Smart Watches

[Iraq_Red]

I'm thinking of getting one for use with Android and wondering if anyone has used or what they recommend, I quite lite the FitBit Blaze or the Withthings Steel HR but are there others I should consider?

 

Thanks

[dave_min]

Fitbit is decent.

 

I'm on my 3rd one. Make sure to break it within a year of activating it.

[spamspamspam]

I've got the sony smartwatch 3

 

Don't know why. Charging it all the time pisses me off.

[Chewie37]

I got a cheap iWatch replica, it works alright but I just got bored very quickly with it, so I'm glad I didn't get a proper one.

[daytripping]

I don't wear any kind of watch, never needed one. When I worked I knew it was tea break and I took fag breaks at will, just left at the end of the day when other people did.

 

Now i'm unemployed time means even less than it did before, do what you want when you want is my new mantra.

 

Might one day upgrade to a basic watch but don't like the feel on my wrist, smart watch....nae for me, i'm a simple man at heart.

 

I actually was at the genius bar at apple last week, daughters phone, never again, need a cheesepipe beard to feel at home in that environment, not for clean shaven old blokes like me. Saw loads of brick shaped watches there. The thing that did catch my eye was the Apple drone, asked how much...3 grand and it was coming home with me, again couldn't justify it, only so much fun to be had out of following the cat.

[vanderark14]

I'm thinking of getting one for use with Android and wondering if anyone has used or what they recommend, I quite lite the FitBit Blaze or the Withthings Steel HR but are there others I should consider?

 

Thanks

Fitbit Blaze or the new Garmin watch for me. I Nike Apple Watch is supposed to be decent but its apple so it will probably be overpriced.

[The Boofon]

I'm away to buy a Panerai Luminor Marina.

 

Smart as fuck.

[brownie]

If it’s for fitness etc then get a Mi Band 2.

 

Better battery life than the Fitbit range and does what the Fitbit Charge does for about half the price.

[a don in oz]

For Android can't help, but you really have to be sure you're going in with realistic expectations of what you'll get out of it or you will be disappointed.

 

I don't have an Android watch, but I got the first Apple Watch Sport (the cheap one) as a gamble. I reckon most of my comments probably apply for android ones too.

 

I've found that it works well for me for a few set things. It hasn't changed the world but getting my notifications on my wrist is very handy given the amount of SMS, emails and other shit I get. I never respond to emails but do fire back quick responses on the other stuff sometimes. The stuff like the heart rate monitor and breathing exercises tools and all the step/movement stuff is very handy if you're interested in it. If not, it's irrelevant.

 

Beyond notifications, setting alarms and stuff on the wrist - old school digital watch stylee but NEW! - is very handy.

 

I do things like checking my bank account or (a weird feature here in Oz with my bank) getting money out of the ATM using just the watch are really handy but not something I'd use often.

 

I've even - when in the privacy of my own home - answered calls on the watch rather than hunt for wherever I left the phone. Dick Tracy... nah, just dick head. Meh, at least no one else sees it.

 

Other stuff I rarely or never use. It really boils down to what you want out of it. Beware expecting too much because your wrist is not a place where you will sit long. It's a place for quick interactions, a quick look, understanding, possible quick response and move on.

[Bluto10]

Complete mugs buying into that smart watch crap.

 

 

And Fitbit?

You need a gimmick to tell you you've been active today?

Christ on a bike.

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[dave_min]

Complete mugs buying into that smart watch crap.

 

 

And Fitbit?

You need a gimmick to tell you you've been active today?

Christ on a bike.

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It also measures sleep. Not sure the battery life will be good enough for you like.

[The Boofon]

It also measures sleep. Not sure the battery life will be good enough for you like.

 

Finally.

 

Well done Dave.

[E-P-K]

Complete mugs buying into that smart watch crap.

 

 

And Fitbit?

You need a gimmick to tell you you've been active today?

Christ on a bike.

.

 

 

I had 27K steps one day last week.

[The Boofon]

 

 

I had 27K steps one day last week.

Left your Fitbit on top of the tumble dryer?

[E-P-K]

Left your Fitbit on top of the tumble dryer?

 

 

No, pulling riser string, up and down to the well head on a grande scale.

 

Although someone did leave there step counter on one of the shale shakers for 12 hours and managed to get 320K in 12 hours

[Bluto10]

I had 27K steps one day last week.

Aye people at work use them

I'm no Eva craniero but what's the added value your getting from being told you did X steps?

[E-P-K]

Aye people at work use them

I'm no Eva craniero but what's the added value your getting from being told you did X steps?

 

Probably not a lot, as at the end of the day, you know if you have had a busy day or not, but it is fine to have the heart rate monitor for when doing specific training.

[Robbie Winters]

I'm away to buy a Panerai Luminor Marina.

 

Smart as fuck.

Get me one in'a, square you up later

[BrianFaePerth]

Aye people at work use them

I'm no Eva craniero but what's the added value your getting from being told you did X steps?

 

You have to wonder if the number of groin injuries went up at Chelsea while she was there.

[brownie]

I'm away to buy a Panerai Luminor Marina.

 

Smart as fuck.

 

If fashion watches are your thing then go for it.

[strachanmcgheegoal]

If you buy a phone and you hate it then you leave it in your pocket and nobody knows. Get one of those fucksticks and its stuck there on your arm where everybody can see it and, trust me, everybody knows that you hate it! Because they're shite.And if you're thinking they won't expose your utter embarrassment wait till they keep asking you the time just to watch you girating like a self abuser with parkinsons trying to get the fucking screen to wake up.

 

Apart from that, go ahead, buy one, they're Grrreat as Tony used to say.

[E-P-K]

Watches... never understood spending so much money on them.

 

'What's the time'... check my phone.

 

 

Same as everything else min, its all comparable, why spend several hundred quid on a jacket, when a jacket from Primark will keep you just as warm, why spend £300K on a house, or £40K on a car when a £2K banger gets you from A to B.

[dave_min]

If you buy a phone and you hate it then you leave it in your pocket and nobody knows. Get one of those fucksticks and its stuck there on your arm where everybody can see it and, trust me, everybody knows that you hate it! Because they're shite.And if you're thinking they won't expose your utter embarrassment wait till they keep asking you the time just to watch you girating like a self abuser with parkinsons trying to get the fucking screen to wake up.

 

Apart from that, go ahead, buy one, they're Grrreat as Tony used to say.

I'm on 320 steps today. Should bump it up a bit over lunch though.

[dave_min]

A house or car I can understand... although don't really give a shit about cars I've just never understood the watch thing.

 

If that's what folk are in to then sound.

 

Those fit bits are pointless it must be said BUT buy what you want at the end of the day - it's other folks mooooonies.

How would you recommend tracking fitness?

[dave_min]

Common fucking sense...

Like using a Fitbit?

[360]

 

If fashion watches are your thing then go for it.

 

[dave_min]

That's stupidity not common sense.

It's really nae.

[E-P-K]

That's stupidity not common sense.

 

 

If you go for a run, and want to know the distance covered, time, average speed per mile, heart rate, etc etc, then having a fitbit or such like is somewhat practical in helping the training.

[dave_min]

It's what I'd expect poncey pricks in the gym to wear.

 

Its also what I'd expect to hear from poncey pricks to their pals 'how many steps you taken today'. Oh dear.

 

Wonder if athletes back in the day thought 'I know what we are lacking to help us keep fit, a gadget that tells us how many steps we've taken'.

 

Rightfully even poncey pricks have the right to spend money on what they so desire, it's their money but what a pointless purchase they really are.

Nah.

 

The Fitbit is a great piece of kit.

[dave_min]

If you go for a run, and want to know the distance covered, time, average speed per mile, heart rate, etc etc, then having a fitbit or such like is somewhat practical in helping the training.

Or for a cycle.