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Wow $20 more, that's a lot. At our place they were the same price (though the steam gauge one was a newer type). They still had to have it because some exams require it.
It was, but I spend a lot of time flying near DC, so it was nice to know exactly where airspace boundaries were. A luxury, for sure.
Where I flew was all VFR territory.
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Garmin, Polar, and Strava existed before Apple Health/Watch were released. They had to have a solution in a non-Apple world, and I doubt they'd abandon existing users once Apple appeared (and stuck around). Oura's first Ring was released the same year as the Watch, so I don't think that Oura was given early access.
I’m not asking them to abandon anything. Apple Health has been around over ten years . Oura could have figured out in the intervening time how to read heart rate data from Health. All I’m asking for Strava, Garmin, and the rest is to just use Apple Health to import data from other sources and assume that it is the source of truth for externally-generated data rather than requiring direct app-to-app integration or sim…
I'm amazed apple has got by with a 3/4 day charge for 10 generations while garmin has had products with a 7+ day charge for years.
I think Garmin is a really good example of a company that benefits from Apple making the market so much bigger. I had an Apple Watch, got into running a lot, and eventually found the Watch too limiting (bad heart rate measurement, touch only UI were my main issues). I probably wouldn't have ended up a Garmin customer if I'd never got an Apple Watch though.
My Garmin has a flashlight, maps with navigation on device, altimeter, barometer, thermometer, GPS and other satellite navigation systems, it tracks pulse, sleep, etc. It's perfect for hiking and cycling, helps you find the right route, shows the altitude profile, etc. The form factor is perfect, the watch is light and comfortable. I'm still considering getting a next gen Apple Watch Ultra if the specs are good. Havi…
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plus, no support for ANT+ is a dealbreaker.
ANT+ appears to be dying and Garmin has started moving away from it. Although I'm sure they'll still support it for several more product generations. https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/01/the-begining-of-the-end-...
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If you have to charge overnight, you miss out on all the benefits of sleep tracking which personally, has been essential in managing recovery and also illness
Other people are commenting here that they can wake up, put their phone on the charger and it is charged enough to last a full day by the time they take a shower and get dressed in the morning. It’s fully charged in an hour and half from looking at the documentation.