u/revjko

Hi all, I'm looking to change out my current smartwatch (Amazfit Active 2) and the 9 Peak Pro is under consideration (as well as Coros Pace 4). I'm not, by any stretch of the imagination, an athletic sort but I do like to keep tabs on steps, heart rate, and suchlike. I also like to view walk routes but that's not critical. My phone could handle that if needed. I also look for long battery life, audible alarms, and basic notifications from my Android phone (a nice feature would be the watch respecting DND phone settings but that seems to be relatively uncommon). I have small wrists so something less than 44mm is preferred.

Is the 9 Peak Pro a bit overkill for what I want or is it a good choice?

Hi all, I'm looking to change out my current smartwatch (Amazfit Active 2) and the Coros Pace 4 is under consideration. I'm not, by any stretch of the imagination, an athletic sort but I do like to keep tabs on steps, heart rate, and suchlike. I also like to view walk routes but that's not critical. My phone could handle that if needed. I also look for long battery life, audible alarms, and basic notifications from my Android phone (a nice feature would be the watch respecting DND phone settings but that seems to be relatively uncommon). I have small wrists so something less than 44mm is preferred.

Is the Coros Pace 4 a bit overkill for what I want or is it a good choice?

Apologies for what's likely to be the same question everyone else asks, but you'll appreciate there's a lot of personal preference and need in selecting a fitness band/watch.

The recent announcement of the Google/Fitbit Air got me wondering about replacing my Amazfit Active 2. In functional terms it does pretty much what I need. I'm not a fitness guru or athlete and generally just want to monitor steps, heart rate, broad activity level (not interested in workouts/recovery), and possibly SPO2 (but not crucial). The Amazfit Active 2 does these things and gives me a nice-sized watch as well but its integration with my Android phone can be annoying. Particularly, it doesn't respect phone DND settings and so I end up having notifications disabled or silenced on the watch, which pretty much defeats any 'smart' functionality. I do like the watch to have an alarm (and I really wish I could have the alarm on but other notifications off on the Amazfit, but that doesn't seem to be an option). Its link to Google Fit via its Zepp app can also be intermittent, as can the app itself.

Something like the Air would give me the option of just ignoring any smart wearable functionality and using a regular analogue watch (my preferred time-checking style). The band would give me the activity tracking I need. But I'm also interested in alternatives that would better link up to my phone (which happens to be a OnePlus at the moment, but I'm not brand loyal on phones, although it's always Android). I do know that getting a watch to follow the phone DND is often limited to matching brands, but happy to be directed to something suitable.

Following some other suggestions on here I've looked at the Withings ScanWatch 2 and that's certainly appealing. Functionally though, it doesn't offer much more than the Air or other bands, I think.

I also have small wrists so some of the chunkier devices such as Garmin's range are just too big. Something around 42-44mm in diameter, and without a huge bezel, is ideal.

So, happy to be pointed to some devices that would meet my need. Thanks.

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