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It's apples and oranges. I've had the Apple Watch for close to 8 years before switching to the ScanWatch 2 : yeah, there is more features on the Apple Watch but it's mostly for things I don't use (music, calls, texting, Siri). I burnedout of all this and just chose a watch that would still quantify things for me without the constant pings. And, of course, the battery life is night and day but you don't need me saying it. I don't run to the charger anymore, I don't dread long exercices because the watch wouldn't finish them. The only thing I miss a bit is the GPS : You have to have your phone awake for the location to register, you can't go run without it. Which, I wouldn't do, but I know some people like that.
Withings Scanwatch 2. It isn't perfect but for your situation it might be the perfect fit.
I have one and it works fine and is a great looking watch.
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
I use the Withings Scanwatch 2. It's a hybrid smartwatch, so it looks like an analog watch but has a small screen that scrolls notifications. It has more features than what you listed, but it's sleek, and I get complemented on it a lot. Battery life is usually 3-4 weeks, depending on what functions I use on it. I had the Steel HR from them before, and loved it. I wanted something different when it died (after ~5 years of daily wear, I just couldn't seem to get it to charge anymore) and got a full smartwatch. I didn't like it so I got a different one. Still didn't like it. So I went back to Withings and got the latest model of th Steel HR, the Scanwatch 2. It just feels so much better, is less bulky, looks more professional, and doesn't have all the smartwatch bloat.
I love it. Great battery life. ECG, HR, SPO2, Sleep and workout tracking. It's not perfect and neither is Withings but the company has the right vision and a great ecosystem. They were also recently awarded a €20.7 million grant (about $22.5 million USD) from the French govt to further develop their AI and ecosystem. I actually look forward to seeing where they're going to be at in 10 years. I can recommend it. I actually liked it more than I thought I would.
I'm not an Apple guy and I love my Scanwatch 2 but this strikes me as solid advice.
Scanwatch 2 owner here. Mine has been exactly as advertised for ~10 months now. Very happy.
I've had the scanwatch 2, and Scanwatch Nova. Build quality wise, the Nova was great, although neither were accurate sadly.
Notifications do still work! Check the settings both in the withings software as well as in your Android notification settings. I don't recall what exactly I changed, but now everything is working fine again for me. But I have to admit, communication on this topic was very poor by withings!
Agree with you. I had scanwatch 1 and loved it, then moved to scanwatch 2 after back came unstuck (as a side note EU and USA had a free swap program for those faulty watches but the rest of the world including Australia where I live were excluded which is scandalous). For months I have been hoping that the new watch would record my sleep properly but it doesn't, giving me about 10% deep sleep, wheras scanwatch one was over 40%. Withings admitted that for some people , either moving too much or not at all during the night scanwatch2 might not been recording sleep properly. They said they were working on a software fix. 4 months later I was still waiting for improvements but none came my way. I ended up swapping my watch with my son to whom I had gifted a scanwatch 1. My sleep reading is now again consistent with how I feel in the morning. My son doesn't care about sleep recording and is happy with the additional bells and whistles of scanwatch 2....
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