![]() ![]() Zwift processes the data for certain power meters in such a way that the wattage reading in-game gets “stuck” on a particular wattage for 3+ seconds whenever a rider stops pedaling quickly. Ready to head down the rabbit hole with me? Let’s go! Sticky Watts: an Introduction I call it “sticky watts”, and it’s what this post is all about. But it just sucks wearing two watches.I’ve been testing a set of Favero Assioma pedals as well as Garmin Vector 3 pedals for several months, and while I’m impressed with their performance both on Zwift on IRL, there’s one Zwifty niggle that bugs me. I am somewhat tempted by the 955 (sold my 945 LTE already) because I really do have to charge the Watch all the time with all the triathlon volume. Syncing to my favorite platforms (intervals.icu, TrainingPeaks, Strava) easy with HealthFit or RunGap. It does sleep tracking well (and will soon be better!) and I get Body Battery-esque metrics through TT and Athlytic. ![]() WOD is an incredibly powerful fitness app. I can connect to my Stryd footpod and bike power meters with Bluetooth. That said, the AW is fantastic 98% of the time. For the AW, automatic importing of structured workouts, AOD, and (hopefully) superior hardware with a more rugged build and better battery will elevate it above the competition. I regularly find myself cursing the stupid touchscreen if my fingers are wet, and the Always On Display isn’t really there yet. Overall, for pure fitness the Garmin is still superior. Support for run and power meters, easy interval programming, fantastic maps. AW never drops laps but the Garmin would.īike and Run I use WorkOutDoors, which is absolutely bonkers. It sucks not having buttons but I have to say the AW is more accurate for lap tracking than the Garmin was. I find the HRV-based Athlytic and TT to be as accurate as Body Battery Don’t need all 3, but they were cheap and only Athlytic has a (cheap) subscription. Health analytics through Training Today, Athlytic, and HealthFit. ![]() By 9 PM battery is usually 10-20% from other workouts and just life I have another AW that I use for sleep and non-run morning workouts. 3 bikes, 3 runs, 3 swims per week.īattery is not great. So it would be hard for me to go 100% Garmin unless they had a real LTE solution. I use the watch for phone calls and texts on runs and also for Apple Music and audiobooks. For me it was either wear two watches or just wear the AW6. Just went from Garmin 945 LTE to Apple Watch Series 6 Cellular. For doing more running and cycling, navigating, laps, pacing programmes and training sessions (Garmin training is pretty good) I would definitely choose the Garmin again. If I only ran 5k three times a week and wanted the watch more as a watch, both are fine with the Apple having that Apple look and Apple premium feel. Apple maps watch based navigation in cities was handy and stroke detection (swimming not condition) was good. I never used walkie talkies or breathing notifications on the watch. It's a bit more of a faff to control music on the Garmin is probably the only downside, On that note I think heart monitoring is better on the Garmin. Garmin is more customisable and obviously better integration with Garmin bike computers etc, I use mine as a heart monitor for a Garmin Edge. I enjoy the Garmin feels a bit more utilitarian, not so worried about scratches or broke screen etc. Garmin plays nicer with Strava and Komoot (may have changed since I switched 18 months ago). I prefer the buttons on the Garmin as the Apple screen was a bit of pain in the wet. ![]() For a casual lifestyle watch with some exercise, Apple. Do I occasionally miss answering calls or texts with my watch, sure, but it’s also freedom to not be tied to my phone at all times.įor an athlete, Garmin is still hands down the better choice. Though Apple can approximate Garmin running data with the WorkOutDoors app, it’s still lacking in training data and tools, even with the new OS changes. In addition the physical buttons make a huge difference for running and swimming. Switching back to Garmin, I’ve obviously loved the battery life. That being said, if Apple even just doubled battery life, I wouldn’t have considered switching. It couldn’t make it through a day hike and forget it with a backpacking trip. The battery health was declining, but still. It barely made it through my marathons, and during Boston it died this year at mile 20. I had to always worry about it with Apple. My main reason to switch was battery life. I had the early iterations off Garmin watches, then Apple Watch for five years, now a Fénix 7 for a few months. I went from Garmin to Apple Watch back to Garmin. ![]()
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