Looking for watch recommendations as my partners Apple Watch doesn't even last a day anymore

Exellin
2025-11-14T01:07:40Z

She currently has apple everything, but is open to getting something like a Garmin watch.

Rough requirements are:

Batter life of at least a few days with normal use, ideally up to a week

Physical activity tracking for swimming. She isn't a runner and doesn't need running-specific features.

Heart rate / sleep tracking

Receive and view emails / texts / notifications from her iphone

Some watches she is most interested in are:

Enduro 3 even though she's not doing multiple day expeditions, she loves the idea of the battery lasting that long, but it is a bit heavy / bulky and has a lot of features that she won't use for the price

Another apple watch, but even the upgrade is only a day and a half of battery

Garmin forerunner, we were taking a look at this comparison chart and if she doesn't care about all the running features, would the cheapest version like https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1611937/pn/010-02863-33/ to just act as a budget apple watch with better battery as long as she still gets all the notifications and it works with her iphone?

Also taking suggestions from other brands, I'm just mostly familiar with Garmin and have an instinct solar 2 for 4 years that I really enjoy.

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