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"9 days battery life". It is Okay and better than the abominable life of a single day of the Apple Watch. But, it is still pale in compare to the 14 days of the
by mrbonner 6y ago
"9 days battery life". It is Okay and better than the abominable life of a single day of the Apple Watch. But, it is still pale in compare to the 14 days of the Garmin Instinct. I put the Apple Watch 3 away to have the Garmin Instinct. It doesn't have all bells and whistles comparing to the Apple Watch: no apps, no payments, no direct texting input (at least for my iPhone) but I can wear it while I sleep and charge once every 9 days (I use the GPS quite often and it eats up battery). The GPS in my opinion is superior to the Apple Watch. It's pretty rough, too. I have the regular Instinct but you can opt in to buy the Military one with tougher case and HALO jumping alert.
After using it for a year, I kind of understand why pilots often use Garmin watches:
https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20191025-garmin-smart-watches-pilot/ https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20191025-garmin-smart-watch...
- abawany 6y agoNewer Garmins seem to have added some of the bells and whistles i.e. Garmin Pay and the Connect Store (where you can find software written by the inimitable Antirez (https://github.com/antirez/iqmeteo https://github.com/antirez/iqmeteo) ); even my 4+ year old Vivoactive HR supports the Connect store.