30 Days with an Apple Watch
I have been wanting an Apple Watch for years. My sister has one, a lot of the bloggers I follow have them, and I really wanted one. I decided I would give one a try for thirty days. Here’s what I thought.
Day 1: I picked up my watch after work on Friday. I would get the night to set it up and all weekend to play with it. I thought, ‘Wow, this is kind of cool. It’s way more comfortable than I expected. How do I check the charge? What can this do? Where is the home screen? I had to google all of these questions and more from my phone.
Day 2: My friend and I took a really long walk and I ran some errands. I surpassed 10,000 steps before the evening. Around 5pm, I realized in less than 24 hours I already needed a charge. I thought, ‘I hope this is just because I spent so much time trying out different features.’
Day 3: Thoughts, ‘No, it wasn’t. Apparently I will need to charge it everyday. This calculates stairs. I should walk up 18 flights of stairs to get to his apartment. Look, this watch is motivating me to be healthy!’ I got over 40 flights of stairs in this day.
Day 4: I went to the pool and read during the day. I ran some errands. I watched television this evening. I got about 5,000 steps, I didn’t care. My watch needed to be charged.
Day 5: I wore my watch to work. I loved knowing what time it was all day, I don’t have another watch so this was a new addition. I went to yoga, I “only” burned 250 calories. I wondered how accurate that calculation was.
Day 6: I wore my watch to work again. The battery died so I had to charge it in the morning. I wore my watch for a run on the treadmill.
Day 7: I love this thing. How have I gone so long without a watch?
Hurricane Florence came to Charlotte this week. I missed three days of school, attended a wedding, and had a 5 day weekend. Needless to say, it hardly got worn. It doesn’t have the classy style (even with a pretty band) to be worn with formal attire.
Week three comes around and my iPhone X completely went down for the count. The screen stopped working entirely (which means the phone is useless). I had to wait two days to get into the Apple Store. The people working their were very kind and helpful however, I noticed a number of people were there for their watches.
Honestly, I don’t want to need to go their to have something else fixed. I decided to get rid of my Apple Watch the next day. I didn’t really miss my Apple Watch when I went without. A lot of the novelty had worn off at this point. I definitely want a watch but I want something that has a more classic look and will last past technological failures.
Nonexistent.
Pros(+):
– I can see how many calories I burn during a workout
– It charges very quickly
– I can answer my phone downstairs, even when it is charging upstairs.
– I love to meet goals, I have so many.
Cons (-):
– I need to charge this thing every day
– The phone pairing does not reach very far
Questions:
– How accurate is this calorie counter?
– I’ve already walked up and down the steps 5 times today and it says 1 flight of stairs.
I don’t wear a watch on a regular basis and I would like a Michele watch but definitely don’t want to lay down that kind of money right now.
Ultimate Decision: Pass. It took me less than thirty-days to realize that the Apple Watch trend was not for me. At a much lower price I could keep it for workouts and casual days but at it’s price-point I would need to rely on it for more than I could.
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