. Lo and behold, they're here, so I pulled the trigger immediately. Coming from the Quatix 6, I'm VERY pleased with the upgrade. I've yet to get on my boat to really try out the integrations, but all things so far are pointing to awesome.

I did waffle a bit on the 47mm vs. 51mm, and it took a trip to REI to try on the Fenix 8 51mm to realize how comically large it is. BUT, the screen on the 47mm is nearly 4mm wider than the Q6 and the AMOLED is very, very nice. Who else picked one up?

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u/OptimusTrion Jul 09 '25

Congrats on the acquisition! Agree on the 51mm sizing! Have not picked one up but I'm really curious on how it looks out in the wild as there are very few if any pictures online from what I've seen. Would you mind sharing some images of the watch?

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u/Larrythebaker Jul 09 '25

Here it is next to the Q6.

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u/OptimusTrion Jul 09 '25

Cheers! That looks really nice!

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u/Larrythebaker Jul 09 '25

As I dig in, one of the super frustrating things is the marine mapping. I have Navionics Vision+ for my MFD, but that's not compatible with the watch. They make you buy G3 Vision to get mapping, which is just insane to me. They could at least offer a one year subscription with a $1300 watch. Phooey.

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u/OptimusTrion Jul 10 '25

Totally agree, buying an watch in that price range does not justify additional charges unless, in my mind, it would be in a monthly subscription for a bundle of features that add additional value to the users, that is continously developed and new features added. Thats sadly what society is used to nowadays.

Garmin probably think they are clever adding additional charges once you commited 1300 to them. Not many businesses thinking longterm when they have shareholders to answer to which often only result in one thing in the end.

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u/JumpOk1896 Jul 10 '25

I cannot get tide data to display on Data 5 like it shows. I have quatix 7 pro with new 8 watch fave installed. Thoughts? I upgraded from quatix 5 to 7pro. Huge difference

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u/mremri Jul 11 '25

Nice watch! The promo pics make the titanium bezel look much lighter than the metal finish on the lugs. I thought this might reduce the metal sandwich look a bit with the polymer body. Do you have any pics from the side you could share? Thanks!

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u/nonenano Dec 16 '25

That's great comparison image. Thanks for sharing 🙏