Do I need a watch?

Gear
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I have a Garmin Fenix 5 which is my daily wear watch.

Coming from an Apple watch a couple of things stand out.

Firstly Battery life, I maybe charge it once a week, this covers Gym, run and Bike sessions for the week including GPS use, so no more nightly charging.

And Secondly, I barely use my bike head unit any more, the watch links to my powermeter and HRM belt perfectly.

Drawbacks against the Apple watch? I miss the ApplePay on the watch, the Garmin is quite large on the wrist - it wont slip under a shirt cuff easily and finally I see to go through straps quite quickly.

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Im not looking for a daily wearer though - and Garmin only has a workaround for transmitting HR over BT - the Virtual Run workout.

Ive just remembered what a hassle chest straps are, and the interference from vests. So Watch it is.

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My wife worked in the industry, so I learned by osmosis. Copies of QP are longed gone after several house moves.

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They stopped making QP in March this year.
No online edition either.

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TW Steel for the win.

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My Omega Seamaster is now 21 years old is still going strong. It was my immediate purchase after receiving my first annual bonus. Eventually Iā€™ll pass it on but in the meantime I alternate between that and my forerunner 935.

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iā€™ll pass my IWC on, that and my PRS Artist Hollowbody will be the heirlooms for Little One.

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How are they a hassle and what vest causes interference? Just curious, as iā€™ve never had a problem with chest straps before, and have personally found my wrist hrm to be absolute crap once i actually start to exercise (itā€™s fine on day to day monitoring)

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I donā€™t even know what QP is? When I was researching my watch, I bought a mag called ā€˜Watchtimeā€™

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I switched to a Wahoo Tickr X and it has been hassle free.

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Used my Tickr X for the first time on Mon. It worked fine but couldnā€™t get a signal until Iā€™d wetted the pads.

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A quarterly luxury watch magazine.
Often found in BA lounges.

It was printed on Matt paper and had a nice texture to it. Smelt nice too.
Itā€™s got a special name that type of printing.

Anyway - my Wahoo Tickr scratches my chest and I have a scar from the constant rubbing.

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chainmail

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With a tin foil hat?!

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What is it that only can only listen for HR data over BT?

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You will have had another 10 Garmins before you hand that Omega onā€¦

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OHR (wrist) is shite, trust me. My Run VO2 has fallen greatly, because my 935 now thinks I run everywhere at 170 bpm, even though my MHR is probably about that now.

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Badge of honour, that Tickr scar :sweat_smile:

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I started with a chest HR and it would randomly spike to over 200 or 0. This is a hassle, plus finding it, keeping it in place. Itā€™s another thing to go wrong or get lost.

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Apple TV and iPad.