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Garmin Tactix 8 51mm Solar Elite
Garmin Tactix 8 51mm Solar Elite is a GPS sports watch released in February 2025. Key specs: case size 51 mm, screen size 1.4″, battery life (smartwatch mode) 30 days, GPS battery life 95 h.
7.7Score
Display4.4
Battery life9.2
Health tracking8.3
Sports & outdoor9.3
Smart features3.2
Build & durability6.2
price range$1,400–1,800
- Released
- February 2025
- Type
- GPS sports watch
- Brand
Garmin- Popularity
- #245 of 796
- Model numbers
- tactix 8 – 51 mm, Solartactix 8 – 47 mm, AMOLEDtactix 8 – 51 mm, AMOLED
51 mmCase size
1.4″Screen size
NoAMOLED / OLED display
30 daysBattery life (smartwatch mode)
95 hGPS battery life
10 ATMWater resistance
95 gWeight
YesNFC payments
Spec guide
How it ranks among GPS sports watches of 2025
Screen size · 1.4″Bottom 34%Battery life (smartwatch mode) · 30 daysTop 3%GPS battery life · 95 hTop 3%Water resistance · 10 ATMTop 17%Weight · 95 gBottom 2%
Compared with GPS sports watches released in 2025. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other GPS sports watches
Why is Tactix 8 51mm Solar Elite a good choice?
Battery life (smartwatch mode): 30 daysbetter than 93% of GPS sports watches
GPS battery life: 95 hbetter than 97% of GPS sports watches
Sport profiles: 102better than 92% of GPS sports watches
Weak points
Weight: 95 gworse than 89% of GPS sports watches
Specifications
Full specifications
Design & durability
- Case size
- 51 mm
- Weight
- 95 g
- Thickness
- 15.4 mm
- Height
- 51 mm
- Width
- 51 mm
- Sapphire crystal
- Yes
- Lens / cover glass
- Power Sapphire ™
- Strap material
- silicone
- Water resistance
- 10 ATM
- Water rating (maker)
- 10 ATM
- Rated dive depth
- 40 m
Display
- Screen size
- 1.4″
- Panel
- Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel
- AMOLED / OLED display
- No
- Always-on display
- Yes
- Touchscreen
- Yes
- Resolution (width)
- 280 px
- Resolution (height)
- 280 px
- Pixel density
- 200 ppi
Battery
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- 30 days
- Battery saver mode
- 48 days
- GPS battery life
- 95 h
- Battery type
- Lithium ion
- Solar charging
- Yes
- Wireless charging
- No
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Health sensors
- Optical heart rate
- Yes
- Blood oxygen (SpO2)
- Yes
- ECG
- Yes
- Skin temperature
- Yes
- Temperature sensor
- Yes
- HRV tracking
- Yes
- Sleep tracking
- Yes
- Sensors
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, SatIQ technology, Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation monitor, Barometric altimeter, Compass, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Thermometer, Ambient light sensor, Depth sensor
Sports & navigation
- Built-in GPS
- Yes
- Dual-band GPS
- Yes
- Satellite systems
- GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
- Offline maps
- Yes
- Barometric altimeter
- Yes
- Compass
- Yes
- Multisport / triathlon mode
- Yes
- Sport profiles
- 102
- Dive mode
- Yes
- LED flashlight
- Yes
Connectivity
- NFC payments
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 4
- ANT+ sensors
- Yes
Smart features
- Calls from the wrist
- Yes
- Speaker
- Yes
- Microphone
- Yes
- Voice assistant
- Yes
- Music on the watch
- Yes
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Third-party apps
- Yes
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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