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Amazfit Pace [1] I just bought one for ~£80 from Gearbest and you can pull the GPX routes from it, and also add routes. You can access all of the files, by pl
by aembleton 9y ago
Amazfit Pace [1]
I just bought one for ~£80 from Gearbest and you can pull the GPX routes from it, and also add routes. You can access all of the files, by plugging a USB lead into the charging dock. It then appears as a USB drive that you can copy files to and from. I've designed my own watch face, as it's just XML and image files and taken GPX data. I'm not sure how or if you can get the heartrate or pedometer data but there is a community on XDA [2] around it so they might be able to help.
The thing that I'm most impressed by is the screen. It is a transreflective display which means that it is always on and just uses the latent light for you to be able to see it, much like a black and white LCD. It does have a backlight, but you only need to put this on when it is dark and you actually need to see the display - much like watches used to be.
1. https://us.amazfit.com/shop/pace?variant=25112 https://us.amazfit.com/shop/pace?variant=25112
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit
- dspillett 9y agoWhat sort of in-use battery life do you get on that? If I were to use it for an ultra run next year, would it be able to last 12 to 18 hours with GPS tracking on for most of that time? I see the "5 day" claim on the site but these tend to be vastly exaggerated (based on absolutely perfect conditions with everything other than just the watch and maybe step counter functions turned off) in my experience.
- aembleton 9y agoI've only had it for a week, but I managed to run the GPS for 12 hours and the battery was at 65% afterwards. From that, I would say >30 hours is do-able. I last charged mine 3 days, 16 hours ago (the phone app tells me). It is currently at 36% charge. That is with sleep tracking and constant heart rate monitoring as well as getting all of my notifications from my phone. 5 days is legit.
- craftyguy 9y agoOP said: > but sending my bio metrics to fitbit or garmin servers is not something I want to do. The device you linked to sends all information to Strava, which isn't really any better than what OP DIDN'T want to do...
- aembleton 9y agoIt only sends it to Strava if you want it to. I haven't connected it to Strava yet, although I probably will eventually.
- jrowley 9y agoWow this is a really interesting/nice looking product at an impressive price point. I wonder how well the GPS works. It has GLONASS so I am impressed. Almost makes me regret shelling out for a garmin 735...
- darklajid 9y agoNo. I bought it when Pebble went down. That thing was buggy forever after, half Chinese most of the time, only allowed sync to a random online service (strava?) and was just.. broken. The worst purchase ever. The display sucks outside. The software is weird (swipe in random directions to find what you want), the companion app miserable. Whatever you buy, this shouldn't be it. A better Pebble would be appreciated ofc..
- toyg 9y agoStrava is hardly "random", it's very popular in UK with cyclists and runners.
- ksenzee 9y agoIt's popular with cyclists in the US also. My colleagues who bike to work all use it.
- darklajid 9y agoRandom in so far as that I don't use it, don't want to sign up for it. A random cloud service and just ONE random cloud service. When I got it, you couldn't even see your own data on your phone. HR? Steps? GPS? Stava or gone, poof.
- aembleton 9y agoIf you've still got it, see if you can get an Enlgish ROM. Sounds like you might have been running the Chinese version. What do you mean by the display sucks outside? Couldn't you see it? Was it night time?
- darklajid 9y agoIt has a weird "reflctive" display which is supposed to make it readable in bright daylight. It doesn't, in my experience (couldn't read it quite often, a Pebble works perfect though)
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