Going from an S5 that I bought on the outset of the pandemic to an S8 in June that I actually used, I’ve lost 35lbs using it.

I just got ahead of getting sick because I saw my resting heart rate rising pretty sharply. Felt my lymph nodes swelling and my temperature was higher. I was able to get a few nights’ solid sleep and now I’m feeling tons better

Improved. It can tell me when I’ve fallen or fainted and I can look at the stats to see what my heart rate did if I get close to fainting too. It can also detect a car crash which I appreciate since I drive a lot.

I was skeptical if I really needed one but now I can’t go without it.

For years I would get the occasional racing heart episodes while exercising but never could confirm whether it was in my head or if they were legitimate. I’ve now caught a few on my watch that are being used to help diagnose me with a form tachycardia. Going to the cardiologist this week to finally get answers.

Also, as a golfer, I’ve used SwingU as a range finder and to track my score. Such a sweet tool.

I also love using Siri to set timers while I grill.

These are just a few of so many great features that have improved my life immensely.

Who says that it can’t be both. Are there cheaper ways to do the things it does maybe but it does them all well enough and I would say with style. Mine was a gift for my wife. I’m still wearing the series 5 I wear mine every day I run a business and I have a family being able to spot my email, appointments and text on my wrist while carrying things and working all day for me is next level.

It’s an integral part of my fitness tracking/health/accountability!

braided loop and sleep tracking helped me keep an eye out for my sleep schedule. I’ve been able to use sleep tracking data to adjust my daily routine and diet and I’ve been feeling better every day.

Definitely nice for sleep and fitness tracking and seeing reminders without taking my phone out, but by far my number one use for it is Apple Pay. So convenient to just tap my wrist to the card reader. Makes way more sense to me than using my phone. At that point there’s not much difference in just pulling out my wallet.

The Apple Watch lets me get notifications so I can leave my phone on silent without missing anything important. That’s literally the entire reason I have one. Aside from that, setting timers with Siri when I do laundry and looking at the time, I literally actively, I do nothing else with my AW.

Passively, it lets me unlock my phone and MacBook when I’m using them and that is awesome.

For me, it was somewhat useless for the first year or so until I started going to the gym and began taking care of my health. Seeing progress, such as resting heart rate improvements, VO2Max increases and many other metrics has greatly motivated me to push myself and do more. Nowadays, I can’t imagine going outside without it (not that I ever have, but it wasn’t a priority).

So far just a luxury item for me. Bought it because I was depressed and felt like splurging on something as a distraction

the first one I got helped me to keep on track with hitting goals and that got me down about 80lbs at peak. now i just keep upgrading for no reason minor updates.

I love this watch, it tells you to log your feelings, to stand up, tells you good morning 😃 it’s a wonderful wrist companion!

No. It’s just convenient access to information without pulling one the phone.

Helps me track more accurately the steps and you could argue I’m a little bit healthier if I aim for 10k steps / day instead of sitting on my butt all day

It’s nice to track my resting heart rate, especially before and after betablockers.

More convenient when looking at my notifications when phone’s away / I’m driving.

Once when I was boxing it asked me if I took a fall and wanted to call 911 :)

So pretty much just a luxury , haha