@OCBill3 The whole “smartwatch with monitoring” market is full of chabaduo units with paste-on labels, marketed at varying prices by outfits that do not have “long term” in their planning. At the other end, there is Fitbit and Apple. The quality of the Apple watch seems very good. The Fitbits are something of a crapshoot, but at least their app still connects to their units, and gets updated (or at least “changed in ways that are not necessarily what the users wanted or needed”) periodically.
@OCBill3@ohhwell I’d much rather forget Samsung (my S.O. had two of them fail under warranty, and swapped to Fitbit when the third died). As for Fossil, I have no data; they have flown under my radar. I think Garmin makes some, and those might be a decent choice. Maybe.
@OCBill3@werehatrack oh, you are just going off of personal experience. Gotcha. I have 3 Gen 4 smasung watches that are still great. Fossil is decent. I much prefer the asthetics of the fossil but the electronics of the Samsung.
@OCBill3@ohhwell@werehatrack Garmin I think bought out Pebble to use some of their tech, but didn’t really bring any watches with the long battery life of the e-ink Pebbles. I had a coworker though who bought a Pebble years back before they got bought out, and still uses it, and raves about how good it was.
@haydesigner I got one in the last IRK…still in the box. I wouldn’t wear it but if I wanted to check my heart rate I guess I could use it for that?? My old Samsung S8+ had a sensor on the back but my new one does not. I kinda miss it
These stink-they don’t monitor diddly squat. The steps are different from my fitbit, and nothing else works-like texts or phonecall alerts etc. Chinese junk.
In a complete surprise, my insurance company sent me a Zewa 21200 fitness tracker watch a couple of months ago, and while the method of charging it is a pain in the ass (I have to carefully work the band off of one end of the watch to expose the USB-A blade that gets inserted into a port or brick), it’s otherwise worlds more useful than the Inspire that cost a hell of a lot more. For one thing,. I can actually read the display outdoors. While the heart rate is slow to update, it seems to be close enough to right, and the “steps” may actually be close as well. (Those are almost always based on highly questionable measuring techniques.) And the plastic band is wearable, which is a good thing since there are no aftermarket options available.
Would I recommend that anyone actually buy one of these? No. The charging issues are egregious, and I have little doubt that either the band will get torn up or the blade will snap off within six months. That said, one of these with a magnetic charging docklet and a conventional band would be close to a go-to unit for me. YMMV.
Specs
Product: iTouch Explorer 3 Smartwatch
Model: Model: 500228, 50229
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$59.99-$113.80 at Walmart
Warranty
1 Year Manufacturer
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Dec 4
I touch reviews on trustpilot are not good.
@OCBill3 The whole “smartwatch with monitoring” market is full of chabaduo units with paste-on labels, marketed at varying prices by outfits that do not have “long term” in their planning. At the other end, there is Fitbit and Apple. The quality of the Apple watch seems very good. The Fitbits are something of a crapshoot, but at least their app still connects to their units, and gets updated (or at least “changed in ways that are not necessarily what the users wanted or needed”) periodically.
I have a Fitbit Inspire 2. I remain unimpressed.
@OCBill3 @werehatrack
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https://www.chinaexpatsociety.com/culture/the-chabuduo-mindset
@OCBill3 @werehatrack don’t forget Samsung and fossil.
@OCBill3 @ohhwell I’d much rather forget Samsung (my S.O. had two of them fail under warranty, and swapped to Fitbit when the third died). As for Fossil, I have no data; they have flown under my radar. I think Garmin makes some, and those might be a decent choice. Maybe.
@OCBill3 @werehatrack oh, you are just going off of personal experience. Gotcha. I have 3 Gen 4 smasung watches that are still great. Fossil is decent. I much prefer the asthetics of the fossil but the electronics of the Samsung.
@OCBill3 @ohhwell @werehatrack Garmin I think bought out Pebble to use some of their tech, but didn’t really bring any watches with the long battery life of the e-ink Pebbles. I had a coworker though who bought a Pebble years back before they got bought out, and still uses it, and raves about how good it was.
I bought this a few months ago.
Do not recommend, even at $25.
@haydesigner Thanks! I was tempted but now I am not. Instead I plan to get a smart ankle bracelet :
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@haydesigner I got one in the last IRK…still in the box. I wouldn’t wear it but if I wanted to check my heart rate I guess I could use it for that?? My old Samsung S8+ had a sensor on the back but my new one does not. I kinda miss it![:sunglasses:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png)
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These stink-they don’t monitor diddly squat. The steps are different from my fitbit, and nothing else works-like texts or phonecall alerts etc. Chinese junk.
In a complete surprise, my insurance company sent me a Zewa 21200 fitness tracker watch a couple of months ago, and while the method of charging it is a pain in the ass (I have to carefully work the band off of one end of the watch to expose the USB-A blade that gets inserted into a port or brick), it’s otherwise worlds more useful than the Inspire that cost a hell of a lot more. For one thing,. I can actually read the display outdoors. While the heart rate is slow to update, it seems to be close enough to right, and the “steps” may actually be close as well. (Those are almost always based on highly questionable measuring techniques.) And the plastic band is wearable, which is a good thing since there are no aftermarket options available.
Would I recommend that anyone actually buy one of these? No. The charging issues are egregious, and I have little doubt that either the band will get torn up or the blade will snap off within six months. That said, one of these with a magnetic charging docklet and a conventional band would be close to a go-to unit for me. YMMV.