[sridhu]

Originally Posted by roamer

I have the same dilemma. The webpage of Fitbit charge 5 has so many caveats like few functions available in select countries and few on the premium subscription. The skin temp is a premium feature. Better get it clarified first before buying.

I have had a fairly bad set of experiences with Fitbit Charge4 & Fitbit Versa over the last 18 months. Their customer service has become abysmal.

So much so that I have decided never to buy Fitbit again. I have shifted to Garmin (Vivoactive 4, FYI) personally.

Issues:
- They agreed (on mail) that the Charge4 is faulty (more than 10-15% error) but said it works as designed.
- The Versa just died when I updated it (2 months after I got it) and they took 4 months to replace it
- Both the charge4 & versa just died suddenly, on my wrist when I was watching TV. No falls. No drops nothing. Since both were out of warranty, they basically asked me to take a walk.

So, service is bad. Engineering is bad. Reliability has tanked. I was a die hard fitbit user - have had one from the first charge. To have turned me off and pushed me to another brand took some doing. But Fitbit managed it.

Fitbit - never again.

[OHCVtec]

Originally Posted by sridhu

I have had a fairly bad set of experiences with Fitbit Charge4 & Fitbit Versa over the last 18 months. Their customer service has become abysmal.
Fitbit - never again.

We have had similar experiences with Fitbit. We got three Fitbit charges 3 within the family and all of them stopped working within 12-15 months. All of them had display issues. Same issue was with one of the versa 3 , the display went bad within an year and a half. Would not recommend Fitbit to anyone.

[iamahunter]

Originally Posted by sridhu

Fitbit - never again.

Originally Posted by OHCVtec

Would not recommend Fitbit to anyone.

Frankly I am hearing this for the first time. Usually I would suggest friends and family to go for a fitbit even though it has higher price but I believed it has quality.

I have been regularly using Fitbit Charge 2 since early 2016. I did face some sync issues a year ago, but nothing as such now.

I usually keep the sync off and only sync once a day in the morning (to check my sleep stats)

The battery used to last more than 10 days earlier, now its life is about 7 odd days.

Also replaced the stock belt last year(after 4 years), nothing much.

No issues till date.

[sagpatel]

Anyone using samsung galaxy watch active 2?
Does it work with iphone?
is the ECG and BP activated if yes then will it work with iphone?
It is available for ~10k on flipkart.

[Sheel]

Wanted to share a pic of my Garmin Vivoactive which I got in January this year.

[swiftnfurious]

Any good deals on smart watches ? I want one with GPS, something that's quite suitable for rough use.

Don't have a budget in mind though sub 10K is preferable. If some really worthy product is available upto 20K, can look at it too. Not an iOS user, so will skip Apple watch.

[Jaguar]

Originally Posted by sridhu

I have had a fairly bad set of experiences with Fitbit Charge4 & Fitbit Versa over the last 18 months.
Fitbit - never again.

Originally Posted by OHCVtec

We have had similar experiences with Fitbit.

I just ordered a Fitbit Charge 4 earlier today

[AYP]

Originally Posted by swiftnfurious

Any good deals on smart watches ? I want one with GPS, something that's quite suitable for rough use.

Don't have a budget in mind though sub 10K is preferable. If some really worthy product is available upto 20K, can look at it too. Not an iOS user, so will skip Apple watch.

Go with this Samsung watch-

https://www.amazon.in/Samsung-Galaxy...=1&ext_vrnc=hi

Though if you are willing to let go of LTE, then the Watch 3 is the better option-

https://www.samsung.com/in/watches/g...hoCwwEQAvD_BwE

[amsidhu]

Originally Posted by swiftnfurious

Any good deals on smart watches ? I want one with GPS, something that's quite suitable for rough use. Don't have a budget in mind though sub 10K is preferable. If some really worthy product is available upto 20K, can look at it too. Not an iOS user, so will skip Apple watch.

You may like to check Garmin Instinct (20k) or Garmin Forerunner 245(25k) . Sturdy no nonsense watches with excellent battery life as well.

[Caffeinated]

Originally Posted by swiftnfurious

Any good deals on smart watches ? I want one with GPS, something that's quite suitable for rough use.

Don't have a budget in mind though sub 10K is preferable. If some really worthy product is available upto 20K, can look at it too. Not an iOS user, so will skip Apple watch.

I got Samsung Active 2 in ongoing Flipkart sale for Rs 9900, and it seems very good vfm so far.

Some other options which I had considered given below. All of these provide decent fitness tracking. If battery life is priority, I'd suggest FitBit. If you need calling option from watch, the remaining ones can do that.

Galaxy Active 2 - https://dl.flipkart.com/s/34z98sNNNN

GalaxyWatch 3 -
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08FN55MSH/...ing=UTF8&psc=1

Fossil Gen 5 -
https://dl.flipkart.com/s/3Pz6peNNNN

Fitbit Versa 2 -
https://dl.flipkart.com/s/3PTO77NNNN

Edit : The flipkart links are not working properly.You might need to search there directly.

[shashank.nk]

Originally Posted by KL01toKA03

Got the watch today. The 42 mm dial is perfect for my small wrist. The bundled straps seem comfortable. So, I am planning to use it till the white color becomes faded/dusty.

Originally Posted by AtheK

Yes it will be, should have pre ordered though you missed out on getting couple of straps at 500 rupees or galaxy buds pro at 5999

Were you able to get the pre-booking offers ? I ordered Watch 4 LTE on Sept 4 but don't see any option to claim the pre-booking offers yet.

[AtheK]

Originally Posted by shashank.nk

Were you able to get the pre-booking offers ? I ordered Watch 4 LTE on Sept 4 but don't see any option to claim the pre-booking offers yet.

Hey, no nothing yet, I spoke to them couple of days back, and per them it should have started today, but still nothing.

I might not actually get it, as I am getting Buds Live free, as I had a friend who works in Samsung order the watch for me and they had this offer, apparently I am not eligible for 6K offer, would have been steal or else!! You can speak to Samsung redemption team and check if there is any change again in redemption date.

[IamNikhil]

Using the 1st-gen GoQii since many years and it still works like a charm. Never felt the need for an upgrade. Don't need any bells and whistles, happy with the basic and useful features offered by the GoQii.

[AtheK]

Originally Posted by shashank.nk

Were you able to get the pre-booking offers ? I ordered Watch 4 LTE on Sept 4 but don't see any option to claim the pre-booking offers yet.

The offer is up now, give it a try, for me as expected I am not eligible, they did ship the buds live today though.

[Samfromindia]

Originally Posted by Caffeinated

I got Samsung Active 2 in ongoing Flipkart sale for Rs 9900, and it seems very good vfm so far.

I also ordered the watch 2 active after considering a lot of options and waiting for delivery. Main reasons to go for it was price, Samsung ecosystem (using S20+ which i got in last yr.'s sale) and design. Among cons: i miss the blood oxygen monitor which is present in much cheaper watches and the Tizen OS is now obsolete given Samsung moving to Google Wear OS with Watch 4.

Did you try enabling the ECG and Blood Pressure app for the indian version yet ? I believe this needs to be sideloaded and not available officially. Also are you able to sync Samsung health data with Google Fit ? There are paid 3rd party apps like HealthSync which let you achieve the same but is there any official or free way to do so ?