It’s Friday so I am linking up with three DC area bloggers Mar at Mar On the Run, Cynthia at You Signed Up For What?! and Courtney from Eat Pray Run, DC . Anyone can join with their own Friday Five post (yes, it must be a Friday Five!!) They encourage you to visit other blogs on the linkup, comment, share and engage!
My Friday Topic is Five Reasons I Bought the Apple Watch 2:
My hubby knows that I’m a geek and I like techie toys so he has been wanting to buy me the Apple Watch. I resisted last year for Christmas and my Birthday. It was ridiculously expensive and I didn’t Think that I really needed one.
My biggest need would eventually be a new GPS watch.
I love it and it still works. It’s also a conversation starter at races: “Wow! I’ve never seen one so big!!”
I’ve only been using it for races trying to extend its life. Otherwise, I use the Runkeeper app on my iphone if I am unsure of the distance.
After a stressful summer, I decided that if I ever got a job, I would reward myself with an Apple watch.
And I did get a job after 12 weeks of searching but was informed that a new and improved Apple watch was coming out in September. So I decided to wait.
And I am glad I did!
- The Apple Watch 2 has a GPS!!
I will probably still wear my old Garmin to races when I care about pace and time. But now, I don’t have to keep taking my iphone out of my pocket or race belt to see how far I’ve run.
2. The Apple Watch 2 is water-resistant and can be submerged up to 50 metres.
I won’t have to worry if it gets wet while running or splashed when out in the boat.
3. The Apple Watch is also a fitness tracker.
I won’t have to wear my watch and my Fitbit at the same time.
Plus I had to take out my iPhone in order to see how many steps I had many time during the course of each day. Very annoying.
4. The Apple Watch has a lot of cool features.
For example, it shows your heart rate.
There a mindfulness breathing app plus many other tools.
5. You can do so many tasks by just talking (to Siri.)
You can ask her to send or respond to a text, send an email …
…or even play songs, etc.
I only started wearing it yesterday so I will give you a more in depth review in a few weeks. But I think I am going to love it.
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I had no idea you were lusting over the Apple watch. So glad you got a new job and a new watch. A friend has one and really loves it, but hers in the older model. Ha, love your comment about the Fitbit. I don’t track steps, so it has no appeal to me.
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Not really lusting but my Garmin 205 may not last forever.
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Since I don’t have an iphone, you know which watch I went with . . .
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You may someday. I couldn’t live without it. That where I read blogs and write my blog.
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Nope, that is one of the areas we save money on.
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Since you are home, you probably don’t need it as much as I do. I would never post on FB, Instagram or my blog if I didn’t do it on my phone.
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My blog I do mostly on the desktop. I have an ipod touch in addition to my phone because my phone really doesn’t do much, but I don’t have a contract for it and don’t get a new year every year. I think this is only my second ipod touch, but it could be my third. I do a lot of stuff on it.
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Do you blog on your iPod? I don’t use mine. But I had many iPods and used them only for music. I used to use my camera for photos until I got an iPhone.
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Well, an Ipod Touch is essentially an iphone without the phone capabilities. I use it more than I use my phone!
Since I take most of my photos with it, I use it to put the photos into the blog. I often reply to comments on it. Sometimes I do blog on it, mostly when I’m traveling (if I blog). Or sometimes just to finish up a blog.
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True. That’s exactly why I got an iPhone. I didn’t want to carry two things all the time. I used even carry three – my ipod for music, my phone and my camera.
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Yes, but I only pay about $30/mth- sometimes less. I’d hoped when I got a smartphone I wouldn’t need my iPod but it runs out of space & doesn’t take good photos. 😦
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I pay about $100 more than that for both of our iphones but it takes photos that are as good as my camera. I upload my photos to Shutterfly or FB or the blog (and I could back it up to the Cloud) so I don’t worry about space but it has plenty.
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I did just download the Amazon Photo app — now I just gottta get around to deleting stuff!
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That would be too tempting.
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Tempting in what way? It’s just another way to put your photos in the cloud (and is free with Amazon Prime, which reminds me I need to order some stuff . . . )
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To order from Amazon. I don’t have Amazon prime either.
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Best thing we ever did. We use the heck out of it — and watch movies, I listen to music sometimes, borrow books on my kindle. Totally worth it for us.
And I think Mr. Judy orders more than I do!
We actually order a lot of pet stuff on it, household stuff . . . very, very convenient — sometimes to the point of making Mr. Judy a hermit, I think!
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I had it free when I worked at the law school. I never really used it.
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Sounds like a pretty cool watch. I recently just got the Garmin 235 and love it. It has HR, fitness tracker, and smart notifications. I am still learning some of the features as well.
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Tough decision. I almost got a better garmin.
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I got the FitBit Blaze earlier this year, and while I’m not 100% in love with it, I’ll probably stick with it until I end up with a new Garmin simply because I don’t have an iPhone. Hopefully I love it as much as you love your Apple Watch!
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It heard that the Fit Blaze was great. If I had bought a more expensive Fitbit I might not have gotten the Apple Watch.
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I miss features from my old Garmin like intervals – which are very helpful to a run/walker like me!
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I do walk but I don’t use the run/walk features of my Garmin. I just walk when I feel like it.
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The vivoactive has the run/walk intervals.
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I’m happy for you – my friends have the original Apple watch and love theirs. I don’t run with my phone except for big races, when I want people to be able to track me via Garmin connect), so I still need a Garmin for running. I think it’s amazing how many technological devices there are available for us runners right now…when I started running in 2009, the only thing I could find other than a Garmin was a Nike+ shoe pod and wrist band.
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That’s what I had. The Nike + shoe pod. I thought it was great at the time.
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Cool! My hubby has one, and he loves it!!! It is a very cool gadget 🙂
I am not taking the plunge, I like being able to program my own workouts into my watch lol so I need my Garmin for now.
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I have to figure things out. I know that with the Runkeeper app, you can program workouts. I may still use my Garmin for races because I am comfortable with it and it is BIG and easy to read.
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Wow this does look like a cool watch! I can’t believe you waited so long, the temptation would have gotten me!
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I don’t wear my fitbit anymore either. It got old after 6 months. I wish Samsung would have a nice looking connected watch. I think they do but I haven’t checked it out recently.
I will be interested to know what you think of your Apple watch in 1 month !
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The watch sounds great – well worth waiting for the 2nd edition!
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I’m glad I waited. I used the Activity app today for the first time to track my run. It was great.
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I have the original Apple Watch. I was bummed out that it didn’t have GPS. For my birthday this year, I asked for the Garmin 235. I want more stats. What can I say? I wish the Apple Watch 2 was out last year. But I’m not getting a new one yet.
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I’m sure that the Garmin can do more. I don’t use intervals. The watch tracks heart rate, time, average pace, distance, lap pace. I still am figuring it out.
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I’m definitely eyeing the Apple Watch 2! Looking forward to an update after you’ve worn it more!
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So far so good. I used it to track my run today. I still have alot to learn on it.
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