RE: Smart Watches/devices
Decision for me....Garmin Vivoactive HR 3. On sale. Not expensive. No monthly fees. $200 CDN plus 13% sales tax of course. (Apple Watch 6 was $570 plus 13% sales tax. Plus a monthly charge...)
It's better than my old Garmin was.That was the Vivoactive HR (first generation watch). The Garmin ...3 is a GPS watch. And I installed a screen where I can see the time at night if I need to. It supposedly measures light sleep/deep sleep/REM
RE: Smart Watches/devices
(07-18-2021, 06:50 AM)DaveL Wrote: Decision for me....Garmin Vivoactive HR 3. On sale. Not expensive. No monthly fees. $200 CDN plus 13% sales tax of course. (Apple Watch 6 was $570 plus 13% sales tax. Plus a monthly charge...)
It's better than my old Garmin was.That was the Vivoactive HR (first generation watch). The Garmin ...3 is a GPS watch. And I installed a screen where I can see the time at night if I need to. It supposedly measures light sleep/deep sleep/REM
Makes sense. If it does what you need it to and the accuracy is decent, it is the right choice for you. I only use a “smart watch” (actually a fitness tracker) for tracking sleep to compare sleep stages to an OSCAR report when I run it, so I went with an inexpensive refurb Fitbit Charge 4.
Simplicity is simple, complexity is complex. Don’t confuse the two.
RE: Smart Watches/devices
Charge 4 would be better.
I wanted the analog screen to show what I needed. I bought a C4; I couldn't read the screen at night without reading glasses. Since I woke up a number of times and tried to read the screen each time it didn't work for me. The C4 sleep report would be better than mine, which I believe is a 3rd generation Garmin.
It's much better than my old Vivoactive Hr watch--1st generation sleep report.
RE: Smart Watches/devices
well the Garmin Vivoactive 3 didn't work out for me. It didn't know when I went to sleep; I'd lose 2 hours records every night. It didn't show any deep sleep. It showed Rem.
So I didn't know whether the broken Garmin Vivoactive HR was wrong, the Garmin Vivoactive 3 was wrong, or I was wrong. I took it back after erasing all my data.
I bought an Apple iWatch 6. It wasn't so painful because I had a credit of $226 Cdn from the Garmin purchase. And I price matched with Amazon, so there was a $45 dollar saving there.
I wanted the ECG ability.
I wanted the blood oxygen level ability.
I also got all the apps on it. Complications. (aptly named for this old guy.)
What I learned:
* sleep report is not so good. BUT it does tell me better how much time I'm awake. Apparently the Garmin watches failed at that.
* It doesn't record sleep--light, deep, REM. Not so bad. I'm not obsessing about Deep sleep now....so I don't mind
* It DOES have relaxation aids. Simple breathing aids. And when I'm stressed i do that. Makes me go within. Why did I need a watch to tell me that?
I'm grateful that I bought the iWatch 6. It makes life simpler. And it's worth it.
Prediction: about a month from now the price will go way down! I predict an iWatch 7...
RE: Smart Watches/devices
(08-13-2021, 09:46 AM)DaveL Wrote: * sleep report is not so good. BUT it does tell me better how much time I'm awake. Apparently the Garmin watches failed at that.
* It doesn't record sleep--light, deep, REM. Not so bad. I'm not obsessing about Deep sleep now....so I don't mind Get Autosleep, it's just $3.99, a one-off purchase (unlike other apps that need a subscription) and offers great reports, including deep sleep, REM etc. Has great reviews regarding the accuracy of reports.
apps.apple.com/app/autosleep-track-sleep-on-watch/id1164801111
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I really like AutoSleep and it’s reporting. There is another app called HeartWatch that can be linked to AutoSleep. It is a nice “wellness” app which also looks at SPO2 numbers at various intervals through the night. I understand there is debate about accuracy of the SPO2 numbers reported by the Apple Watch 6. For me it mainly a curiosity rather than a necessity.
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Does the Apple watch give you a count of the number of times awake? I'm trying to figure out if mine is high or low or what... I get 15-25 times awake per night. Which is probably 3-5 times per hour.
08-18-2021, 10:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2021, 10:21 AM by DaveL.)
RE: Smart Watches/devices
Hi cathyf
My i6 shows the report for the last week. Last night I was awake 3 times. I woke at 2 am, 3:30 am and 4 am, according to the display That's in the health module. Over the last week my average time in bed is reported as 7 hours 43 minutes; average time asleep is 6 hours 43 minutes.
How useful is that? Well I'm awake each night longer than I knew before. that's a big hit every night. However, I bet the fitbit is more accurate and tells you more.
I've just spent a while trying to help; I'm feeling very technically challenged. I've seen a list of times awake in previous looks. I can't find it now.
08-18-2021, 12:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2021, 12:41 PM by DaveL.)
RE: Smart Watches/devices
(08-17-2021, 04:17 PM)loucasg Wrote: Get Autosleep, it's just $3.99, a one-off purchase (unlike other apps that need a subscription) and offers great reports, including deep sleep, REM etc. Has great reviews regarding the accuracy of reports.
apps.apple.com/app/autosleep-track-sleep-on-watch/id1164801111
Thanks loucasg!
I'll do that.
Done
RE: Smart Watches/devices
(08-17-2021, 04:17 PM)loucasg Wrote: Get Autosleep, it's just $3.99, a one-off purchase (unlike other apps that need a subscription) and offers great reports, including deep sleep, REM etc. Has great reviews regarding the accuracy of reports.
apps.apple.com/app/autosleep-track-sleep-on-watch/id1164801111
thanks loucasg
I bought the package. heart watch. auto sleep auto wake
I'm concerned about auto wake....the other two are good.
cathyf auto sleep looks like a real asset. even if my Mack computer can't type it right. AutoSleep
There....phew.
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