spawnofstumpy

nolamacguy said:

spawnofstumpy said:

I'll be buying a Garmin 235 watch where it can track my running for 8 hours straight (handy for ultra marathons) & it'll also be able to give me a week minimum of battery life (doing daily exercises too) with GPS, tracked runs onto Garmin Connect, 24/7 heart rate tracking, sleep tracking, message, email & phone notifications. 

not quite. with training it's limited to hours. to get the week+ battery life it's limited to tracking steps and sleep, like a Fitbit -- you won't be getting GPS and serious workout tracking.

thanks for correcting my post it isnt actualy 8 hours continuous exercise tracking with GPS etc, its 11hours (according to Garmin.com).

My usage each day for apple watch.
wake up at 6am, watch at 100%, 1.5 hour cycle to work using iphone 6 for GPS, rest of work day HR tracking & 'fitbit functions too', then 1.5 hour cycle back home, then HR tracking till bed, turn off at 10pm where it'l be 10%, or flat!

On the Garmin i'd do the same:
wake up, 1.5 hour cycle to work using watch for gps tracking, rest of working day HR tracking & not forgetting its 'fitbit functions too', then 1.5 hour cycle home with GPS, then some more fitbit functions till bed, where it'l monitor my sleep like a fitbit if you want to say. Then repeat for a 2nd day, then perhaps a 3rd day before need a recharge.

without any gps tracking runs or cycles etc it'l track my HR, sleep for over 7 days. on the apple watch if i didnt do any exercises & let it track only the HR & steps etc (llike a fitbit) i get 1.5 days.

i'm not denying apple watch isnt great, it has its great bits, but for health tracking until it gets its GPS & becomes free from its iphone its no match for a proper health tracker.  I wished i had realised this last summer before getting caught up in the lovely marketing that apple do & plumping my cash for its first generation watch.

I certainly will look forward to seeing what future versions bring (internal GPS, webpage showing runs on a map like Garmin connect) but for now my money is going elsewhere. 

Apple Insider PLEASE fix your AI App on iPhone, its AWFUL. comment function is abysmal & simply doesnt work.

Now for my comment.  Watch has a great operating function, very smooth & you can set to suit your needs.  I however dont use the music control app, rarely use the phone calls, messages etc. my BBC news & email apps tell me a few words before saying get your phone out to read more. twitter however is great. Health functions were the main strong point for me as no requirement for chest rate strap. However my big problem with it & apple now are its locked down approach to iTunes. My story below..

a month ago late at night my phone said update your Passcode which i did. the next morning it asked for it (i was gardening so dirty fingers wouldnt work on the finger print thingy) after 10 attempts it wiped the phone. I was not amused at all. connected to Mac & it asked for a password to back up. What password i asked myself ! i was not aware i had created a password for it.  I tried all passwords i had written down on my 'password scrap paper booklet' but nothing worked. i factory reset my phone as i read somewhere that this would bypass the pin code on restart but no luck.

So to cut a story short, yes its my fault i didnt write down the pasword i apparently set a year or two ago or the new Pin (which i never write down anyway). without this password I had to repair the watch to my phone losing the last month of health data. as i cant get my backup back ive lost 9 months of health app data, all my last years photos (which i thought itunes made a backup) all my notes from iPhone & any relevant app data.
So my watch is now being traded in & i'll be buying a Garmin 235 watch where it can track my running for 8 hours straight (handy for ultra marathons) & it'll also be able to give me a week minimum of battery life (doing daily exercises too) with GPS, tracked runs onto Garmin Connect, 24/7 heart rate tracking, sleep tracking, message, email & phone notifications. 

Dont get me wrong my experience with the watch was enjoyable while it lasted but this password nonsense  and the "has to go thru iTunes" approach is just a stoneage approach in a modern world. It has made me realise that i wont be blowing my money wad at the next new iphone on launch day as the more 'so called' modern technology in life just makes things more complicated. I dont need the most up to date tech, i'd rather have something that just works & isnt updated & so called improved every 6 months.