GavinI've been thinking of ditching my Apple Watch for a #Garmin, as that is where my fitness chums are.
Anyone got any experience with the #garminfenix8 ?
So, I got a good deal on a #GarminFenix8 from Argos, so have bitten the bullet and acquired one.
It's a little more utilitarian-looking than my Apple Watch, as well as being a little less intuitive, but it is more platform-agnostic than the Apple Watch.
Charging is a little more fiddly than Apple's magnetic charger, but if the battery life is to be believed, I won't have to do it anywhere near as often. Swings & roundabouts.
All notifications work, but Garmin Pay isn't as ubiquitous, sadly.
Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get out for a few hours and start racking up the workouts, but I've had a thumping headache for a lot of today.
One new thing that the AW didn't do --measure stress levels. Apparently I'm 41/100 even though I'm on leave this week. I suspect the headache is skewing the numbers, but I should probably watch out for that.
Well, work next week's going to be enlightening eh! 🤣
So, I fully charged my new #GarminFenix8 on Thursday and have worn it constantly ever since, including for a few workouts.
Battery life is still at 70%.
The accuracy for tracking strength training is alarmingly accurate.
I’ll probably get most of this week out of it before charging again next weekend. So far, so very good.
I have discovered there is some data not collected by the #garminfenix8 that is collected by the Apple Watch Ultra 2 —that is your vital signs, mainly the respiratory stuff, which Apple combines with the cardio stuff collected by both watches to track how umm…’alive’ you are.
If that matters to you, just something to be aware of. It can do it, but only when you are wearing a Garmin chest strap. https://support.garmin.com/en-GB/?faq=2yEgS0Pax53UDqUH7q4WC6
I stand corrected. The #GarminFenix8 does indeed collect this data, but unlike with the Apple Watch, the feature is turned off by default. You can choose to have it on at all times, while you sleep, or as required.
Where the Garmin excels in particular is know how wrecked you are and where you should be taking it easy.
The Apple Watch collects the data but it is up to you how to interpret it. If you are someone with athletic aspirations (you're in training or something), the Garmin excels.
Well, I've started to prefer the #GarminFenix8 over my Apple Watch in nearly every way. I love how it tells you how many days of battery life it has left...and that fully charged you can measure battery life in weeks.
Garmin Pay doesn't work with my credit card, but I can use the phone for that anyway.
Brian Nicar@gavin57 I'm not dead yet. Look, my watch says I'm very much alive; although, the Garmin is not as emphatic about it... ;>)