slo’s WEDNESDAY 1/10 poll - Smart Watch ⌚️

[Scootin'By]

My Garmin running watch is considered a smart watch. I had considered Apple when I bought it, but many consider Garmin superior if you're using it for pace monitoring. I tried using it for more than just the fitness uses, and I did enjoy playing with all of the fun face options, but I didn't enjoy the features that tethered to my phone. I just didn't need my wrist buzzing all the time. I tried sleeping in it to get the other monitoring benefits, but I absolutely loathe sleeping with anything on my wrist and usually threw it on the floor in the middle of the night. I recently considered an Apple Watch since there were some great Black Friday deals and so many love theirs, but I still can't see myself using it. I used to wear a more traditional watch all the time and I have several really nice ones, but I rarely wear them these days.

I got a Garmin Forerunner 55 for Black Friday. I used to wear a FitBit on one wrist and an analog watch on the other, but the Garmin is just too big, so I've stopped wearing the analog. It makes me a little sad, but oh well.

 

[loves to dive]

Don't own or need a smart watch. I do own and occasionally use a fitness tracker but it isn't a watch per se it does tell time. I only wear it when I work out, it's the kind that has a heart monitor you wear around your chest, I've tried the kind you just wear on your wrist like a watch and found them not as reliable. Now days when I work out, I pretty much can tell if I'm working out too hard or not hard enough just by my breathing and how I feel. I don't count steps, don't need to know my heart rate when I sleep, couldn't see a text message that small. I own at least 30 watches but frankly, haven't worn one in at least a year. I don't have to put my reading glasses on to see the time on my phone so that works. We are not an Apple product family, don't own any of their products. I know Android makes a smart watch but I just don't need it.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I got a Garmin Forerunner 55 for Black Friday. I used to wear a FitBit on one wrist and an analog watch on the other, but the Garmin is just too big, so I've stopped wearing the analog. It makes me a little sad, but oh well.

My very first Garmin was a Forerunner. That was 10 years ago, so there have been many changes, but that model was great. The one I got more recently is a Vivoactive, but even that's now several years old. I stopped wearing it after I got tired of running, so one of my kids is now in long-term borrowing mode.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Don't have a smart watch, don't want one. I don't like wearing anything on my wrists. I'm not against the technology or anything-my sister has one and I think they're cool, but I just don't have a need or want.

 

[MIGrandma]

I don’t have one and no real interest in getting one. I don’t even wear a watch anymore.

 

[Kitty 34]

I like my 10+ years old cheap Timex dumb watch.

That's what I have!

 

[CynBeth]

I don’t have one and as of now don’t plan on getting one.

Same here.

 

[The Mayor]

I‘ve had my Apple Watch since 2016 and wear it everyday. I bought it after my Dads watch finally broke and was unrepairable. I love it and use it for all the things you mentioned @slo. Except for being in contact with my parents or inlaws. If Apple ever makes a watch that can contact heaven then I would bup one and contact all of them

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I have an Apple Watch, one of the SE's. I wear it daily. I like the sleep and exercise tracking. I am sure there are a lot of features I have not yet discovered.

 

[HeatherC]

I have an Apple Watch and love it! I use it exactly like SLO does. It really holds me accountable in making sure I get 10,000 steps in every day. I try to do this because I am of the belief that it is “move it or lose it” as we age.

 

[monsterkitty]

I got a Garmin Forerunner 55 for Black Friday. I used to wear a FitBit on one wrist and an analog watch on the other, but the Garmin is just too big, so I've stopped wearing the analog. It makes me a little sad, but oh well.

I have the Garmin Forerunner 935 multisport watch. It is big and I only wear it for training and races. The 935 does everything I need - what stroke I'm swimming, speed, distance/stroke, how many strokes I take each lap, power on my bike, speed, distance, cadence, and on the run distance/stride, cadence, speed, distance.

The watch may not be a "smart" watch, but it is a tiny computer!

 

[CGB]

I don't have a smart watch, but I've worn a fitbit for years. I have the notifications set so I see texts and get alerts when my cell rings. I like that it keep track of steps and really like the features on the app. I don't wear it to sleep though. I can't sleep with jewelry or watches on (just weird that way).

 

[mumto3girls]

I have an older Apple Watch and I love it. Wear it every day. Like that I get texts and calls on it if I step away from my phone, but mostly use it for time and fitness—steps, workouts etc.

 

[wenrob]

Don’t have one - too blind to read that tiny screen even with my readers !

As someone who owns an iPhone Max explicitly because I don’t want to use readers with my phone and has the font size bumped up on everything I actually don’t have a problem reading texts on my 45mm Apple Watch. (and it’s the whole message not just a couple words) I have it set to bold and the font bumped. For anything that can’t use those settings I have it set so that if I squeeze my hand twice it will zoom in. Ironically if my kids hand me one of their phones I have to grab my glasses, lol.

Love my Apple Watch and wear it everyday. The only time I don’t is when I’m sleeping or showering. I use it for fitness tracking (super cool with Apple TV and Fitness+ where you can see your stats on the screen in real time), paying for things, plane tickets, communication, maps, timer, etc. It’s very handy in the Parks. It’s also a back up emergency device with fall and crash detection. If I go down and don’t respond it will dial emergency services AND my family and will give them my location. Having known three people who have died after a fall and my FIL laying paralyzed on the floor for three days after a fall before someone found him is enough reason for me to wear one. It’s gives me a little peace of mind.