Pebble - Time 2

I have tried Fossil. Skagen, Galaxy 4 and 6, Ticwatches, Oneplus, Amazfit watches. The ticwatches I tried had terrible vibration. I recently was surprised and found the galaxy 5 and the Galaxy 5 pro watches and they both have great vibrations. The 5 pro is thicker and its vibration is the best I have felt in years. Reminds me of the Pebble time and time steel which had a similar vibration. I would also like to point out the Galaxy watch 5 is 44 and the 5 Pro 45mm. The 40mm usually have less vibration strength.

I used an instinct 2 solar for some time. Loved the battery life but really disliked the OS. Switched back to my Pebble time steel and have a Pebble time 2 on order.

Hi OP, I'm in the same boat as you. I even searched yesterday where the cancel preorder button is. I wore pebble Time almost majority of my life and now Galaxy Active 2 for about 3-4 years. I don't like my Galaxy (bulky, bad battery, useless fitness tracking that I don't need, bunch of options, always on display is crap); I did love my Pebble but I kind of feel Pebble is just old tech by now. The only major feature that I need is to answer a damn call on my wrist for 10-20 seconds and Pebble does not have it. My take is keep my preorder if I'm not happy at all with it I will sell it for like $200-180 and pick up an Amazfit or Garmin watch.

I’ve never looked beyond pebble for fitness & sleep information. Like the post workout notification that gives me the full rundown of the stats. I love the fact that I never have to start or end a workout, the pebble just knows. I’m using a ten year old Pebble Time. 

"Longer battery life" Man, I wish they could get at least 3 days. I'm on 5+ days on my pebble 2 HR years later, and my pebble time 2 coming in december it projected to get 30 days!

Although im wearing my Pebble Time for years now and just today received the new Android app , Fitness tracking was never its strong point and is not suitable. Great watch tho

I’m in a similar boat. Went from Apple Watch to my old Pebble Time, so no more heart rate. I still use Apple Fitness+, so at least my phone knows about my workouts. And I could manually adjust the effort rating for each workout… but I stopped doing that. At this point I’m just waiting for the Time 2 so I can have heart rate data again. It’s kinda funny because my Pebble will tell me good job on going for a walk, I burned 58 calories, and I’m like, bruhhhhh, that was kickboxing, it was way more than 58! 😂

Next best thing is the Fossil HR. There's barely any user-developed apps, it's a simpler experience, but I've been very happy with my Fossil Gen 5 via GadgetBridge. The Pebble relaunch inspired me to pick up an old Pebble Time, and after a decade I'm remembering why I loved the platform so much.

That's what made me so excited when I saw Pebble was back. I've never been so enthusiastic about a tech release, and the irony is that I'll be happiest if it's essentially the same watch as before but with better build quality. My third (second replacement under warranty) Pebble Time broke shortly after the warranty expired. I don't want a phone on my wrist. I want physical buttons, day readable, and a week or so of battery life. Essentially a Casio G Shock DW5600 with notifications and Spotify controls.

Physical buttons are the thing for me. I came from a Pebble that had no touchscreen - everything was done through the buttons. I just like buttons. I can control the watch when it's under my jacket or shirt sleeve, in the water, or even at night without having to look at it. Touchscreens are great, but I don't want to give up my buttons.