What Are Some Things You Regret Buying or Bought but Never Used?
I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don't hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don't even use.
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My smartwatch purchase partially. It's a Galaxy Watch4 Classic, it does stuff like track my workouts, heartrate, etc., run WearOS-optimized apps that I basically never use like Spotify, and I have to charge it every 2 days. I noticed that the only real feature I need is to get my phone's notifications on my wrist. Not really worth the € 200-300 purchase imo, but it works okay-ish.
I bought a refurbished galaxy watch 4 and I love it. I use it mostly for reminders and timers and it works really well for me. I put it in the charger while I shower and that basically the only time I'm not wearing it. I understand it's a pretty unusual use case, I don't really care about the fitness aspect of it, I just want a voice assistant on my wrist.
Wow, I paid less than half that for my Garmin Instinct Solar and charge it maybe once or twice a month. Supposedly with the newer model, you don't even have to charge it as long as you take it out in the sun for a bit every day.
I use mine all the time for contactless payments and for two-factor authentication codes (using Authenticator Pro, which is free and open-source). Saves having to get my phone out.
I got a xiaomi fitness band and it got the feature you wanted and also cheaper and durable. One of the best purchase i've ever had.
2nding this. If what you mainly need are simple metrics, notifications, and really long battery life, they're hard to beat for ~40 USD.
I had the fossil cause it did all that and still had NFC pay for like $72 but... They are done and I don't think I mind. They were never that useful other than the notifications.
Same use case for mine but I got it with my phone purchase (Pixel 7 Pro with the watch).
I wouldnt buy another one and once it's dead and want a watch, I'll get my actual watvh that's collecting dust.
I'm still rocking a xiomi watch that shows me notifications. I charge it once a week and it's like 8 years old.
I had a Samsung Smart watch before, but the battery life was the same you're experiencing.