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Any Android smartwatch? (self.buyeuropean)
submitted 5 days ago by anzo to c/[email protected]
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I liked the Fossil Neutra and then saw it's from Texas, so... My research started. A quick glace through a search engine didn't return anything... Hence, I'm asking you

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, I absolutely LOVE my Garmin Instinct 2s, whether it's yank tech or not.

The user experience manages to be really good even without a touch screen, the tracking is very very good, and it works extremely well with Gadgetbridge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That last point was what attracted me to one of these watches in the first place. I really want to avoid having to have any account with anyone and to store any data on any remote servers. I plan to use any data from it in my "own personal Strava". For now I use a cheap Xiamoi wristband connected to Gadgetbridge for HR-monitoring and FitoTrack on my phone for GPS.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are you me 8 months ago? I was using Mi Band 8 while looking at maybe eventually buying a Garmin Instinct type watch. Then the Xiaomi died during a quick swim in the sea in early october and I pulled the trigger on the Instinct 2S solar.

The Garmin is great, it's so superior to the Xiaomi in literally everything that it's not even funny.

So you have a difficult choice, between European (Polar) at the cost of having to use their App, or Gadgetbridge, and then Garmin is really the best choice by far from almost any angle.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

So you have a difficult choice, between European (Polar) at the cost of having to use their App

Well, seeing as this is a non-starter for me, Polar is out of the question. Seeing as we are in the Buy European-community, I'll rationalize it by the fact that I am avoiding their app which is probably running on American cloud infrastructure. :)

I plan to still use my Mi Band 7 for tracking HR outside of activites. But it is acting up a little - screen sometimes won't turn on, and I have to either connect it to a charger or use the "Find device"-option in Gadgetbridge. We'll see how long it lasts, I've been using it for two years so far. Ideally I would have a band with no screen that just records data that I can view in Gadgetbridge / my own setup, but I've never been able to find that (which again would work with Gadgetbridge).