I’m testing the waters right now. 3 years with an AWU and Whoop to a F8 Pro. I’ve had a Garmin watch with LTE on my wish list for a while now and jumped at the opportunity when it was released. Satellite connectivity made it a no brainer.
I spend a considerable amount of time away from cellular reception. I got rid of my inReach when the iPhone got satellite capabilities. I was leaning on LTE on my AWU for emergency rescue when I was near civilization but it burned me once in rural Kansas when I didn’t have my phone. I prefer not to carry a phone with me while on long distance bike rides (gravel) or ultra distance trail runs.
I’m getting used to Garmin body battery and similar from Whoop strain and recovery metrics. The golf experience on Garmin is kind of great. Battery life is a HUGE win over AWU. Heart rate broadcast fills a small void that kept me from ditching Whoop, and Whoop could never keep up with HIIT and rapid HR changes. I haaaaate notifications on my wrist; that’s the first thing I turned off when I got the AWU or F8Pro. If I don’t have my phone with me, I don’t want to be reachable.
I still have my AWU but I think it’s going to end up on eBay.
"Device on arm tells me that body that feels like shit is indeed shit."
Thats what I tell everybody about whoop. Its pretty cool but it just confirms how my body feels.
I wear my BB58 and other watches in my collection on my left. Whoop strap on my right. It's the perfect product for me. Decent battery life, all the fitness tracking data I want and it doesnt look like a watch so works with a watch on the other wrist. Highly recommend.
Heart rate zone training. Alarm. Keeping track of my week month. Satisfaction in achieving goals. Not so much changing my actions but reinforcing actions and assisting with training.
I've been using whoop straps for 6 years and I'm cancelling because the helio amazstrap is just as good and it doesn't require a subscription fee at all and the device is only $99.
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