[flagged]

Garmin does not have their act together enough to be that evil. I actually kind of like how utilitarian they are.

To be honest, my Garmin watches always felt like engineering marvels to me. Rugged, very long battery lives, small form factors, and for many years at the forefront of what was thought possible. Progress slowed down somewhat, but I still get a lot of joy out of them (currently a Forerunner 965). I haven’t been wearing my mechanical watch for ages. And as a sports watch they are very hard to beat

Every couple of years? My last Garmin lasted 5 years, and I only upgraded because the new model finally had enough new features that I wanted. Otherwise I'd still be using the old one. My "new" one is over 3 years old and still working fine.

There are reasons other than time keeping that are quite compelling.

Detection of atrial fibrillation is what I need. I’d really like a stand alone, always on device that did it. I can’t find this device.