Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core

Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by spoinkaroo on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @01:59PM (#11763938)

I have a garmin forerunner 235 which is perfect for running, and functions as my everyday smartwatch with all day heartrate monitoring and basic notifications from my iphone. Do you still wear your pebbles?

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by kjaer on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @04:44PM (#11765302)

Do you still wear your pebbles?

I'm not OP, but I've had the opposite experience: I'm not using mine anymore.

I have both the original Pebble and the Pebble Time, but I've abandoned them in favor of a Suunto Ambit 3.

It functions well enough as a basic smartwatch (it can receive notifications, and that's about it) and fitness tracker, but is far better as a running watch: it records and displays more metrics, with far greater accuracy. Since it is also my fitness tracker, I'm wearing it every day instead of the Pebble, because I don't want two sets of incomplete data.

It's far more important to me to have a watch that functions as a running watch than one that has smartwatch features.

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by bigiain on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @07:23PM (#11766402)

I got the original Pebble from the Kickstarter, and the Time as well. I don't use them for fitness* but I do like the sleep tracking. I've pretty much had a Pebble on my wrist 24x6.5 (I charge it overnight once a week-ish) - after pretty much stopping completely wearing a watch shortly after I got my first cellphone with a clock in the '90s.

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by mikestew on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @02:12PM (#11764081)

Do you still wear your pebbles?

Wearing it as I type right now. But that's because all of my Garmin watches (610 and 910, IIRC) are old enough to not have the smart watch stuff. If I had a 920, I'd ditch the Pebble. I just can't yet justify the $400 simply to aggregate my wrist-worn devices.

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by marricks on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @03:13PM (#11764623)

What's the battery life like? I heard it's not quite as good as reported and honestly it's a bit hard to believe a device without an e-ink display would fair as well.

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by mjlee on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @04:16PM (#11765128)

It's decent, but using it in outdoor running mode (the only exercise mode I've tried) depletes the battery quite fast. I enable the optional GLONASS, I'm not sure how much effect that has.

Big handfuls, you'll get about 8 days out of it, less a day for every 30 minutes of running.

Garmin have released a few firmware updates for the watch which may account for the difference between my findings and those of early adopters.

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by DiabloD3 on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @09:26PM (#11767023)

GLONASS on most devices that speak both is enabled only when GPS signal quality is poor enough, and it just uses it to improve the accuracy of your position.

It uses more battery life, but in a lot of cases it's the difference between accurate positioning and not.

So, yeah, I'd try doing same day runs on clear days, with GLONASS on and off, and compare drain rate.

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by mjlee on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @12:14PM (#11770867)

To be honest, it doesn't bother me enough to run any sort of rigorous trial. Going by some trusted reviewers, GLONASS sucks an extra 20% during activities. I'm never so far away from being able to charge it that such a small difference bothers me.

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by spoinkaroo on Thursday May 26, 2016 @01:25PM (#11779802)

It lasts atleast 2-3 days, honestly I charge it every other day and run 3-5 days a week and it works great.

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Re:Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by xirdstl on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @03:24PM (#11764731)

I'd guess it depends a lot on how much you use the GPS. I've had mine for about six weeks, and I charge it once per week.

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