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Apple - Watch Series 10
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"It’s also pretty well established that AW has the best motion tracking which shows up when you use the swim feature for distance. ... In swimming, it’s not even close. 100% of garmins worn during our pool swims are incorrect, regardless of swimmer level. ... Every single Garmin incorrectly reported swim distance vs manual counting. Freestyle 4000m in 25m pool."
"My Apple Watch will reliably measure my OWS distance accurately - if I’m doing a swim that has a known distance - point to point along a river or across a lake - my Apple Watch will show a plausible distance and the map will not show anything unexpected"
"For me the config with pool + configured length works best and is way more accurate."
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"It’s also pretty well established that AW has the best motion tracking which shows up when you use the swim feature for distance. ... In swimming, it’s not even close. 100% of garmins worn during our pool swims are incorrect, regardless of swimmer level. ... Every single Garmin incorrectly reported swim distance vs manual counting. Freestyle 4000m in 25m pool."
"I like the apple gives me the actual normal time but gives a score on level of intensity of the work out separately"
"For me the config with pool + configured length works best and is way more accurate."
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"the accuracy of the heart rate monitor. ... I compared both with a chest band and apple tracked more closely both on a daily basis and during workouts."
"has the best wrist based heart rate sensor, both in and out of water"
"they’re state of the art for HR monitoring on the wrist."
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"I unlock my computer and phone with it."
"the fact that they integrate to the Apple Watch simply cannot be understated for me, I couldn’t go back to Garmin now, it is just so much part of my life now. ... Tracking weightlifting workouts, nutrition and other stuff, analysis of the data, send messages to HomePod, changing NC automatically, sending emails …."
"we have Hue lights and Apple TVs so when I'm home I just tell my watch to turn on the lights or turn off the tv. ... It's kind of like a smart remote even with the screen off. ... Once you're in the ecosystem, or have products within it, it's really an incredible experience."
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"the Apple Watch cellular model lets you leave your phone behind. ... Perfect for activities like running."
"Being able to run with my Watch only connected to cellular service is soooo freeing. ... I have music and podcasts available to keep me entertained and getting audio cues from Runna for my running plan is just perfection."
"LTE was the deciding factor for me to switch to a Series 10."
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"Apple Watch will count a mid-lap stroke change (as you described) as two laps very reliably. ... For example: if you do 100IM in a 50m pool, it will appear as 200m IM in the Fitness app. ... So if you are really serious about loving mid-lap stroke changes I wouldn't use it."
"My Apple Watch is terribly inaccurate. ... Misses laps and seems to only count part of a lap at times which in a pool is odd. ... I’m a former college swimmer and from talking to others who are efficient and take few strokes per lap it seems to be off as well for them"
"Apple Watch is hot garbage for swimming indoors. ... It’s like they designed a swim profile without ever consulting people who actually swim."
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"The battery life is a literal joke. ... Do an activity? There goes 75% of your battery."
"Also the battery life was trash, I’d leave my new series 10 in the drawer charged and it’d be dead the next day."
"after having it die on a couple seven mile/1.5 hour runs WITH the battery freshly charged and battery saving options on"
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"I dont get overloaded with notifications like my apple watch"
"the constant ping of notifications were annoying"
"all the notifications were distracting"
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"If you are in long sleeves in the rain, you need to lock the touchscreen to prevent accidental touches. But that prevents you from using the touchscreen without holding to unlock for a few seconds. So if you are doing intervals, it can be hard to end the interval quickly."
"The biggest issue for me on the AW that stops me going only AW is Sweat. ... The screen becomes impossible to use when I hot and sweaty. I mean completely unresponsive. Can’t press the music controls, can swipe the screen etc."
"I already got sick and tired of touch screens with my Apple Watch ... Dripping sweat, rain and sleeves really screw with touch screens ... where I live we have like 6 months worth of snow so needing to take off my gloves and disable a screen lock before being able to pause my workout is an annoying PITA."
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"If you’re healthy and looking to improve your fitness, performance, or recovery, the Apple Watch probably isn’t the best tool. ... limited in terms of true fitness insights."
"the metrics, data, tracking, training plans, insight, is all so much better on the Garmin."
"The stats they provide like lactate threshold and FTP outperforms the Apple Watch by miles. ... the Apple Watch just gives average pace whilst this one gives me my real time pace all the time. Game changer"
2manyhobby 1.0I returned the mk3i 43mm. It’s heavy for daily use and the screen is small for diving. So trying to do everything but it’s not good at anything. I got the descent x50i instead and just use the super light Apple Watch 10 for everything else. The Apple Watch Ultra was also too heavy for me. To me heavy is ok for just a fashion watch. But for a fitness watch I don’t like it.
673NoshMyBollocksAve 1.0I came from an Apple Watch series 10 a couple months ago and I wish I would’ve switched sooner. If you’re looking for a reliable fitness watch, there’s just no competition. I even wore both for a few days and I noticed that Apple Watch was constantly giving me credit for calories I burned doing absolutely nothing and by the end of the day my calories burned were hundreds higher than the Garmin. I love that the Garmin is a lot more conservative with their calories Not to mention when I did a workout Apple Watch and their metrics seems so basic. It was literally just calories burned and heart rate and how long I worked out where I was Garmin even showed the sweat loss and estimated to how much my water intake should be.
Do it man. I switched from a series 10 and the battery life is the strangest thing to get used to. It’s like if you have a car with a standard gas tank you have to fill up every week. Then going to a car you only fill up every 6 months. I fully charged my forerunner 970 last night and it’s a day later. What’s my battery at? 95%
I have the 970. I first switched from an Apple Watch series 10 to a venu 3 before switching again to a 970. I like even the small things like step cadence and estimated sweat loss. If I do a workout it estimates how much sweat I lost and changes my hydration goal
Both me and my wife switched from Apple Watch Series 10 to a venue three and we couldn’t be happier. I thought I would miss my Apple Watch so much more but the more I thought about it the more I realized all I use my Apple Watch for was phone calls, and texting notifications and timers. All stuff that I can do on my Garmin watch but better. And the fitness tracking actually seems way better. The Apple Watch would always have my calories way too high, and I would always question it and not believe it whereas the Garmin is a lot more conservative and I actually believe the numbers
Yeah, I always had better luck with the sleep tracking on the Garmin after switching from Apple Watch. My Apple Watch sleep tracking was so basic and I felt the duration times were so off. And I’m hearing from the new videos on Apple and their sleep scores say that it factors in less things like it doesn’t counter HRV while you’re asleep it goes off consistency, duration, and that’s it. I set my Garmin to sync to Apple health and I got a sleep score and it was so wildly far off. It was insane lol one day I only got 3 1/2 hours of sleep and I got a 95 sleep score on Apple lol the Garmin was correct in telling me I got shit sleep. Definitely happy with my decision to stick to Garmin.
For me, my Apple Watch never knew when I woke up or did anything and the timing was always off. Where is my Garmin is dead on with pretty much everything. Idk 🤷♂️
🤷♂️ came from Apple Watch last spring. It might be cheaper but it doesn’t seem better. Sleep tracking (for me) was far worse on the Apple Watch, fitness tracking is better on garmin, calorie burn, calculating tdee, etc. just everything is better for me. So meh
Personally, i had Apple Watch only since the very beginning. That’s 10 years of being stuck on one platform. Same watch faces. Slow to roll out features. But the biggest for me was: sleep tracking sucked ass on my Apple Watch and the calorie burn was just laughable. The calorie burn on a totally lazy day on my AW put me in the “moderate exercise” category. It was just silly. My wife got a garmin last spring and i got jealous. It had a lot more features that i considered health centric that i liked. The calorie burn made sense. The metrics it gave were just plain cool to look at. It integrated well with the loseit app. The watch face store is just amazing. Makes my garmin feel new all the time. Everything i wanted out of the Apple Watch needed an app and usually a subscription to do. Sleep tracking? Have fun with the pillow app. Subscribe to premium to unlock basic features even the garmin has for free! Calorie tracking beyond some rings? Download bevel. Subscription though! Hydration tracking? Water minder app. Like there’s apps to do stuff, but i just find the functionality on the base garmin experience to be preferable. I just like it. It’s nice.
I wear both an Apple Watch and a Garmin. But honestly, if I had to choose one, it would just be the Garmin. For health data and hell even just telling time the Garmin is miles ahead of Apple. Great thing about Garmin is that they hit pretty much every price point. You can get one of their fitness bands for as low as $150 or more expensive watches.
Aanstadt 1.0Fairly new to Apple Watches. I got the Apple Watch 10 as my first watch only a few months ago. I love it. But wondering if I want the ultra. I use it for running and would love the longer battery life. Any suggestions one why I should or shouldn’t upgrade from the 10? With the new sleep score be available on the 10? And the blood pressure update is only on the new watches correct?
aashavskiy 1.0Had AW 6, 7, 10... Had Garmin Fenix 7 somewhere between AW... Now with Garmin instinct 3. ALl has pros and cons. none is perfect. For me it's great to switch from time to time... I would happily do the same between iphone and android, but the cost of switch in terms of software is crazy...
Actual_Discipline532 1.0Se 3 or s10 very good watch I have the 10 very good watch if you are not a keen sports fan
AggressiveMango1866 1.0i used series 10 and the battery can last a day or 1.5 depending. the SE u mentioned could had shorter and lesser battery life too so the comparison might not be accurate.
agolfman 1.0Leaving Whoop after 3 years shortly. Going to the Apple Watch. I think the data is ok, but I am more “at a glance” with it now and I don’t see the value in the subscription approach any longer. I have a separate add on for Apple Fitness, so I’m going to take a year off and assess a new approach.
agustinpioli10 1.0I had Garmin and Coros, at this moment I am with an Apple Watch series 10, the truth is I can't complain because I had no problem with this watch for what I do (I'm a marathoner). Anyway, I'll exchange it for a Suunto Run, I haven't received it yet. The main points that made me go for the change: - An Amazon offer ($199) - I am very tempted to try Suunto - I couldn't get used to using touch for many things when training. - Although I had no problems with the battery when running a marathon (it consumed 30% in 3 hours and 24 minutes), the fact of charging it every day or hopefully every other day has already made me tired.
Air-Flo 1.0Upgrading my Series 5 which I've worn almost 24/7 since I bought it in Nov 2021. Looking to get either a Series 10 or Series 9. Looking at a secondhand AW from Cex, they have the S9 for £160 and S10 for £205. Is the extra £45 worth it for a Series 10? The battery will be 1 year older on the S9, so there's that. And I guess you get at least an extra year of updates. But main thing I want are the temperature and oxygen sensors, more responsiveness, and just getting updates since the S5 is no longer supported. So an S9 would already be a big upgrade.
altimax98 1.0Yeah software features + paying $100 for the battery replacement are what pushed me to getting a Series 10 last year. I’m Currently on a 5 year upgrade cycle which I think works, S0 > S5 > S10
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