Check my steps
50% checking the weather 25% checking fitness rings 15% recording workouts 5% controlling podcasts 4% checking text messages 1% checking the time
I have been contemplating getting one to help monitor my POTS, MCAS, EDS, and CVID symptoms. My immunologist was recently asking about my tracking abilities to see if we could figure out some triggers and correlative pieces.
A well-meaning family member gave me one at Christmas. I've been perplexed by the damn thing and was back to wearing my analog watch within a few weeks.
I use it as an accent piece for my life size Bob Ross marionette. Classy yet functional .
@Jubal - Glad it's not just me getting old and not being able to keep up with technology. I hated my smart watch within days because it was too complicated. I also hated that it turned off the display within seconds I assume to conserve battery. Just glad I only paid $15 for the thing.
I'm with you on analog watches.
1) Sleep score - Very revealing how stress and sleep duration are so closely related. I can now judge how I am feeling by merely checking my moving-average sleep duration. Also shows irregular sleep time degrades sleep quality. 2) Workout monitor 3) Notifications
@BlueIris I would opine that it's not a matter of getting too old to keep up with technology, but that we grew up in generations that weren't dependent on it, and so we don't assign the same value to these things. In my case, I often don't perceive any real utility or usefulness from many bits of tech - was at the grocery store yesterday watching, with some bemusement, as the couple in front of me were using their phones to pay by tapping the device to the doohickey at the counter. To me, any usefulness of paying for things with my phone is far outweighed by the risks that police can search my device during an ordinary traffic stop and possibly get information I don't want them seeing (my latest ammo purchases for example).
I suspect that your perceptions of tech usefulness might overlap mine a bit.
I like using it for fitness tracking mostly, but it’s really handy in conjunction with GPS-a little buzz on my wrist that tells me I’m about to turn makes it easier for me than just the voice (or trying to estimate which intersection is 300 feet away).
This one is easy, I use it several times a day to ping my phone, which I’m always misplacing. I wish I could ping other things with it.