Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Seriously considering getting a "smart watch". Wife has one, not an apple, she uses it for monitoring her pulse, blood pressure, does all sorts of chit. The new Apple series 6 does blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, even provides a ekg if you want.

Anybody got one? Worth the investment? Used to work with a guy who had one when they kinda first came out, he said he didn't know how he ever got along without it. Kinda like my leatherman.

Foodfisher Loc: SO. Cal coast

Might tell you stuff you don't want to know.

PapaJ Loc: South of Greenville, TX. Near Lake Tawakoni

I've had one for about 3 years now. I stopped wearing it a few months ago for what some might consider a strange reason. Instead of being a useful tool to track my exercise I had become a slave to it. I felt like I just "had to" complete all of the exercise chores (close the rings) each day or I was a failure. Weird, I know. So I took it off and rarely wear it now. Overall I would say that they are great devices if you don't let them run your life.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

I hear ya! You always run that risk. If you don't want my answer, don't ask me no questions.

Jeremy Loc: America

Do they tie fishing knots??So don’t need glasses and patience to get a knot tied with these older eyes.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Haven't found one that will do that. Use bigger line. It's what I do.

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Spirit and Jeremy: I am watching the ND/Cincy game waiting for my son to come tie an arbor knot. Can't tie that 20 pound test Power Pro on the spool. Time marches on!

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

I'm watching too. 3rd period just started. Not looking good for the Irish at the moment. They look a little stunned. Hey, this aint the badgers or the boilermakers.

Apollo Loc: Grand Lake, Ok

The smart watch that I have is a Garmin. It has a lot of features but usually only use a few of them. When I run (more accurately shuffle) it keeps track of my heart rate and I can keep it in a safe zone. It keeps me motivated to get my steps in everyday, but agree with PapaJ that the you can become obsessed with the numbers. If I don't get my required number of steps in everyday and at a pace that I think is good, I feel bad about it. Wouldn't be so bad if I was younger, but being older, I find myself pushing to get steps in and constantly trying to improve my shuffle times, which has led to some overuse injuries. I am trying to find a balance of keeping in shape and remaining injury free, and I am definitely still a work in progress. Overall though, I really like what the smart watches can do.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Thanks for the reply Apollo. Appreciate the info.