Used to have a watch series 2. That one sucked. Then went to a apple series 5. That one fell into a lake and seeing as the ground in the middle was over 10m, i doubt it survived
Switched to a Garmin instinct 2 tactical solar about 3 years ago. I love not plugging it back to charge everyday (with gps its been lasting a solid 15-20 days a charge)
Great with sports especially skiing (it uses about 3 different satelite technologies so i never lose connection and it detects skiing / lifts to get back up)
I can control music from the watch - bit finnicky with the buttons but eh it is what it is
I got 50% ish off through work so that was a bonus
I do miss being able to send custom messages from it and controlling songs on spotify....
I also miss having the touchscreen, but this watch has remained on my wrist even diving hard into water from cliffs
About 18 months after switching I binned my iphone 9 and got a google pixel so yeah, i never would turn back to apple products....
Depends on what you want to be honest. Just know, that most of these watches can survive in water for a few hours to a couple days, so swimming/diving in it isn't a problem but thats just my opinion
Hope I helped
I've been swimming with my Apple Watch + [MySwimPro](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id994386450?pt=117803900&ct=adam-reddit&mt=8) app weekly since 2016 when the Series 2 came out and never had any issues.
It depends on the person and how they swim. Each device has its own plusses and minuses but I've been a devoted Apple Watch user since Series 2 and it does the job well for my purposes (structured interval training with [MySwimPro app](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id994386450?pt=117803900&ct=adam-reddit&mt=8))
Lol. I actually returned my AW2.
Tried to switch, used 7-10 days and returned back to FR970.
Apple watch has the best sensor. But there is no good data provided by AW. You need to put like 60-100$ in subscription per year to make sense of your data.
Garmin is not far off. So i think its the best in the market for athletes
My wife’s series 9 has a battery health of 84% and it barely makes it through the day. Usually it dies in the evening if she’s still at work. It’s one of the major reasons I got an AWU2. My series 2, 5 and 8 would all be fine for the first year or so, and then they’d struggle to make it thought the day. Having to charge every single day absolutely destroys the battery.
Rob is great but this is silly. Who cares about sleep stages? You have very little control over it, whereas you have much more control over duration and quality. My old Garmin would say “not enough REM sleep” but what the hell am I meant to do with that? Now I focus on quality and duration. An AW + Bevel is the best solution for me.
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