Withings - ScanWatch

The scan watches seem to do all they claim - I don't use most of them - but I wouldn't be buying another one, because the integrated battery cannot be replaced. It's advertised to take 500 charge cycles - which is all well and good but that's an almost meaningless metric - the charge capacity of the battery will very likely be a great deal less long before 500 cycles - like mine which gradually expired over 6 months outside the 2 year warrantee - the watch was still immaculate - but junk.

i tested it for 2 days and i concur

When I was looking for Apple Watch alternatives, I intentionally looked elsewhere. Didn’t take me long to circle back to Withings as one of my life partners has her ScanWatch 1 is still going strong since college days (daily usage, several heavily worn bands that had to be replaced; still only got minor scratches on the watch face). Personally I like functional things that last. If I wanted a nice watch, I would’ve gotten something made in Japan like Seiko or Citizen. For practical purposes, it looks much better than an everlasting Casio. For the price point, functionality, and overall support, I really have nothing to complain.

I have both. And I’d say, if you have an iPhone absolutely nothing compares to the Apple Watch with apple health for features. But you’ll have to charge it every day. On the flip side the scanwatch looks more ‘grown up’ and like a nice quality watch. And the battery lasts much longer, probably 2 weeks min for me. (With notifications and stuff) Both will record what you need. but I think if you go for an Apple Watch you would appreciate all the extra functions you get if you use it with an iPhone, like Apple Pay, Apple Watch music, make calls, all the additional apps and customisable watch faces etc. Hope that’s helpful

Yeah that’s why I got one too, to also have a watch that had actual hands! Plus I recently had heart surgery so I still wanted something with hr monitoring etc! I think the scanwatch is a great watch and it’s nice to have something more formal looking for work!

The scanwatch is a great option if that’s what you’re looking for!

I must say even though I like my Apple Watch I really am also very fond of my scanwatch! They’re great watches

I find my scanwatch report hr and exercise pretty much in line with my Apple Watch tbh no noticeable differences when I switch them up. I always get a comment about my scanwatch people saying it looks nice as well which is nice! I really like both of them lol

Hi, I’ve had a Steel HR, a Scanwatch 1 38mm and a Scanwatch 2 Nova. Step counting is as good as my iPhone, when I have it in my pocket whole day. Sleep tracking is good enough for me. I use it mostly for design, battery, step counting and notifications. Notifications are my biggest need and here is my problem with it. I’m not sure to whether it depends but at some SW versions of the app/watch the notifications are not working. Then you have to wait 1-2 months until they release a version with given functionality. My problem is, I need the watch to get notified when calling/messaging from important persons (phone has to be quiet). So I love the design, the straps, the battery, but the issues with notifications let me think about a new Apple Watch.

I've used a Scanwatch for three years and wouldn't recommend it for sleep tracking. It doesn't recognize biphasic sleep patterns and is inconsistent with daytime naps.

My needs are really modest - track my sleep, track a single daily 30min rowing workout with the screen off, pass my pretty infrequent iMessage/Phone notifications to me reliably, and for my watch to not look like it's been through a war zone after only three months of use. I'm short, and the perfect height to bang my watch on everything - table edges, doorknobs, door frames, etc. I had an AW5, then an SE2, but replaced those with Withings Scanwatch 1 and 2 so that I could get sapphire glass for durability and 20+ day battery life. They initially did what I wanted them to do at a decent price and looked good doing it, but iPhone notifications have been intermittent at best, and outright broken for months at a time after every iOS update. I've given up resetting the watch to get them to work for a week or two, only to have them vanish again. So ... a) With the better battery life on the AW11, is it feasible to ramp back AOD, refresh rates, turf apps, lower brightness, etc. and possibly get to a 48hr battery life envelope? About 90% of what the AW offers, I don't want or need, so can I prune it enough? b) How is the new glass? Durable enough for daily use for someone who bangs it inadvertently a few times a week, or do I really need to pony up for the twice as expensive titanium version to get the sapphire glass to get a 3-4 year service life without it looking like trash?

Been using Withings Scanwatch for 3-4 years. Battery still lasts around 20-25 days and what I like the most, it looks like a watch. Heart rate and SPo2 are measured properly based on comparing the monitors at the hospital few years ago. This older version also has ECG, sleep tracker with breathe monitoring and sports tracker. It can show incoming calls and show notifications but that's it for those functions. When I had proper smart watch, I disabled all the notifications after few weeks as I do not like get distracted 😅

I have a withings hybrid that I love. less ugly imo, was a decent price, and feels less like you have a piece of tech attached to you at all times. plus it measures everything I need and want

I have a Scanwatch and an Apple watch. I wear my Apple watch only when I am running. My scanwatch is always on my wrist. I love the looks and the battery life. It tracks my heart rate, sleep, and activity frequency and I get notifications. Apple watch doesn't look nice as a watch and the necessity to charge it every day is a big disadvantage.