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I just bought a second-hand Garmin Vivoactive 3 for £68 from CEX. Yes, I gave it a good wash.
Battery lasts about a week tracking wrist HR 24 hours a day.
A lot less if you use GPS though, which is optional for explicitly tracked activities. As others have said you can turn off notifications, in fact most default to off.
chez_jay
grumpy middle aged man alert.
mmm so i want a smartwatch but i dont want a smartwatch..... my trusty Suunto T3C from many a year back is eating batteries and has plenty of battle scars - generally i put on the HR belt once a year for a few months but have basically used it as a digital watch and it (used to) last years on a battery
i want to replace
but i dont want a fitness watch that i have to charge every night or get bothered with notifications from everyone every second.
but actually i'd like to track runs and rides, but just time/speed and maybe HR - i'm assuming wrist HR would do? or perhaps i should stick with/get a newer chest HR.
digital or analogue face , dont mind
does anything like this even exist?
ta.