DON'T READ THIS if you dont like or want to moan about techy stuff

[Gubbins]

As I have just had my 65th birthday I decided to treat myself to a smart watch! What has this to do with e-biking? Well, I like to record my rides, see how long they take me, monitor my efforts and keep a "score" in Strava which can also be done in all sorts of other ways, but I use either my phone, or a Garmin bike computer. Providing my phone is on my person or in the saddlebag my new watch connects to it, allows me to start and stop my ride from my wrist and as it is motion activated a flick of the wrist lights up the display showing time, miles and average speed! Tapping finish uploads to my strava account instantly and was much cheaper than upgrading to the Nyon system.. Which I would like to do by the way.....

 

[KirstinS]

Which one is that Phil?

Only ever seen or know pebble owners personally so interested to hear

 

[Gubbins]

Samsung gear 2 neo.
Upside is low price and good battery life. Downside is only syncs with some Samsung phones. But it does loads of cool stuff!

 

[grldtnr]

Samsung gear 2 neo.
Upside is low price and good battery life. Downside is only syncs with some Samsung phones. But it does loads of cool stuff!

But does it show the time?

 

[TinKitten]

I've been wanting a smart watch for the same thing. I track my bike rides on View Ranger but I want a pedometer too. Some of my walking gets tracked when I'm playing Ingress and it says I've done 611km on that so far and I know I've walked far further than that whilst playing the game. So I want a gadget to track everything. I've been reading reviews of smart watches but feel that it's still a bit early tech with wearables and that I'd get more for my money if I wait. You've just made me more impatient though. Please let me know how you get on with it.

 

[barrycoll]

this what I bought for £99 but it is £10 more now...

http://navi-technology.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=56&product_id=239

does everything and at an amazing price for a Garmin

 

[mike killay]

Well, I am glad that I read this.
Still didn't understand it though.
As the Judge said in court,
'Thank you Mr Jones for the explanation but I must confess that I am none the wiser.'
Barrister, 'But much better informed M'Lud.'

 

[RichB]

I have the Sony Smartwatch 2 which I highly recommend. Plenty of apps to customise it, excellent battery life and looks like a normal watch.
I'm thinking about upgrading to the smartwatch 3 as I like it so much.

 

[Gubbins]

I've been wanting a smart watch for the same thing. I track my bike rides on View Ranger but I want a pedometer too. Some of my walking gets tracked when I'm playing Ingress and it says I've done 611km on that so far and I know I've walked far further than that whilst playing the game. So I want a gadget to track everything. I've been reading reviews of smart watches but feel that it's still a bit early tech with wearables and that I'd get more for my money if I wait. You've just made me more impatient though. Please let me know how you get on with it.

I think that you can wait and wait, but when you finally buy one there will be still more tech on the horizon to tempt you. All of these watches are similar in one way or another, but so far I have been using mine for...
1/ making and receiving calls, texts and emails. Brings a whole new meaning to hands free and really does work well!
2/ strava for walking and cycling. This is so good, one touch start ,pause, stop. Tilting my wrist activates the display for 10 seconds showing time ,distance and average speed.
1/ pedometer running constantly which although not accurate in distance it does gives me a target to aim for.
3/ sleep monitor. Bit of an eye opener this one.
4/ HR monitor . Bit of a disappointment. ..
5/ weather chanel app works well.
6/ Just another techy toy to play with. .

 

[TinKitten]

I think that you can wait and wait, but when you finally buy one there will be still more tech on the horizon to tempt you. All of these watches are similar in one way or another, but so far I have been using mine for...
1/ making and receiving calls, texts and emails. Brings a whole new meaning to hands free and really does work well!
2/ strava for walking and cycling. This is so good, one touch start ,pause, stop. Tilting my wrist activates the display for 10 seconds showing time ,distance and average speed.
1/ pedometer running constantly which although not accurate in distance it does gives me a target to aim for.
3/ sleep monitor. Bit of an eye opener this one.
4/ HR monitor . Bit of a disappointment. ..
5/ weather chanel app works well.
6/ Just another techy toy to play with. .

That does sound very good. The Samsung ones are some of the watches I'm most attracted to but I don't know if I will upgrade to a Samsung phone next. I love my Galaxy Note 2 in all ways but the aspect of the phone itself. It's reception pick up seems dire compared to my old Motorola Defy which is not helped by the terrible network coverage in my area since EE stripped out some masts when they merged. Much thinking to do before xmas, hee hee.

 

[TinKitten]

Well, I am glad that I read this.
Still didn't understand it though.
As the Judge said in court,
'Thank you Mr Jones for the explanation but I must confess that I am none the wiser.'
Barrister, 'But much better informed M'Lud.'

Smart watches are the merging of two streams of tech. One is the glorified pedometer, which has developed from a simple device to measure steps into one that can follow other activities such as rowing and cycling, coupled with a heart rate monitor which also tracks sleep as well as your heart rate as you exercise. This is the fitness band angle.

The second tech is the smart phone which covers phone calls, texts and GPS related stuff like mapping out your walks and rides. But having a phone do all this when it's stuck in your pocket is inconvenient. So the idea of having access to that stuff without needing to do more than just glance at your wrist means that there's a desire for 'wearables'.

Smart watches combine fitness data with all the alerts you like to know from your phone without having to take it out of your pocket.

Currently battery life is the biggest issue as well as making the screen readable in bright sunlight.

Hope that casts some light on things.

 

[Croxden]

I think that you can wait and wait, but when you finally buy one there will be still more tech on the horizon to tempt you. All of these watches are similar in one way or another, but so far I have been using mine for...
1/ making and receiving calls, texts and emails. Brings a whole new meaning to hands free and really does work well!
2/ strava for walking and cycling. This is so good, one touch start ,pause, stop. Tilting my wrist activates the display for 10 seconds showing time ,distance and average speed.
1/ pedometer running constantly which although not accurate in distance it does gives me a target to aim for.
3/ sleep monitor. Bit of an eye opener this one.
4/ HR monitor . Bit of a disappointment. ..
5/ weather chanel app works well.
6/ Just another techy toy to play with. .

Well, 5 reasons not to have one then.

 

[bigclick]

Smart watches are the merging of two streams of tech. One is the glorified pedometer, which has developed from a simple device to measure steps into one that can follow other activities such as rowing and cycling, coupled with a heart rate monitor which also tracks sleep as well as your heart rate as you exercise. This is the fitness band angle.

The second tech is the smart phone which covers phone calls, texts and GPS related stuff like mapping out your walks and rides. But having a phone do all this when it's stuck in your pocket is inconvenient. So the idea of having access to that stuff without needing to do more than just glance at your wrist means that there's a desire for 'wearables'.

Smart watches combine fitness data with all the alerts you like to know from your phone without having to take it out of your pocket.

Currently battery life is the biggest issue as well as making the screen readable in bright sunlight.

Hope that casts some light on things.

Smart watches are the merging of two streams of tech. One is the glorified pedometer, which has developed from a simple device to measure steps into one that can follow other activities such as rowing and cycling, coupled with a heart rate monitor which also tracks sleep as well as your heart rate as you exercise. This is the fitness band angle.

The second tech is the smart phone which covers phone calls, texts and GPS related stuff like mapping out your walks and rides. But having a phone do all this when it's stuck in your pocket is inconvenient. So the idea of having access to that stuff without needing to do more than just glance at your wrist

Smart watches are the merging of two streams of tech. One is the glorified pedometer, which has developed from a simple device to measure steps into one that can follow other activities such as rowing and cycling, coupled with a heart rate monitor which also tracks sleep as well as your heart rate as you exercise. This is the fitness band angle.

The second tech is the smart phone which covers phone calls, texts and GPS related stuff like mapping out your walks and rides. But having a phone do all this when it's stuck in your pocket is inconvenient. So the idea of having access to that stuff without needing to do more than just glance at your wrist means that there's a desire for 'wearables'.

Smart watches combine fitness data with all the alerts you like to know from your phone without having to take it out of your pocket.

Currently battery life is the biggest issue as well as making the screen readable in bright sunlight.

Hope that casts some light on things.

Fitness analytics, bright display and communications services. Plus a decent battery life.... That the Bosch Nyon that is

 

[Gubbins]

It on my wish list...... just in case. ... is your surname Clause by any chance?