Holy Diver
Great fitness tracker without being a distraction to your life
This is primarily a fitness tracker. It's not your fancy smart watch that can almost replace your phone!That being said - it is a great fitness tracker, but a bit expensive for not having the fancy UI (which - the grayscale face is what I like about it). Also, since I'm moderately active (not an athlete by any means but I do work out every single day)I bought this watch as a replacement for my 7 year old vivosmart HR. I chose this precisely because I didn't want all the bells and whistles of fancy smartwatches that just serve as another distraction in everyday life.Pros- doesn't have a square face. Looks like a normal watch! It's also not bulky, although it does say it's bulkier than the Lily 2 Classic (which I worried about but it's really not much of a difference)- connects with your phone via the Garmin Connect app, which you can sync with Strava, Be Well (formerly Walker Tracker), My Fitness Pal (two way syncing - it takes your weight and calories from MFP)- SEAMLESSLY synced with my existing Garmin app- it has GPS!!- stress and body battery tracking are actually quite useful.- includes breathwork exercises! And reminders to move throughout the day - and on top of that, also gives you example exercises and prompts like sitting exercises. I'm amazed that everytime it's a different chair activity / stretch exercise (my old watch just used to say "Move!"). Any watch prompts also come with a vibration so that you don't have to look down at your watch while doing breathwork or running or whatever activity you are trying to track.- you can split your Dance exercise into songs- the Garmin Connect app is really neat. (not so many users like Strava but it is great for your personal analytics) you can also customize what notifications go to your watch so that it not just buzzing constantly all day-there are also other features like blood pressure, weight etc that you can manually add to the app and track-it syncs with your calendar-the watch widgets (what you display on your watch face) and the watch face itself are customizable.-gives you a lot if tips and analysis about your day. Also gives a lot of encouragement during your workouts!-the GPS does drain the battery much faster, but even with that, the battery life still lasts over 5 days even when it didn't charge fully- it's really CUTE!Cons- wish it came in black too- if you were used to lower tech fitness tracker / smartwatch this one takes a bit of learning to learn all the motions (two buttons, a middle touch button, and swiping in four directions) and the features that correspond to them- the "manual" that comes with it is useless lol. Just tells you to go online (which - Garmin stuff online are useful)- software updates can take longer (couple minutes or so)- I haven't figured out how I can add the music controls to the UI for when it's recording a run- the recording of activities are sometimes needlessly specific, but kinda cool for your own recording I guess. For example, I just wanted to record Dance but I can also choose what type of dance it is (zumba, pop, afro beat, video game etc)- the very first time I wore it during a workout and I sweated, it gave me a bit of irritation but I'd attribute that to it's "newness" / VOCs just emanating from the straps since it's new and just came out of the box- proprietary charging cable (still USB C on the other side though)- the vibration is so light compared to the old vivosmart. All my important phone notifications go through my watch (since my phone is always silent) but even at max vibration it's easy to miss it.-compared to my last watch, this took longer to "wake up" when I look at it. Maybe takes half a second-Garmin recommends to wear it two finger widths below your wrist but I personally find that too low for watch-wearingOverall 5 stars for me - and like what others said, if you know exactly what you got it for, you will be happy about it. Otherwise if you are looking for fancy schmancy smart watch not for its fitness tracking but for its digital, hi tech features - this watch might not be the right one for you.Ver másVer menos
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