Garmin Forerunner 35 vs Huawei Honor Band 6

Well, we're pretty much all my workout gear. The risk based heart monitor to me was a major selling feature. I want to be able to learn the maximum I ...

Here, the Honor Band 6 fits the description quite well and looks like a solid variable on a budget. But before moving forward with the review, I have ...

I used the quick-release wristband because I would go back and forth between my road bike. I don't think I'll ever rely on it again because this is the second time it's disconnected accidentally, and certainly the last time since there's no hope of finding it along the 10 mile trail of rock and mud.

Way better than the FitBit that bombed out after a year. Battery lasts almost a week!!! Easy to use, do not feel I gave anything up by using this brand. Would definitely recommend over the FitBit.

Garmin won't be able to sell the Forerunner 35 for $200 for too long. $150 seems like a better price point. I'm sure a Forerunner 35-level watch will be selling for only $100 or so in a couple more years. The Forerunner 35 wears pretty nicely

I would expect a little better for the cost of the watch. My $10 watch prefored better.

Are you a runner looking to take training to the next level, but can't afford a really pricey device? Wondering why in the world you'd even need one? I was in your shoes! As an activity tracker, the Forerunner 35 is very nice. I give it 3 stars because many of the features that a runner would use don't work, and I feel it's deceptive to sell a device with these features when they're not really usable for training. Essentially, this is a good activity tracker posing (ineffectively) as a training tool. Many reviewers mention that the Forerunner 35 isn't for "serious runners", and I took that to mean that they believe "serious runners" need all the complexity of a very expensive watch

Swiping left to right will give you a quick glance at data like your daily progress, heart rate, stress and a few others. There's a single button on t...

I use it primarily as a device to help family at home feel comfortable with me being off grid.

The band itself is the most comfortable I have ever worn. The screen is great and the strap is just right. However the software app did not work correctly on my Pixel 3 XL. The customer support person said she would send me a link where I could download the lastest version

I think as long as you can run comfortably at a conversational pace, your HR shouldn't matter too much. That's not to say you shouldn't strive to get better at running, but there are so many more metrics than just HR to tell you if you're on the right path. Happy running :)

Filling with blood oxygen also displays. In the watch nothing superfluous, everything is simple and intuitive. Comfortable on the hand, convenient magnetic charging.

95 at Fitbit)(Opens in a new window) , which gives you the option to send a canned response, emoji, or voice-to-text reply.

The major negative (for me) is that it no longer connects to Google Fit, which is one of my fundamental requirements. A response from support: "This issue is caused by the rejection of Google Fit to the data access request from Huawei Health App, and we are trying our best to negotiate and evaluate a suitable solution." After using it for one day, I've set the device aside. If Huawei and Google don't resolve the matter soon, then I'll be returning the device

While I have found getting these alerts on my wrist pretty useful, this particular feature falls short of what the Pebble offered. There's no queue or timeline for reviewing notifications as there is on the Pebble and I find I miss the ability to simply scroll back through previous alerts. BATTERY LIFE The Forerunner 35's battery life is outstanding. I get between 8 and 10 days between charges, and a full charge takes only a few hours

Bought two months ago and working fine. Battery life not as long as advertised. I get about 8 days of battery with moderate use.

The first of the three times I got up to pee the Garmin showed that my ARHR had by that time dropped to 44, indicating that even though customer service told me that ARHR is an average over the last 7 sleep periods, my ARHR when I went to bed was close to 44 - which tracks with readings of the previous night, which also dropped intranight to 44. However, last night, except for those 4-5 brief intervals, which totaled about 10 minutes across the duration of my 6:30 sleep period, the graph of my HR shows a resting pulse that ranged from 34-44, with the average for the night being about 40. Yet at the end of my sleep period my ARHR had gone back up to 45! How did customer service explain this anomaly? Apparently the device ignores any resting pulses below 40 as artifacts, and since my RP was in the 30's for about an hour and a half, and since this wasn't even counted in averaging over the night (which gave more weight to the brief periods when my RP was in the high 40s and 50s) there was no drop in my ARHR, and in fact, over the last 6 months I've only briefly ever gotten it down to 44, even though my actual RP for the night is typically around 10-42, except on the nights after intense training sessions. Despite these evident software design flaws, my overall impression of Garmin, and even of the Forerunner 35, is positive

One thing I should tell you is that the size of this smart band is not that small like the previous fitness band from honor or be it any other company...