Garmin watch

“my Garmin, that and the Stress tracker usually let me know 1-2 days ahead of time that I'm getting sick”

“It's an accurate after the fact representation of my sleep, but it doesn't tell me anything that my own body isn't telling me”

“The garmin has so much battery life that when it's at 10% and starts complaining”

“Battery life and ability to forget I have it on constantly is a main feature for me”

“I also use my Garmin smartwatch as a scuba diving computer to track depth, time, and decompression.”

“I appreciate things like a cleaner heart rate (strap), hill climb alerts (length + degree), food alerts”

“I can access it in a few button presses, sometimes two if it's the last action I used.”

“I’m jealous of the advanced metrics and data she has on all of our workouts and the accuracy.”

“one cool feature is that they are really similar to their GPSr units in that you can just connect them to a computer”

“doesn't require any sort of connection or activation to function out-of-the-box”

“proprietary connector for its charging cable, that is easy to lose/break and expensive to replace”

“if I were an athlete in any of those categories and did it all the time, I'd still absolutely choose a Garmin”

“USB-C charging would be awesome, instead of Garmin's proprietary plug and a cable that's made from spider silk.”

“Although there are other watches with long battery life (Garmin, and to a lesser extent Amazfit), their UIs are not good.”

“Garmin's w/ 5 buttons and transflective (sunlight-readable) displays have been the closest alternative”

“Compared to any phone app I've tried, my watch records much cleaner tracks for hiking”

“the G-shock, the Garmin watches, or the Apple Watch run circles around mechanical watches in terms of functionality”

“Garmin smartwatches have a very good measurement and intepretation with their "stress" and "body battery" features.”

“I've been scraping the data from my Garmin watch for years with very little problems”

“I have a garmin watch which is great for overland hiking, multiple day expeditions etc”

“I find the best software is Garmin at the moment of writing, or at least suits me well”

“A few Garmin and Amazfit/Zepp devices come close, but they have enough drawbacks for me to not be happy with them.”

“It only drained battery overnight and the tracking wasn't even that good as it even counted time I was reading or playing on Switch as sleeping.”

“The heart-rate monitoring on my Garmin gives highly accurate tracking of calories burned, better than anything I could do by hand.”

“It's made a huge difference in my life, for the positive, and that's really surprised me.”

“Garmin is the best watch on the market, other than the luxury watches like AP or PP. It's not even close.”

“But yet you'll get the same watch experience with Garmin regardless of whether you have an iPhone or a Samsung or Google phone.”

“Garmin trades superfluous animations, apps, high frame rates, UI, and probably most promintantly: fashion... for utility.”

“developers cannot create watch faces for Apple Watch, but have free reign on Garmin devices”

“feature I LOVE added recently-ish that made really happy I’ve upgraded my many years old garmin was a flashlight”

“most Garmin Smartwatches will happily stay in airplane mode for months once configured”

“there were so many gaps (even when I was sitting) that I didn't feel I could eyeball them or trust averages over time”

“typically matches how I feel the next day, but that also makes it not terribly useful”

“only recharges their garmin watch maybe once a month(with dozens of hours of activity tracking)”

“Every Garmin I've tried has been a complete mess, laggy, and deeply unstable in its connection”

“But on the Garmin it's like multiple button pushes, and even then the list of notifications is not complete.”

“I charge this watch once a week and it does everything I realistically want from a smart watch”

“I love the fact that I can do almost two weeks of exercises without needing to charge it”

“I love the fact that I can do almost two weeks of exercises (ride, walk, gym) without needing to charge it.”

“The Garmin O/S UX is a bit ass, but usable and I never need to carry money if I am going on a run.”