Went from an apple watch to this. Not looking back :) I love the battery life and simplicity of it all. It tracks my sleep, steps and blood oxygen, which is why I used the Apple Watch before.

3 months ago by SW42 to c/watches

hOrni 8 points 3 months ago

I don't need any Bluetooth functions. I've had the same G-Shock for the last 10 years. I never take it off, never replace the battery, works fine.

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SW42 7 points 3 months ago

Everyone has different needs and wants. I like to use the O2 Monitoring especially during the night as I suffer from apnea and use a CPAP machine. Still I love the way it’s less distracting and I deactivated notifications so for all intents and purposes it’s a normal wrist watch that doesn’t grab attention.

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FunStuffIsFun 3 points 3 months ago

I wanted steps and sleep tracking, but its not possible to use with gadgetbridge.

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vaionko 3 points 3 months ago

I can recommend a Garmin. The older ones can be had for super cheap, and mostly work with gadgetbridge. Unfortunately the sleep tracking is processed on their servers, so without the official app it's very bad.

And by bad I mean it says I slept for 17 hours last night.

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FunStuffIsFun 1 point 3 months ago

I have a Garmin watch and the sleep tracking has been fairly decent.

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BurntWits 2 points 3 months ago

Which one are you using? Sounds like my GWM-5610.

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hOrni 2 points 3 months ago

Most G-shocks are similar. Mine is gst-w300g. It's from the G Steel line, partially metal with hands, solar charging and radio synchronisation.

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itchick2014 6 points 3 months ago

I also switched from and Apple Watch to a Casio. Mine is a simpler one that only does the step tracking, but that was all I really wanted. I still have phantom vibrations a year later. Crazy.

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DupaCycki 6 points 3 months ago

I still cannot fathom why anyone would pay several hundred dollars for a smart watch that needs charging every day. Absolute peak in terrible technology.

This watch seems great. I've been using smart bands for a while, as cheaper watches with better battery life. But they still have a lot of features that I'll never use. Maybe I'll opt in for one of these.

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SaveTheTuaHawk 3 points 3 months ago

Apple customers will buy a cat turd if that turd has a smooth metal case and a tiny battery. Walking around airports with tiny white cords is their culture.

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FunStuffIsFun 5 points 3 months ago

I very seriously considered this watch, but the lack of gadgetbridge support was what did it. I ended up witha Garmin that I wear on my ankle.

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SW42 3 points 3 months ago

I get it, gadgetbridge would be really nice, but I can’t use it anyway as I have an iOS device.

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FunStuffIsFun 3 points 3 months ago

Oh gotcha. Part of me still really wants this watch.

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Kernal64 4 points 3 months ago

That looks awesome! If it had Gadgetbridge support, I'd be all over it. That said, the Bangle.js 2 I got specifically for it's full integration with Gadgetbridge has been deeply disappointing. Not on the app side, but the hardware itself just doesn't live up to the promise and sometimes doesn't work correctly.

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Cricket 3 points 3 months ago

Nice! I didn't realize until now that Casio were making smartwatches now. Good to know. What's the battery life on it?

Thanks also for bringing this community to my attention since I wasn't aware of it either.

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SW42 2 points 3 months ago

I get about a week‘s worth of battery life out of it when i don’t use the training function. I’m not sure about it but it seems it also slightly recharges using solar. All in all excellent compared to the Apple Watch.

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Cricket 2 points 3 months ago

Cool, thanks! Yes, I believe I've read that it does recharge a little with solar.

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FrChazzz 2 points 3 months ago

You got the clear case! I wound up getting the corn-flower blue one at a local surf shop (because the clear case one was sold out online)!

I've had like four of five Apple Watches in about ten years. They all just up and die on me and I'm over it. The Casio covers all the stuff I've come to rely on with a smart watch (mostly text and email notifications) without the nonsense. Love it (even if I'm not a huge fan of it requiring me to have location services set to "always on")

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SW42 2 points 3 months ago

They were about to sell out actually so I grabbed one before the stock ran out :) The location setting for me is quite the bummer as well, but I don’t really see the app polling it that much (at all actually).

Would have loved to have the option to use it without an account or position services, but I guess Polar is a big reason they do it this way.

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digitalFatteh 2 points 3 months ago

Probably a Casio DW-5600-2 model along those lines.

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burt 4 points 3 months ago

I've got an dw-h5600-2 on my wrist right now, it is not the same, the legends on the face are orange not blue, also no tide graph.

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digitalFatteh 1 point 3 months ago

DW-5600-2

DW-5600-2JR is probably the closest model I can guess at. I still sport my AW-80 although needs a new strap nowdays.

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SW42 4 points 3 months ago

It’s this thing https://support.casio.com/global/en/wat/manual/3586_en/?from=app&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.casio.jp%2F

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digitalFatteh 4 points 3 months ago

Rright on the money there ! Tide Graph showing too.

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