Thanks for the heads up. I want to like the Samsung watch but for what I want I’m just not sure it’s up to the job and think it would leave me frustrated. I like the look of the Garmin Fēnix 5 plus but it’s not cheap. I guess i want a watch that does everything really well. Maybe I’m greedy or maybe I don’t like settling for average. Thanks again, Dave @JohanDeVilliers wrote: If you are like me where it irritates you if you loose seconds on a run or ride, don't get the Samsung watch because that would be the least of your problems! It's a smart watch with sports tracking ability, not an out-and-out sports watch. Strava regularly drops GPS signal, tracks the route wrong, or just stops recording midway through a session. HR monitoring is shaky..sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I've noticed on my longer rides in the region of 3-6 hours 95% of the time it just stops recording mid session for no reason. on shorter session of 1-1,5 hours it's about 75% success rate of recording correctly. I always take a second GPS tracking device with me when I cycle because I know the Strava app on the Samsung watch is not that reliable. That being said, it does have auto-pause function, so you shouldn't loose too much seconds when you are standing still. You stop and start on-screen, not with buttons(I haven't tried though, maybe it does aswell?) I've found that sweaty hands on the watch screen works better than on a phone screen. I'm even able to easily press the watch screen buttons when I'm wearing gloves. The watch vibrates every km you run, yes, and then it gives you a 1km lap update for a few seconds before returning to the screen showing your distance, time and live pace. I'm thinking of getting Gear Tracker instead of using the Strava app. It also loads your activity straight to Strava afterwards, and apparently it is way more reliable than the Strava app.
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