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I'm very happy with a middle way, the 200 EUR Withings Steel HR Sport, considered a "hybrid". Good usability and excellent 20 ... 25 day battery lifetime. Will

by dexen 7y ago

I'm very happy with a middle way, the 200 EUR Withings Steel HR Sport, considered a "hybrid". Good usability and excellent 20 ... 25 day battery lifetime. Will run even longer if you synchronize it sparingly. It looks like a regular mechanical watch at 40mm, with two complications: a step counter, and an AMOLED screen for notifications and other readouts. Supports the usual functionalities: pulse meter, step meter & other sports tracking, visual & tactile notifications and Bluetooth synchronization with smartphone. About the only think I would add to it is time synchronization from atomic sourced radio signals, to make it truly independent from a cellphone for extended periods of time. Mine tends to drift about a minute ahead after about a month without phone synchronization.

Loughla 7y ago
Wow, that's exactly what I've been looking for. What's the size of the face on those? I have small wrists and regular men's watches look comically huge on me.
- dexen 7y ago
  There are 40mm and 36mm variants; some patterns available in only one of the sizes. Frankly even the 40mm model is optically small thanks to its understated design; it's got two rather unobtrusive complications, and one side button. The maximum thickness is significant, but the back side is convex and the rim is reasonably thin, so against your arm it looks about the same as an average self-winder. FWIW, I'm very happy with an alternative wristband - the black/gray silicone one which normally goes with Sapphire version.
codq 7y ago
I'm also a huge fan of my Withings Steel (not the HR). Classic looks, step counter, sleep tracking, and a battery life of 9 months with an easily replaceable traditional watch battery. I've had it for years, and it's never failed. Every once in a while I flirt with the idea of moving to Apple Watch, but I just can't justify it when I realize that all I really need is basic quantification, and thus motivation, of activity.

by dexen 7y ago

Loughla 7y ago

Wow, that's exactly what I've been looking for. What's the size of the face on those? I have small wrists and regular men's watches look comically huge on me.

dexen 7y ago
There are 40mm and 36mm variants; some patterns available in only one of the sizes. Frankly even the 40mm model is optically small thanks to its understated design; it's got two rather unobtrusive complications, and one side button. The maximum thickness is significant, but the back side is convex and the rim is reasonably thin, so against your arm it looks about the same as an average self-winder. FWIW, I'm very happy with an alternative wristband - the black/gray silicone one which normally goes with Sapphire version.

codq 7y ago

I'm also a huge fan of my Withings Steel (not the HR). Classic looks, step counter, sleep tracking, and a battery life of 9 months with an easily replaceable traditional watch battery. I've had it for years, and it's never failed. Every once in a while I flirt with the idea of moving to Apple Watch, but I just can't justify it when I realize that all I really need is basic quantification, and thus motivation, of activity.