Samsung - Galaxy Watch

Still using and loving my Galaxy watch 4. Before that, loved my galaxy watch 1 for several years. They're fantastic.

One thing I'll never understand as a user of the first Galaxy Watch Classic with its 7 day battery life is how for generations and generation of Samsung watch upgrades the battery life can only really last about a day. That crap is super annoying, especially when they want to charge such a massive premium when other companies are already using better battery technology and more efficient software to keep the watches going. This has been my frustration for years.

my galaxy watch 1 is still working fine since 2018. I'm planning to retire it this year.

For battery life I would go Ticwatch or OnePlus 3. I have the latest Galaxy Watch and while the watch itself is slimmer than my Ticwatch 5, its battery life isn't great. I would have 70% battery left after listening to podcasts all day on my Ticwatch, while I have less than 50% with my Galaxy Watch.

I wore my galaxy watch for 3 years climbing with no protection on it and while it got some scratches, it never really got anything on the screen and nothing cracked, it's a pretty durable piece of hardware. The only time it really got in the way of climbing was on the occasional very large sloper where you get an arm on the hold and on crack climbs. I don't wear it anymore because I no longer enjoy smart watches in general, but it was a pretty solid piece of tech in terms of durability.

I've been eaten alive for saying this, but I'll say it again. Most information available comparing smart watch accuracy find them pretty close to each other. If you want something to generally track this information then Galaxy Watch is a perfectly fine pick. If you're doing more extreme sports then someone more rugged like a Garmin smart watch might be a better pick. If you want the absolute most accurate measurements then get a medical device that measures that. Smart watches are not designed or claim to medical devices. Just accurate enough to be useful overall. You may have times where it misses something or has blips but the overall result is accurate to be actionable. And Galaxy AI can offer suggestions that may be helpful in improving your health or exercise routine.

Neither does galaxy watch. These watches last lole 1 day at max meanwhile Garmin can last for a whole week in a single charge.

For most a garmin a more than enough and that battery is a huge win. I went from galaxy watch to fenix and would not go back. Sounds like we are aligned :-)

I use my galaxy watch because I like to listen to music while I climb without having my phone near by. I use a protective screen on the watch. I run through em quickly.

I use hevy with my galaxy watch but I have been tempted by the supposed garmin sensor and battery life superiority and even bought an epix pro gen 2 during BF sales but the lack of hevy and garmin only being able to write to google's health connect and not read data was a deal breaker and I returned it.