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Simple as that. I had one but it stopped working and I never got a new one. I want to start tracking things better while I am trying to get back into shape and want to be able to match the data up with how I feel, what I ate, drank, etc.. to better understand how things impact me directly.

Anyone here have a watch and use it for stuff like that? Also, I don't have any interest in Apple since I don't own any apple products. I know some people that love their apple watch but I just don't see a reason to get one when I don't have anything else apple.

Simple as that. I had one but it stopped working and I never got a new one. I want to start tracking things better while I am trying to get back into shape and want to be able to match the data up with how I feel, what I ate, drank, etc.. to better understand how things impact me directly. Anyone here have a watch and use it for stuff like that? Also, I don't have any interest in Apple since I don't own any apple products. I know some people that love their apple watch but I just don't see a reason to get one when I don't have anything else apple.
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[–] • 1 pt last month

I wear the Garmin Fenix 7 Pro Solar. It tracks everything you could think of ever wanting to track. All my sleep and health data. Steps, Pulse Ox, Pulse Rate, elevation gain throughout the day, current altitude. skiing, biking, running. If you golf it will even tell you where you are on the course and how far you are away from the pin. It has so many features you can't possibly ever use them all. I have a Garmin radio collar on my dog that talks to the watch so I can know exactly how far away the dog is and what he is doing at all times. It also tells me how far away I am from my truck and what direction to go to get back to it. It goes 10 days on a charge, more during the summer as it charges a bit in the sunshine. (built in solar panel)

It's really an amazing watch.

It will also control my phone to play music, gets my texts. Honestly, it does more shit that you could ever use.

There is an 8 out now but I don't need a new one, mine is great.

[–] • 1 pt last month

Interesting. I like the 10 days without a charge and that sounds pretty damn extensive. I don't have a dog but if I do in the future I would not mind having a feature like that. I am planning to move somewhere with a hell of a lot more space and a dog might be in our future.

[–] • 1 pt last month

I have a Garmin Instinct 2, before that a cheap Garmin that was kind of gay looking. they are tough devices, I wore my old one working, out got covered in mortar, taken out on stand up jet skis, taken out snowboarding. it wouldn't die, the silicone wrist band wore through before before it died.

instinct 2 has a lot of health tracking that works great. it also has a built in barometer, altimeter, and compass today is very accurate, enough for navigation by degrees.

The Garmin watches are the most focused on health and utility and they are built strong. I had a two year replacement policy on my last one and I couldn't break it.

[–] • 1 pt last month

For the dog thing to work you have to have an appropriate collar and remote. The collar talks to the remote up to 9 miles and the remote talks to the watch. I run the Alpha 300i with a TT15 mini collar. I think it's something like 8 or 9 collars I can track at once. I only have one bird dog though so I haven't messed with that.

[–] • 1 pt last month

Thanks for the extra info. I do appreciate it. Should I need it in the future that will make my research a lot easier.