health watch

[Junie2]

Hi

Can anyone suggest a good health watch ,

Many thanks

Junie

[Happyrosie]

Personally, I was drawn to the Apple Watch as I have an iPhone and iPad. So I googled “comparison Apple Watch and Fitbit “ and found an article. After that, I found some more articles.

It very much depends on what you want it for.

[Junie2 in reply to Happyrosie]

Hi Happyrosie

I looked at the Apple Watch and the it looks good, I have the phone and iPad, so think I will get it.

Many thanks

[CyclingTime in reply to Junie2]

If you are already part of the Apple ecosystem as you are, and you can afford it then the Apple watch is the best bet Otherwise I would recommend Garmin

[Junie2 in reply to CyclingTime]

Hi CyclingTime

Did not know about Garmin, will have a look.

Thanks so much

[CyclingTime in reply to Junie2]

They have an enormous range of excellent products. Definitely generally not as pretty as the Apple watch if that is really important but big functionality

[Lowerfield_no_more]

What do you want it to do? What is your budget?

[Junie2 in reply to Lowerfield_no_more]

Hi Lowerfield_no_more

I think I am going for the Apple Watch.

Thanks for your reply

[TedSpaniel]

I had an Apple Watch but gave it away to my daughter. I was finding I was using it too much and that dwelling on things too much raised my anxiety. I have a 6 lead Kardiomobile device and a Braun BP and I only use it if I feel unwell. So be carefully it doesn’t become too consuming.

[Junie2 in reply to TedSpaniel]

Hi TedSpaniel

That is a really good point

Many thanks

[Andyman]

Take a look at the Garmin range. Do all the sports, plots your sleep and heart rate. A watch to in the range to suit most budgets.

[Junie2]

Hi Andyman

I will have a look at the garmin range.

Thanks so much

[Rosie1066]

An Apple Watch

[Alison_L]

Hi Junie. My ex cardiac rehab physio currently recommends anything in the Garmin range.

[Junie2 in reply to Alison_L]

Good to know Alison L

Thanks

[DWizza]

Garmin vivoactive for me and the garmin connect app on my phone. I use to track activities , steps, running, cycling (outdoors and stationary turbo training) , swimming, walking and outdoor work on my farm as Cardio, yoga classes .. and my weights sessions .

It gives heart rates, from live time to average for the day and last 7 days , intensity minutes ( as per 150 mins per week guidelines.. I did 750 last week 🤣) . It shows sleep and body battery (recovery) which fascinates me as it seems to know if I have a rare beer in the evening ! Then my body battery doesn’t recover and it shows my sleep is terrible!🤣. So I don’t have evening beers much any more.

I’ve taken some screen shots and joined them together so that you can get an idea . I record my blood pressure to the app on my phone , it also shows a VO2 max score and tells me my fitness age is 38 when I’m 62… I think it’s trying to butter me up 🤣.. probably inaccurate. I hope it’s of use to you 🦏

Garmin connect and garmin vivoactive

[Parsley56 in reply to DWizza]

Flippin eck! This thread has been a revelation to me! Does it cook tea?!

[DWizza in reply to Parsley56]

I was amazed when it knocked this up 😮🤣

Lunch

[Parsley56 in reply to DWizza]

Oh BRILLIANT! that made me laugh! X

[Junie2 in reply to DWizza]

Hi DWizza

Good information, screen shots really helpful. Thanks so much

[DWizza]

another screenshot

Garmin

[DWizza]

screenshot

Garmin

[DWizza]

vivoactive 4s (small)

Vivoactive 4s

[KJW66]

I've got a huawei gt2 pro, 2nd hand under £80, great spec, works with Android phones.

[Junie2 in reply to KJW66]

Thanks KJW66

[Snowflake01]

Garmin for me, in my unqualified and biased opinion - haven't tried any others, but very pleased with my watch (Garmin Forerunner 255, doesn't do ECG though)

[Junie2 in reply to Snowflake01]

thanks Snowflake01

[Yellow26]

Hi Junie2

To be honest it depends on what you want it for, it’s ok for measuring your steps, how long out running for, but and a big but I wouldn’t use it for anything like heart beats or ECG.

My GP said these watches have caused a lot of problems with patients having panic attacks or even anxiety with the readings they received from their watch, she said bin it, it causes too many problems.

[Junie2 in reply to Yellow26]

Hi Yellow

I started thinking about it, when my glucose monitor stopped working, but don’t think smart watches do that, so I was interested in what they can do. But you do make a good point , don’t want to get obsessive with it.

Thanks for your reply

[DWizza in reply to Yellow26]

That’s shockingly poor advice for the majority of people though . Plenty of hearty athletes and rehabbbers no how to use them. GPs give some terrible general advice.

[MyHF in reply to Yellow26]

my cardiologist told me she didn’t believe they could work until her friend sent her an ecg if AF from her Apple Watch. I was asked if I had an Apple Watch, I said yes and she took me off apixiban saying the long term risk out weighs the benefit as my watch would tell me for sure if AF returns. I also have a friend who suffers from AF and his Apple Watch alerts him every time. That’s just my experience.

[RF260]

Hi, I have a Fitbit watch and the Fitbit app on my phone. Every morning I check it to find out how I slept 🙄. On a serious note I had a Heart attack in April , I was feeling a bit crap and watch was showing resting heart rate of 120 and not going down (normally about 55) so I knew something was wrong , called 111, ended up in hospital where their monitoring of heart rate was very close to what Fitbit was saying. I use it to track steps, exercise, oxygen levels (which generally show a bit lower than the finger monitor medics use) breathing rate, and other useful health info. I take people's point about worrying but I might have delayed ringing 111 had I just felt crap and not had the Fitbit monitoring my RHR..good luck

[Sanpanda]

Apple Watch 😊xx

[Suebedoo]

I'm a bit late to the party but have found that the Apple watch is too big for me as I have quite small wrists and the clock face is quite large. I found that fitbit does what I need it to do and the clock face is a lot smaller.

[Junie2 in reply to Suebedoo]

Hi Suebedoo

My wrists are small, will have to look at the sizes.

Thanks so much