Is Garmins solar charging worth paying extra for?

While fitness watches and smartwatches with vibrant, bright screens, multi-satellite GPS settings, and endless sensors are nice to have, that advanced tech comes at a cost. All of those tracking capabilities and fancy displays drain battery life far faster than low-tech devices. Garmin's wearable tend to do better than most other brands when it comes to battery life, but sometimes that still isn't enough. If you're on a trip, tackling an ultra-long event, or simply don't want to charge your watch or bike computer all that often, you need something with even more life.