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Review on Smart watch Garmin Instinct, tundra by Adam Szepietowski ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The best thing for the money, I'm glad I chose this option.

* Garmin Connect, a little unusual and overloaded with "whistles" after Polar Flow, but in principle the norms * at rest or not under heavy load - the pulse is calculated quite accurately (in comparison with the chest sensor). With a heavy load and high heart rate, the difference can be 10-30%. * working with bluetooth sensors is possible only if you turn off the bluetooth in the linked phone (at the beginning it seemed inconvenient, but then I got used to it.) * there is no signal that I have started training. (to be 100% sure that the workout is being written, I press the "back" button, if there is an offer to save, then everything is OK, the workout has started) * the pedometer does not always count steps correctly (inflating the ball with a pump, from the point of view of the pedometer, you can walk a couple of hundred steps.) * the floor counter is also not always accurate (if you go up 2 steps, it doesn’t count at all. If you stand on the escalator and wave your hand, it counts) * it's not quite intuitive how to make the watch just write the pulse during a workout * no Garmin Connect for Linux In general, this is just a bomb, this is the watch of my dreams - it looks and is protected like shocks, it can receive call and SMS notifications like an apple watch, monitor heart rate and sleep, and it costs sane money. Thank Garmin for Garmin Instinct

Pros
  • * can work together with the Polar H10 chest sensor (thanks to Garmin for not doing a vendor lock) * during training, they squeak at the transition between pulse zones + you can set the maximum and minimum heart rate for an additional signal * squeak if lost / established connection with the phone * comfortable, light, practical * hold a charge for a long time (14 days if used just like a watch, about 8-10 days with daily training in the gym with a chest pulse sensor connected, but with gps turned off) * if there is a connection with the phone, the watch can show the weather, and almost all notifications from the phone.
Cons
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