Venu Sq

mine has been game changing. if you think it's too strict or not strict enough, you gotta adjust the settings or your pacepoints budget. but it helps me pace my days and avoid flares, which has helped me stay more active overall however, the subscription cost stinks 😔 my Garmin Venu Sq (first gen) does something similar (Body Battery) without a need for a subscription. so i would perhaps recommend looking at multiple options unless you really love the form factor of Visible!

Over the last 3 to 4 years I’ve used a FitBit Venu Squared, which honestly I loved the most. When I accidentally killed that, by ahem— deciding it would be ok in my sonic jewelry cleaner machine— and it definitely was not ok. I felt sort of lost. I wanted something else but the choices for non-apple products were slim. My husband decided he really wanted a Garmin at the time, and he chose it because he’s been trying to get ahead of his sleep issues. Ironically I think that thing is the worst for tracking his sleep. A friend of ours gifted us a Galaxy Watch, Gen 6 I believe ? I liked it a lot. BUT the battery power- not so much. To get it to even last through the day I had to keep it on low battery all the time, which to me negates a lot of the tracking abilities. In low battery mode it didn’t automatically track a lot of the things I wanted it to like HR or breaths. My work has recently assigned me an iPhone and an iPad and since I’m CoS I was having a hard time keeping up with my notifications. So I just broke down and bought an Apple Watch. I didn’t want to like it. Honestly. BUT I love it. It does everything and then some. It connect seamlessly to all my menstrual tracking apps, like Stardust. It reads my HR, and can even perform an ECG. It checks my pulse ox. And has training feedback for if I overdo it on my exercises- I’ve been working with a physical therapist to broaden my exercise tolerance as it often causes endo flares for me. But the ability to track my stress from it is insanely helpful. It really does do it all, even things I don’t need it to do. I’ve heard mixed reviews on previous models that their battery wasn’t great and since that was my biggest annoyance with my Samsung watch I went with the newest version. If I hadn’t cared as much to integrate with my Apple products, and wanted to do it on a budget, I’d hands down buy a Fitbit Venu again. I liked that it was lightweight. I could respond to text messages. I couldn’t answer directly on my watch for phone calls but I could answer if I was connected to something like Bluetooth headphones and just talk. I was water resistant. It monitored HR easily, steps and the app integrated with my Samsung health app well. It tracked sleep as long as I slept more than 3 hours. And it could easily log workouts. And the battery life was insanely helpful- like 2 to 3 days. The ONLY reason I didn’t get it again is because I’m moving to Apple devices so the Apple Watch just made sense. But I think you would be really happy with a FitBit 1) especially if you use Android devices and 2) if you want it to be lightweight and feel like you’re wearing nothing and 3) but something that does all you’re wanting without breaking the bank.

Fenix 5 for long trail runs/ultras. Venu SQ because I don’t like having a dinner plate on my wrist 24/7.

We have the Garmin Index S2 scales. I wear a Garmin Venu Sq and my husband has a Garmin Instinct Solar. TBH we would not buy anything else!

I use an old venue SQ. I got it on marketplace for $40 and it's been great for several years now. The latest and greatest is neat, but certainly not mandatory.