Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed?

Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by gnicholas on Sunday April 07, 2019 @12:25AM (#19594812)

I'm still getting by with my Pebble Time Steel, and I've been watching (no pun intended) Fitbit's releases to see if they're yet up to snuff. It looks like the most recent revision of their smartwatches would work OK for me (and add HR sensor). Don't know if they'll be sufficiently reliable, since this has been a weak spot for Fitbit in years past.

If I'm able to eke out another 2-3 years, I might get an Apple Watch, which would presumably have 3-4 day battery life by then.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by koiz on Sunday April 07, 2019 @01:50AM (#19595033)

The versa is a good option, its the one that reminds me of the pebble the most.

Nothing has gotten to the size of my my pebble time round though

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by mruts on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:38AM (#19596177)

I have a Fitbit charge3 and I really like it. I have only had it for 6 months, so I can’t speak to it’s reliability.

The only thing I wish it had was an alarm that would wake me up at a specific level of sleep, like rem sleep.

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Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? by tech2 on Sunday April 07, 2019 @08:25AM (#19596381)

I tried the charge3 and the step and stairs-climbed counters both read wildly incorrectly. It also had a tendency to track steps taken when driving. They also hadn't got the pulse-ox sensor doing anything at the time I returned it.

The OS on it is quite nice, the iOS app isn't bad either, but the inaccuracy just drove me nuts.

I moved on to a Garmin vivosmart instead. Not quite as pretty, but a lot more accurate.

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