I’ve attempted to wear an Apple Watch a few times in the past. Never took. I’m trying it again with the Ultra. So far (4 days), I think it’s so cool.
- The watch face I’m showing here is my favorite. It’s got a full-color version but the all-red is just a great look. It’s got an absolute buttload of information on it: Time, Date, Elevation (fun, in our mountainous area), UVI, Health rings, Temp (w min/max), Compass, and one-click access to preset timers. Wow.
- The orange side button I just love. Just an orange guy, myself.
- The green band I got looks and feels good. It’s easy to take on-off. Seems weird there are so few band choices but whatever.
- The totally flat screen (with edge) appeals to me.
- I can tap the watch against the Peloton logo on my Peloton equipment before a workout to connect and track. It’s so seamless and nice.
- Find-my-phone with a tap to make the phone make noise is clutch.
- Allow watch to unlock app and Mac… also clutch.
- It was fun to jump in the pool and watch it switch into that mode showing depth and water temp.
- Battery life stays at about 50% at the end of the day. Could probably get 2 days out of it, which is nice for when I inevitably forget to charge it some night.
The main reason I got it though was for heart rate measuring. I don’t have a good sense for those numbers, and a good number of workouts I do have heart ranges they want me to stay in. So I figured I’d go for this watch and it could help with that. And it does. Heart rate isn’t a new feature, it’s just something I wanted.
My heart sank when I first tried to set up cellular and it failed like it did for me many years ago. But I kept poking at it and eventually, it went through and seems fine now.