THE TOUGH NUT

With smartwatches that use solar-charging technology being at the forefront of the smartwatch industry, Garmin Malaysia has just announced the imminent arrival of the Tactix Delta Solar Edition. It is the fourth generation to the mission-ready Tactix collection developed based on the fēnix series’ premium platform̶an upgraded software in distinction to the fēnix 6 range. The new addition is tough, stylish and as clever as they come, it’s arguably one of the best smartwatches in the world. The watch features an array of new features ranging from mapping and navigation to tracking performance metrics for a wide variety of activities. Crafted to military standards (MILSTD-810), the Tactix Delta Solar Edition uses solar charging to extend battery life and Power Manager mode to provide up to a total of 21 days indoors, while being able to last up to 24 days with the sufficient solar exposure. Perfect for sports and fitness, this timepiece can be found on top of the list amongst many other smartwatches, ticking all the important key points when it comes to rating a watch for athletes. It includes topographic maps for outdoor adventures, ski maps for over two thousand ski resorts worldwide and over 41 thousand golf courses. The Tactix Delta Solar Edition features on-device music storage of up to two thousand songs, allowing users to sync playlists from several of the most popular music services with no phone required, from the watch itself. Besides that, it also has a health feature called the Advanced Sleep Monitoring, which provides a detailed breakdown of user’s light, deep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stages as well as Pulse Ox2̶in order to gauge how well an individual’s body is absorbing oxygen.