Smart Watches

[Wedgie]

Anyone have experience with them?
Was leaning towards a Misfit Vapor or a Ticwatch E.
Would be very handy for my current workplaces where Im not allowed to be seen on my phone regularly.

[Wedgie]

Got the misfit vapour in the end, will post a review once I've had it for a while.

[bennymacca]

I have an apple watch and i really like it.

If you are the sort of person that has big group chats you definitely need to learn to mute it though, otherwise your wrist vibrates every few seconds all day. which is very distracting.

[Wedgie]

Really like the Misfit Vapor, cost me $275 as I couldn't be bothered online shopping after amazon cancelled the first watch I ordered.
Bluetooth woeks well, battery lasts me a couple of days, on board storage of 4gb is handy for music meaning I dont need my phone on me.
Looks really good and despite no experience with a smart watch have found it really easy to pick up the controls. Love have messages from mesenger come through to it and allow me to reply, great when you're in a job that doesn't like you using your phone at all.
Heart rate monitor is accurate but obviously havent bothered trying any of the fitness related apps.
Have downloaded spotify and a few other apps to it with no hassles.
Seems great value so far.

[Footy Smart]

just ordered a Samsung Gear S3, will post a review once its up and running.

[Psyber]

My Fitbit HR Plus was interesting for a while, but constantly needing to recharge it was a pain. So, when my wife had a minor fall and cracked her cheaper version up I gave her mine, and I reverted to an old style watch that just does its job without all the fiddle.

[Wedgie]

My misfit died a long time ago and I replaced it with a Samsung Active, awesome thing and battery life lasts me for several days.

[Psyber]

My misfit died a long time ago and I replaced it with a Samsung Active, awesome thing and battery life lasts me for several days

Mine lasted several days too but I'm getting sick of things that need that frequency of recharging.
Life is full of activities more enjoyable than that!

[mighty_tiger_79]

My misfit died a long time ago and I replaced it with a Samsung Active, awesome thing and battery life lasts me for several days.

is this still going strong?

[Wedgie]

My misfit died a long time ago and I replaced it with a Samsung Active, awesome thing and battery life lasts me for several days.

is this still going strong?

Yep, one of the best gadgets I've ever bought and I'm normally a Samsung fan except for major appliances.

[Psyber]

My Fitbit HR Plus was interesting for a while, but constantly needing to recharge it was a pain. So, when my wife had a minor fall and cracked her cheaper version up I gave her mine, and I reverted to an old style watch that just does its job without all the fiddle.

Since the above the band on the one I passed on to my wife eventually came off the casing and she lost the thing.
We've both gone back to our standard watches now - we each have 4 of those anyway....

[Wedgie]

My misfit died a long time ago and I replaced it with a Samsung Active, awesome thing and battery life lasts me for several days.

is this still going strong?

Yep, one of the best gadgets I've ever bought and I'm normally a Samsung fan except for major appliances.

Still going strong and getting a fair work out, battery still as good as ever and last several days.

[Booney]

Under $500, go.

[Brodlach]

Apple Watch Series 8 are around $550, JB Hi Fi have been having 10% off Apple products recently

[Booney]

I'm Android, should have said that to begin with.

[mighty_tiger_79]

I'm Android, should have said that to begin with.

Samsung make good smart watches

[mighty_tiger_79]

For those that follow this more closely and far more knowledgeable than myself, looking at Samsung range.
More specifically the galaxy watch5 Pro Golf version. The 6 is the latest but apparently the pro has better battery.

The 7 is being released around August/September from what I've seen so far.
I've not been able to find out if there's going to be a golf version of the 7 though.

Also in my search Samsung are releasing a Ring

[cracka]

I've had a few, had the fitbit sense & it was good for while until I changed phones & had to update the fitbit. The new phone just wouldn't connect. Apparently the update was an issue for a lot of people. Now have the sons hand me down Garmin fenix 5 & happy with it.

What I haven't found is one that can accurately track steps when you're driving. I once had a fitbit step counter that would count steps while driving. Fitbits advice was to take it off while driving but I kept forgetting to put it back on. It still counted steps when not on my wrist while driving trucks if I didn't put it in a certain spot. Took a video of it counting steps while sitting in the back seat of a car & not on my wrist. Fitbits response was, there's nothing they can do about it.

[mighty_tiger_79]

I've had a few, had the fitbit sense & it was good for while until I changed phones & had to update the fitbit. The new phone just wouldn't connect. Apparently the update was an issue for a lot of people. Now have the sons hand me down Garmin fenix 5 & happy with it.

What I haven't found is one that can accurately track steps when you're driving. I once had a fitbit step counter that would count steps while driving. Fitbits advice was to take it off while driving but I kept forgetting to put it back on. It still counted steps when not on my wrist while driving trucks if I didn't put it in a certain spot. Took a video of it counting steps while sitting in the back seat of a car & not on my wrist. Fitbits response was, there's nothing they can do about it.

what a response, Fitbit now on the banned list

[MW]

Bang for buck, the Coros Pace 3 I got recently and it's the most accurate smart watch I have owned, and I have put about 20,000km into them.
I use it mostly for tracking runs though, not steps and that type of stuff.