Which is your preferred smartwatch/fitness tracker?

I have been using the Mi Band for years which I generally like, although it’s quite a simple device

I only use devices supported by gadgetbridge. This way I can track me without giving all the data to somebody else. Currently I use a Mi Band 7, but I’m thinking about getting a device with onboeard GPS.

Never heard of gadgetbridge. Excited to switch over

How is gadgetbridge working with the 7? The wikipage has a long list of unsupported features, which has held me back from trying it out, but I really want to give it a go!

Steps, sleep, stress, workouts work quite nice. PAI is supposed to have a tab within the next few releases of gadgetbrigde iirc. My approach is more like… I use gb to collect the data from the watch and then use grafana for a visualisation. which might be overkill.

Apple Watch.

I had a couple of Garmins before and the difference is night and day. The Apple Watch isn’t perfect, but it’s clear that a lot of thought went into it.

The Garmins on the other hand, were lowest of low effort.

They blatantly didn’t talk to even a single cyclists while building their cycling app.

Cyclists use average speed, not pace. Even the junkiest $3 cycle computer from Ali Baba gets this right, but not Garmin. They just copy-pasted the running screen.

This is a troll comment.

Let’s review: has “had a couple of Garmins”, but doesn’t know that both speed and lap speed are default data fields in the bike activity. And can be trivially changed to average speed or essentially a bazillion other types of data (HR, power etc) in a highly customisable way.

I said average speed. Learn to read.

I haven’t touched the thing in three years.

I just remember that it had pace where it should have average speed. That is all.

Now go away. I’m not interested in defending myself to someone like you, who’s been nothing but nasty.

Pretty sure my Garmin does pace for cycling. You bed to get a multisport watch from them first. The Forerunner watches are going to be focused on running obviously. Fenix line should do average speed

That’s not the Vivoactive cycling app.

They were Vivoactives. They had pace, not average speed.

Regardless of what the focus of the watch is, the cycling app should show cycling stats.

It’s incredibly low effort to get something so basic wrong.

Seems like your post was incredibly low effort, as the Vivoactive (all the way back to the blocky original) supported speed fields.

https://averagejoecyclist.com/how-to-use-garmin-vivoactive-3-record-bike-ride/

Oh, that’s interesting. I was under the impression that Garmin was best for the actual fitness stuff, but this is good to know

Nah you’re right and this person has obviously never used a Garmin.

The Apple Watch is a great smartwatch though and solid for sports. My wife has one and loves it. I’m on the Garmin side, so we’re always comparing.

Nah you’re right and this person has obviously never used a Garmin.

You mean that you didn’t bother to read my comment properly before personally attacking me. Let me guess, you’re from Reddit.

Garmins are smart fitness watches, not smart watches.

I have a forerunner 255 and it’s amazing for hiking and running which is what I do most times. I can also take calls and see notifications which is all I need and the battery life is amazing.

I only cycle, so I couldn’t comment on the other apps.

This author has done a few of these tests and Garmin seems to be most accurate. I’m mostly not a fan of the intense styling though

Well there’s lots of different sizes and a few styles. But all good. Different strokes …

Check out the Vivoactive and Venu lines. Those are nice and don’t look like the $40 Timex Ironmans.

I’m currently using a Mi Band 6 (with a nylon strap that’s real comfy), but I wish the Pebble still existed. The e-paper display, the nice UI and tactile buttons, with good battery life and the ability to make apps was great.

Once my Mi Band breaks, I’m torn between Garmin (since they check almost all of the Pebble boxes, even if I don’t do fitness and they’re more fitness oriented) and a Galaxy Watch with the rotating bezel, since that was really cool to play with, plus the Android integration might be nicer.

I have no idea why no other company has been able to recapture the magic of pebble. It was by far the best smartwatch I’ve ever owned.

There is watchy, pretty sure it is from the same guy who made the pebble.

It’s no Pebble, but I chose the BangleJS 2 for its openness and the ability to load and even make apps myself.

TL;DR The author determined the most accurate are the Garmin Epix Pro and the Fitbit Inspire 3

I have a PineTime which I think is pretty good for what it is. In fact, I am very happy with it and recommend wholeheartedly the device.

Still, my favourite is even more basic. I have a standalone pedometer. This one, which has a website tha belies the product’s quality. I find it very accurate. It does some basic calorie calculations for you, and distance. And the battery lasts…ages.

Man, I loved my Fitbit One, but damn was it so fickle. So easy to lose and not waterproof, and spotty bluetooth. It was just a basic pedometer with calorie calculations.

FWIW I have an Inspire 3 and it’s reasonable. It has a chime to find it, Bluetooth seems solid enough, and it’s definitely waterproof as I run it under the sink to wash it every day. Cheap, too, so I don’t really care if it breaks. Small, so not a big, clunky fashion statement or something.

I just wish it tacked my heart rate a little better while I’m working out. Mine loses track what seems like immediately once I start sweating a little. It can recover with a little jostle or sometimes moving the band up a notch if possible, but man it’s annoying.

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