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So if you have the Amazon halo you have probably gotten the dreaded email that they are discontinuing it by August 1st, what are you switching to?

I really prefer to stay screenless, as with my line of work I don't need the distraction during meetings or the buzzing of my arm. For context I got 128 text messages between 6 pm and 9 pm last night So that also will be a huge battery drain.

I love the sleep tracking and the steps with the satisfaction of earning points for movement and taking points away for sedentary behavior.

I use android phone if that matters. And I really would rather not go to the fitbit as thats what I had prior to my halo and i got a third degree burn on my arm when I wore it to a 3 day rock festival in the middle of one of our lovely Carolina summers :)

I have looked at garmin but haven't found anything that screams take me home (except the pixel watch, but with my phone usage that battery doesn't stand a chance...)

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I had a similar issue with an old version of the FitBit, I believe it was a Versa model. If I wore it for more than a day or two, it would leave welts on my wrist and become incredibly irritated. I switched to the Sense 2 and have not had any skin irritation at all. The charging nodes are completely different on this model - they are flush if not very slightly inset, and smaller, which seems to have made the difference for me. I have FitBit premium and LOVE all the data. My husband has a Garmin (one of the "rugged" models) and really likes it as well, but he says he misses the touch screen of the FitBit.

Similarly, I get an obscene amount of messages and notifications and I like that I can set "downtime" hours on the FitBit that turns off on wrist notifications.

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I love my Apple Watch SE but I see you are an android user, so you'd have to jump the fence to an iPhone I believe to be able to use one.

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49 minutes ago, Sleeve_Me_Alone said:

I had a similar issue with an old version of the FitBit, I believe it was a Versa model. If I wore it for more than a day or two, it would leave welts on my wrist and become incredibly irritated. I switched to the Sense 2 and have not had any skin irritation at all. The charging nodes are completely different on this model - they are flush if not very slightly inset, and smaller, which seems to have made the difference for me. I have FitBit premium and LOVE all the data. My husband has a Garmin (one of the "rugged" models) and really likes it as well, but he says he misses the touch screen of the FitBit.

Similarly, I get an obscene amount of messages and notifications and I like that I can set "downtime" hours on the FitBit that turns off on wrist notifications.

i am intrigued by the solar on the garmin, as it would be handy to have one less thing to charge when we camp

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