Any fitness tracker recommendations from europe?

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Any fitness tracker recommendations from europe? - Lemmy.World

I was thinking of getting something I wear 24/7 for monitoring my heart rate etc. and since I have a samsung phone the default choice was a samsung smartwatch. The other alternatives I found recommended were American (garmin, fitbit, apple…) but are there any European alternatives? I kinda expected europe to lead with this kind of health related things tbo.

Suunto
Suunto is Chinese-owned though.
Source? It seems it is still hq in Finland en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suunto
Suunto - Wikipedia

From the link you posted:

Owner: Liesheng

Parent: Liesheng

In May 2022, Chinese technology company Liesheng acquired Suunto from Amer Sports.

My bad. Thanks for the correction. I need more coffee 🙃to get my eyes to read properly
Have a look at Polar.
Tag Heuer has beautiful premium smartwatches … for premium prices.
Withings, its french
And owned by Nokia /Finland
Is it? From what I just read they bought it back from Nokia
Really ? I missed that!

Withings looks insane, and it has good reviews, at least the ones that I saw.

But I feel like something like that will look out of place on me, for my style, but that is a me issue.

I think I might get one later after I get a but more fit 😅

They come in different styles. Classical but also a bit more butch.

it’s french

That used to be a warning. Now that I’ve seen how incredibly based they are it’s an endearement.

(I still think you should just start saying huitante and nonante)

Although its origin is from the US, you might be interested in the PineTime by Pine64. They build all kind of FOSS-centric hardware devices and personally I really like that approach.

pine64.org/devices/pinetime/

PineTime

An Open Source Smartwatch For Your Favorite Devices. Low Cost, High Fidelity. The PineTime is a free and open source smartwatch capable of running custom-built open operating systems. Some of the notable features include a heart rate monitor, a week-long battery, and a capacitive touch IPS display that is legible in direct sunlight. It is a fully community driven side-project which anyone can contribute to, allowing you to keep control of your device.

PINE64
Suunto or Polar!
Does it have to be a watch? I love my Oura ring.
Oura ring - based in Finland