I’m trying to move away from a fitbit, once in a while I forget to charge it and I have to install the app and fork over all of my data to fitbit to set the time.
Anyone have any recommendations, I need something with a decent heart monitor, that’s really the only thing I care about.
Only one I recall (smartwatch open source)
https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/
Does this fit the bill for you?
That’s pretty cool but I don’t even wear a dumb watch, let alone a smart one.
I use a Xiaomi Smart Band 7 and pair it with Gadgetbridge, and it works fine for my purposes, which is HR-monitoring during the day, sleep and workout sessions. I rarely interface with the watch itself (which is by design), so if you want more functionality out of your watch, then this might be a little on the light side feature wise. I tend to keep Bluetooth off, so I connect to it maybe once a day to sync data with Gadgetbridge, which I again export for analysis. A bit clunky to connect - I have to search for it first in the Gadgetbridge app, and only when it has found it can I attempt to reconnect. Maybe this is easily fixable, but I have not bothered to do it because I only sync once a day.
You do need to obtain a key first though, which requires a login to the Xiaomi servers. I used a throwaway e-mail for the registration. Gadgetbridge has no access to the internet.
Maybe a watch supported by asteroid os is something.
Some models have support for heart monitor. Don’t know if there is a fitness app or something like that.
I like my Garmin gps watch, though they have gotten what i would consider too expensive…
Does the Garmin app require location services to be turned to use like fitbit?
So, I just checked under the app information in Android. The location permission was turned on. I disabled it, and started the app up and it seems to work fine.
I’ve been considering the Bangle.js 2, and while I don’t think the heart rate monitor is really good yet, there is active development and discussion about how to make it better. If you’re interested in helping out, this could be a fun project!
Was going to ask if anyone owned a bangle.js 2, it’s on the top of my list so far but still unsure whether to pull the trigger
@e-ratic @mossy_capivara @thejevans I am using a bangle 2. For privacy is one of the best. There were others that I can not remember the name…
I am happy with it, but using it with graphene os I can not put it to work completely. No notifications on it… Using with android is OK :)
I’m pretty sure Garmin has a good privacy policy - mozilla seemed to like them - and I got a fenix6 sapphire on ebay used for about $250 and I love it. Way better than my apple watch, particularly because I care more about fitness tracking and hate having texts show up on my watch.
