What do you like/dislike about your Suunto or about Coros? I've never really tried other watches than Garmin...
I'd be intereseted to hear your opinion on Coros vs Garmin if you have one!
Does Coros offer something similar to Garmin's Daily Suggested Workout?
I noticed the app I'm using is actually called Polar Beat not Flow.
Maybe using Beat is required for the pairing - I don't know much about Polar's software as I only use the app to check the battery level. (It also allows you to turn visibility on or off among other things)
For me the connection goes as follows:
I hope this helps!
About the other stuff you mentioned.
A quick duckduckgo revealed that Pandora doesn't support Garmin devices I'm afraid. Supported music providers are Amazon, Youtube, Spotify and Deezer. This depends on your locale and device though.
When it comes to swimming, most devices struggle a bit with data. Accurately measuring distance for instance. IIRC Apple does quite a good job followed by higher end Garmins. Swimming does require a chest strap in order to get reliable HR, even more so, than running. Although I haven't read reviews of the newest generation on watches, maybe it's getting better. I only do a little swimming every now and then so I can't go into details.
A feature I didn't know I was going to like as much as I did, is Daily Suggested Workouts. During off-season it gives me incentive to go running every day without having to think about what to do and when.
About health data in general, it's good to remember it's quite inaccurate and even when it's accurate it's not necessarily simple to draw any useful conclusions from it. Sleep tracking for instance is very very inaccurate, especially when it come to sleep phases. HRV, PulseOx etc. is mostly pretty useless too but there are differing opinions too.
You could go with a newer, lower end Garmin model, say a Forerunner 255 or the newer 265 or then look into buying a used forerunner 965 or 955 or a fenix 6. Whatever fits your budget.
When reading up on the specs and features, make sure to watch some videos on the specific implementations of the features you're interested in. My Fenix 6 for instance is limited to only giving me my Daily Suggested Workout while newer models can display suggested workouts for the whole week ahead, something I'm a bit salty about. These small differences are rarely highlighted which can be annoying.
I tend to over reasearch stuff even when I only need something basic to be happy with. That being said I found this guys videos quite helpful:
Curious! I have the Polar H10 and can connect it to my iPhone.
Have you tried connecting the H9 strap with the Polar Flow app? IIRC it needs the app to connect.
The fenix and forerunner series are arguably the best for running. As I've only used Garmin, I can't speak to other manufacturers' products.
All watches from these series should work with your strap.
Other things that might influence your choice are watch size and weight, spotify integration, amoled vs MIP screen and whether you do any swimming, hiking or other activities.
Thanks - I'll have to look into this!
Not really no!
There was a "Multi Web Search" by Oleksandr for Firefox but it was last updated five years ago. It also intermingles the results whereas I would've liked to see them side by side (to compare how different search engines rank the sites)
The SearX feature the other guy mentioned might be the best bet!
Hah! It would seem so!
I would like two search engines displaying results side by side whenever I do a search. There's so much empty space on a wide screen display anyway.
Maybe I should check if there's an addon for this...
I bought three pairs of shoes!
I would've bought some already during summer but didn't come across any good deals. I feel like pricing has been really weird this year.
I use a Garmin Fenix 6 X Pro. Before that I had a Forerunner 935.
Wrist based hr is always less reliable than a chest strap. It's also worth noting that sweat, rain and e.g. small wrists make it harder to get even a somewhat reliable result and if you run in a colder climate, you need to wear your watch under your jacket which makes it impossible to look at unless you're willing to expose your wrist.
Generally watches connect to the computer with a proprietary usb cable, not bluetooth. Many watches however have wifi and mobile data connectivity too which can be used to automatically sync data.
What other considerations do you have?
If on a budget a good chest strap and a cheap watch could be a good combo. Maybe even your current strap if you know it to be reliable. I'd wager it uses ANT+ for connectivity which many (maybe even most) sports watches support.
If you need longer battery life (for marathons or some such) then a dedicated sports watch might be a good idea. Otherwise I might go with an Apple watch beacause you mentioned using an iPhone. I don't know whether Apple watches support ANT+ but most current chest straps do have bluetooth and aren't all that expensive.
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I'm always looking for the smallest linewidth and the hit-tec-c .25 has been my favourite so far. The Jetstream is new to me as is the Kleid notebook - looking foward to trying them out!
How about you? Any favourite super fine lined writing instruments you like to use?
A vote for the B&W if the polls are still open! 🦉