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Cool cheap gadgets which made your life nicer?
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former pebble user here, i'll confirm that they're great with the caveat that their batteries do wear out fairly quickly. this is probably just a consequence of being NOS or used (i cant remember) but mine needed daily charging after a few months.
if you want something more open and hackable, or you want to save a few bucks and are open to a bit of tinkering, check out the PineTime. it's a similar form factor but touchscreen
Shucks, PineTime is the one I was mentioning about being a little less polished, but I forgot that they are literally twenty-seven dollars, damn. Ok that definitely makes up for a lot of rough edges.
Fair enough, but I did have a Time 1 (curse fitbit for strangling the Time 2 in the crib) that I used daily for about 5 years and still got 5-6 days of battery on it. I've heard good things about the pine time - and I love their ethos, so I'll check that out.
Now I just need to figure out how to not have the skin on my wrist irritated from wearing a watch regularly...
I don't have a smartwatch. I notice that a lot of them have silicone straps. Does yours?
If yes: get a leather strap.
Yeah I've definitely noticed the silicone ones are a lot worse. I've got a few different straps I use, and the leather ones are definitely much better, though not entirely foolproof. Hairy wrists probably doesn't help either.
Metal ones are a pretty classic hairy dude look. And now they have ceramic ones that are structures the same way.
Or you could just get a 2" band of electrolysis. That'd be hot.
Metal bands pinch the hair like crazy; I've had a few dressy watches that I just couldn't wear for very long at all because of that.
Maybe on the selective deforestation though. I did used to have a pretty sick watch tan back in the day. But with wfh I just don't really have as much need for a watch or a purse, sadly, since I do love having them both.
you reminded me about the watch thread I was meaning to make https://hexbear.net/post/1946147
straps are not showcased tho :(