I only dive 3-4 times a year, and my AWU2 is great for my needs. With AOW dives, I’m not going past 30m. Since there’s always some nonzero risk of an accident causing my depth to dip below the AWU max of 40m, I do eventually plan to have a backup dive computer with me just in case my AWU fails, but it’s been perfect for me so far.
If you already plan to have an Apple Watch for daily wear, and also need a dive computer for occasional recreational dives, I think it’s a great option. The colour display with high brightness is something that I was not able to find at a similar price point for a dive computer that also functions as a daily smartwatch.
This. I even have an Apple Watch Ultra and still use my Garmin FR 265 for my runs. I actually wear both watches so I can run misc through my Apple and have cellular capability.
SE watches made to suck (or the base models for any product or any brand ) so person will buy more expensive model or the Ultra here in Apple Watches. My Ultra 2 gets me 2 days tops whether always on display is ON or OFF just minor differences in battery life, on power saving mode it gets more than 2 days, around a day extra.
Ich war jahrelang Apple Watch Nutzer (Series 5/7, AWU 1/2). Sehr gute Uhr, dachte ich immer. Bis ich dann eine Fenix 8 ausprobiert habe. Es gibt nichts besseres.
Und den Kommentar mit Spielzeuguhr befindet Apple Uhr kann ich teilen, sieht so aus und wirkt lächerlich wie ich heute finde!
Software der Garmin ist super, klar nicht die Liga der Apple Watch Watch, aber: es ist und soll eine Uhr und ein tracker sein. Siri klappt super, alle wichtigen Informationen die man braucht werden ebenfalls angezeigt.
Wozu derart leistungsfähige Prozessoren ect. wie an der Apple Watch? Was soll der Schwachsinn?
Garmin ist der Meister!!!!!
Apple Watch User for a long time, then switched to Fenix 8. I really don’t regret it! It‘s a own device with all these top functions. An Apple Watch is just an gadget for the iPhone. Not more, yet.
Any of the Ultra series Apple Watches will be much better on battery life. You can get them for $300-500 used and I picked one up (new) at Costco for a bit over $500.
Ultra 2 lasts plenty long enough for typical marathons or more. I just got back from a half marathon this morning and only lost 10% battery. Other benefit is you’ll get 2-3 days between charges which helps compared to the standard watches
Quick tip, Apple should make it easier like Garmin or Coros…but in Apple Health you can delete the workout but save the workout data, and then enter in a manual treadmill run starting at the same time. It will grab your heart rate, calories, etc from that time (say 42 minute run starting at 6:15am) and your full workout will be available in Health and exportable to Strava too
Whole process takes 30 seconds after a run once your used to it
I use an Ultra 2 for running, hiking, skiing. It’s great and I do have the experience of using Garmin for many years prior to this (also used an AW SE1 in 2021 so know how much Apple has improved in the past few years).
AWU is much better at daily stuff like setting alarms, checking messages, tracking food. What I like the most is I can put my phone in the other room and still be available to people if needed, but not have the distraction of games or social media apps
It’s not a “better” watch from a sports tracking standpoint, but has all the stuff that you really need. Good GPS, great heart rate, and acceptable battery life while giving a much better daily experience outside of workouts
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Long battery; but wrist HR tracking is inconsistent.
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