Pauline
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@Cameron recently showed me her Apple Watch and showed me how some things work and that convinced me to get one. There are good reasons to have an Apple Watch for traveling. I can make phone calls, read and reply to texts and use Apple Pay - all without getting my phone out of your handbag. @Cameron can give more details if she sees this thread.
I bought the Apple Watch to use as an activity tracker. For the last few years I have used a Fitbit to track our walking/hiking. We keep track of our miles each day and week to make sure we walk over 1000 miles in a year, so walking stats are important to me. The Fitbit app is not great but it gives me our miles each day and totals for the week. If I go to their website on the computer I can also get my yearly total. But, I don't like the fitbit and never have. I don't like how it feels on my wrist. I don't like the electronics in it. I only put it on when I go for a walk or hike.
For the past week I have been using both the Apple Watch and the Fitbit at the same time to compare them. Today I packed away the Fitbit. I like the Apple Watch. It is more expensive (but I did get the cheaper one that cannot do phone calls or texts unless in range of the phone) but it is a step counter and has GPS to make it an accurate mileage counter. The Fitbit only counts steps. I've never thought it was accurate even though we figured out my stride and put that into the settings.
The Apple Watch is comfortable to wear. It is good as an activity tracker. I let it do general step counting and I set workouts when hiking or walking, so I have both counts - my daily mileage and the mileage for our hike. It does not give good totals but I think I can set the Fitbit app to now use the apple watch for input. Or I could make a simple spreadsheet to get my weekly, monthly and year to date totals.
I like using it to read texts when we are hiking. I don't have to stop and get out my phone. (Of course I could just carry my phone in a pouch around my neck so I can get at it easily.) I like using it to control my Air Buds when listening to Audible or podcasts. Or to easily set a time when I am cooking. I can see that an Apple Watch is not necessary, but it is a fun gadget.
I would recommend getting the more expensive one with the builtin phone. You also have to pay a bit more each month on your mobile phone plan. We will probably get one for Steve with the phone. That way I can always find him, even if he leaves his phone at home. There is a walkie talkie function too. I remember us having a huge fight about 20 years ago in Spello when I was waiting with the luggage in one piazza and he was waiting with the car in another piazza. That fight would never have happened if we had Apple Watches!!
Anyone else using an Apple Watch? Thoughts?
I bought the Apple Watch to use as an activity tracker. For the last few years I have used a Fitbit to track our walking/hiking. We keep track of our miles each day and week to make sure we walk over 1000 miles in a year, so walking stats are important to me. The Fitbit app is not great but it gives me our miles each day and totals for the week. If I go to their website on the computer I can also get my yearly total. But, I don't like the fitbit and never have. I don't like how it feels on my wrist. I don't like the electronics in it. I only put it on when I go for a walk or hike.
For the past week I have been using both the Apple Watch and the Fitbit at the same time to compare them. Today I packed away the Fitbit. I like the Apple Watch. It is more expensive (but I did get the cheaper one that cannot do phone calls or texts unless in range of the phone) but it is a step counter and has GPS to make it an accurate mileage counter. The Fitbit only counts steps. I've never thought it was accurate even though we figured out my stride and put that into the settings.
The Apple Watch is comfortable to wear. It is good as an activity tracker. I let it do general step counting and I set workouts when hiking or walking, so I have both counts - my daily mileage and the mileage for our hike. It does not give good totals but I think I can set the Fitbit app to now use the apple watch for input. Or I could make a simple spreadsheet to get my weekly, monthly and year to date totals.
I like using it to read texts when we are hiking. I don't have to stop and get out my phone. (Of course I could just carry my phone in a pouch around my neck so I can get at it easily.) I like using it to control my Air Buds when listening to Audible or podcasts. Or to easily set a time when I am cooking. I can see that an Apple Watch is not necessary, but it is a fun gadget.
I would recommend getting the more expensive one with the builtin phone. You also have to pay a bit more each month on your mobile phone plan. We will probably get one for Steve with the phone. That way I can always find him, even if he leaves his phone at home. There is a walkie talkie function too. I remember us having a huge fight about 20 years ago in Spello when I was waiting with the luggage in one piazza and he was waiting with the car in another piazza. That fight would never have happened if we had Apple Watches!!
Anyone else using an Apple Watch? Thoughts?
Fitbit vs Apple Watch
Parallel testing as I move from a Fitbit to an Apple Watch to track our hikes.