I heard some faint music and stepped outside to see who might be playing music loud enough on a Sunday morning that I could hear it inside my own home. I went out and caught the sultry sounds of Albert King's "I'll Play The Blues For You".
Well, it was kinda early for music that loud, but hey! Good taste and a great selection for the dreary, cold, rainy day. I went back inside and watched it rain through the window with a hot cup of coffee in hand.
Then I got a text that was from our pastor at the church I attend. They had need for a guitar player on short notice, so I decided I'd go and play. And it continued to rain....
It didn't stop until late in the afternoon and by then I had other plans in play. I spent time with my family, and with the time change, it was soon to be dark anyway. So, I had a great deal of gratitude that I had gone out and rode on Friday, because Saturday's are pretty much work, then family time, and well, it started raining Saturday anyway.
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| Death of an Apple Watch |
I've caught myself taking a quick glance at my bare left wrist a lot lately. That's due to my Apple Watch failure last week. You can see the results of a slight blow to the top here.
I'm not the roughest guy on watches, and this thing outlasted those old FitBits I used to get by a long, long time. Oh yeah, time......
I have to tap my phone to see what time it is now. So annoying! I guess I'll have to dig out one of my old analog watches and see if I can't get one going. That or I have to start looking for another electronic device to slap onto my wrist so I can be Dick Tracy again. (Hit the link if you are too young to know about Mr. Tracy)
Maybe I should get a Garmin watch, or a Coros watch. Not sure. Mrs Guitar Ted is a huge Apple fan, so the most likely thing that will happen is that I end up with another Apple Watch. We will see. In the meantime, I will be caught taking a glance at my bare left wrist several times in the future.
Old habits and all.....
6 comments:
Sorry to hear about your watch. I’ve been using a Garmin Fenix 7S for the past couple years and it’s been super solid. Great battery life – usually 10-11 days before it needs to be charged.
Thanks Brother! I'll have to take a closer look at those Garmin watches.
Although I am a huge Apple fan, I think Apple Watch is overpriced. Probably other smartwatches too. The general comments I read says AW is the one that better reads the pulse on the wrist. In my case I am using since 8 years ago a Garmin 3 (I need the chest band for the pulse). Being true that I didn’t want to use it as smartwatch, batery is ok, device looks high quality, you can follow rutes… On the bad side, too big for my wrist, and weight too much (batery…). One secret: follow your wife decision and you will be ok. In my case funtion :)
@Pedro - The advice concerning the wife is wise counsel, Sir!
I've had a Coros Pace 2 for a couple years, and it's been pretty good. The battery life is still excellent, the wrist heart rate monitor is close enough, and real time pace information looks accurate. My biggest complaints are that I can't set multiples timers like I used to be able to on a long dead digital watch I bought from Radio Shack over 30 years ago (why is this still so hard to find?), and to really access my training data I have to use the app instead of being able to just transfer it raw from the watch and process it on my own.
@Salargron - Thanks for the suggestion and your experiences with the Coros. I'll be checking their products out. Thanks also for reading the blog!
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