Watch Series 8

currently use aw s8 and whoop. i love the setup, i know ill always have sleep data cause the chances of me letting both die are very small and i know i have the constant metrics from whoop and use aw for daily stuff and workouts

yea i wear both aw on the left whoop on the right. they are both good for different things and having the whoop gives me some peace of mind about my apple watch charge like i don’t stress about if it dies cause ik the whoop is running

I switched from an Apple Watch Series 8 to Venu 4. I miss certain aspects of the Apple Watch but I have grown to really appreciate the garmin. Things I miss: - Apple Pay (Garmin pay doesn’t work well in Canada) - answering quick texts from my wrist - ping my phone feature (garmin has this but doesn’t work all the time) - fitness rings - integration with peloton app Things I love about the garmin: - golf gps built into watch (need separate app for AW) I am an avid golfer and any app thru AW would kill battery incredibly fast - battery life - looks far better - health metrics are amazing - sleep metrics are amazing For me the positive outweigh the negatives. I can see why people hate the garmin ecosystem, but after switching for past 2 months I am truly happy with my choice. I wore Apple Watch daily for previous 3 years and never wore it at night due to needing to charge it. -

I ran Paris marathon last year and my AW8 ran out of battery at 38k so I took the first opportunity to upgrade to AWU2. Runna saved the run up to that point but I’ve never ran a marathon according to Strava which is annoying 😂

Battery seems always decent with new watches, but after 2 years it ain’t very good at all and you can’t change the battery at Apple until it’s less than 80%. I bet apple on purpose shows battery health above 80% for far too long, quite suspicious. My S8 stayed at 84% for one whole year and in that time frame the watch battery clearly tanked, yet was not reflected in battery health. Nice trick Apple! 😉

I’ve had an Apple Watch since 2020 (on my second - a series 8). It’s great for beginner running, *if* you already have one. I’m in the process of switching to Garmin because I feel I’ve outgrown what my Apple watch can do in terms of running. I like having plans for running, which Apple Watch can’t do. You have to create your own plans and input the running in. Right now, I’m using Runna for plans (paid for a month), but Garmin has just as good plans from what I understand. So longevity wise, Garmin is probably the way to go.