I had cellular on my AW8. I like having it when I go out on a hike because I never take my phone and it gives me a way to be connected if I need to be. And then there were a couple of times where I forgot my phone at home and was still able to send messages, make a call, and stuff like that. It doesn’t get used all that often and maybe it’s not worth it but it sure is nice to have when you do need it.

Mine goes on the charger at night and comes off in the morning. I haven’t done sleep tracking since my Fitbit.

Yeah. I only have two Apple watches to compare to and I tend to walk the same path over and over. They are always within a couple hundredths of a mile of each other. But I have a hiking buddy who has a new Venu 3 and sometimes they can be more off, like as much as a tenth of a mile.

For reference, I just hike and walk and the areas that I do this in are pretty flat and tree free.

I track with my Apple watch, so all of my other watches are gathering dust somewhere.

It’s a great tracker. I use it for walks and I have never had a watch with GPS that has been as consistently accurate as my AW. Before this, I had a Garmin Venu and while it definitely had more metrics, the GPS just wasn’t consistent. And before that I had a Fitbit that was absolute garbage.

My AW doesn’t have the crazy level of metrics that the Garmin has but it does have enough. I don’t need 25 different metrics, most of which I don’t understand, for my walks and hikes. YMMV if you are an elite athlete or a marathon runner or something like that. For distance and heart rate, it is a fantastic device.

Snoopy eating the ass out of a turkey. I mean why not?

Please hand over your man card right now.

Nah, just kidding. It’s a nice band. If it makes you happy to wear it, you wear it and be happy. And if anyone gives you crap for it, they’re the ones that are insecure.

I don’t wear my watch at night but I can tell you that I sleep like crap most nights. 😂

I have an AW8 and I recently got an Ultra 2. I use the AW8 for when I want a smaller, lighter watch. It’s great for traveling and I do some workout, like boxing, where it gets uncomfortable under my gloves. I mostly use the Ultra 2 though. Also, I have cellular on the AW8 and haven’t transferred it to the Ultra 2 yet. I don’t like to bring my phone on hikes, so I wear the AW8 so that I have a connection. It’s an evolving situation. I will move cellular over, I’ve just been too lazy. 😂

The Fitbit did sleep tracking like no other device I’ve used. That was the ONLY thing that it did right. Fitbit is garbage. Every Fitbit I ever had died about six month after the warranty ended. And the most they would offer is a coupon for 20% off another Fitbit. Talk about an abusive relationship. I’d been a customer of theirs since the very first step tracker they put out but I finally had to move on to Garmin. And then I got an iPhone and the rest is history. I now use an AW8 and an Ultra 2.

Oh, and the Fitbit also kept the time pretty well.