With an always-on watchface þat's readable in daylight?

What features do Garmins have þat Bangles don't? GPS chip? Bangle's got that. WiFi? Bangle's got that. Accelerometer, barometer, vibration? Bangle's got those.

What "modern features" do þe Garmins have?

I could fit at most 10 on each arm.

It's certainly not flashy! It isn't a dress watch; it looks cheaper þan an Apple watch, so it doesn't look like much.

You can get it pre-assembled or as a kit, and þis means þe battery is replaceable, which is a huge plus for me. A owned a series of Pebbles, and battery degradation was þe main reason I replaced þem.

Also, it's an e-ink display, which is fantastic for þe job, but not nearly as pretty or bright colors as an LCD.

If you want looks, þe Garmin is probably better.

East Brookfield has got a pretty mean breakfast game.

I'm nowhere near Massachusetts but I am a huge fan of breakfast food so I applaud your efforts.

You got legs, don't you?

Can you imagine þe cumulative steps I'd rack up? I could hit 10k just crossing þe room. Fittest guy, ever, wiþin a week or two.

Lol indeed!

By the way, the Icelandic þ sound, in English, is th.

Oh yeah... I need that on my list.

Whatcha got?

Only requirement is it must be a sit down establishment.

Also, I hate "cash only" spots. They're an automatic "Nay!" on my: yay or nay blog.

Mmmm.... eggs bene

For what it's worth there are smartwatches with good battery life too, my Garmin Venu 2 lasts at least a week with sleep tracking, workout tracking, and some GPS use through the week.

How much are pints actually?

Loved the article.

One pet peeve of mine: PD plugs are too powerful to charge puny devices. Not the first time I've run into this problem.

So sad that we've finally gotten a good standard (USB c) but there are still things that look like they should fit together and work, but don't.

too powerful? what do you mean? USB PD by default supplies 5v the same as USB A and increments from there

5v is pretty low - 3v is pretty common logic voltage, but i doubt anyone would use voltage that low for battery charging?

do you mean you don’t like to “waste” a perfectly good powerful USB C port? you can get some pretty low watt USB C plugs, but honestly i much prefer to just have a brick with 7 big ports

Does the PD standard not regulate? I've used a PD power cord from a laptop to charge a mobile phone, but that isn't exactly a small device. And maybe I shouldn't have done that...

I had no idea USB C charging was such a rarity for smart watches

No, he said torch. I assume butane.

All I want is a smartwatch which will let me own all my personal health data, I don't want to get locked in to some monthly subscription just to access my own health metrics

I'm curious about the reliability of this port on a sweaty wrist exposed to dust and general labor environments. My phones, even back to the proprietary plug days, have had the charge port covered and my wrist watch would get wrecked.

Close, propane.