Smart Watches and Tattoo Sleeves

[cfdjay]

Another good reason to not get a flat
brimmer, bruh, arm sleeve. jk

This made me chuckle. No flat brims here but I did get the ink in SLC lololol

 

[Pilarczyk85]

Im heavily tattooed with sleeves down to my knuckles and my garmin works just fine.

 

[2531usmc]

Perfect reply lol

Probably could have bought a Rolex for what sleeves cost

 

[cfdjay]

Im heavily tattooed with sleeves down to my knuckles and my garmin works just fine.

From what I’m reading it’s pretty dependent on color and darkness of ink. I did try one of those stickers that was recommended to put over the sensor and it started working again. So possible fix. Time will tell.


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[cfdjay]

Probably could have bought a Rolex for what sleeves cost

Man you ain’t lying


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[knale87]

My Garmin instinct was never very accurate so I turned all those features off. Never would have thought it could be from my tattoos but maybe that’s why.

 

[Yoder]

Wow. Talk about first world problems. Un freakin believable. Never in my life would I would guessed this an issue.

Or so many have a Rolex. WTF

 

[McCrapper]

I have an older 16570 that I bought as my first one, I love it. Not to flashy and perfect size for a daily.

I have a newer sub date for special occasions but not a fan of the newer case size. Should have a bought an older model but it was an anniversary present so not ever gunna sell it,

Orient kamasu is super hard to beat for the money, hits wayyyy above its price range, pair it with a strape code and it’s about the perfect daily watch imo. I’ve beat the living piss outta mine the last 10 years and it just keeps on ticking!

I should've jumped on those when they were $4500. I only have a Datejust with diamond dial, really classy looking but too much for day to day wear.

 

[Marbles]

Just turn off the wrist HR and have longer battery life.

For HR based training, the wrist is inaccurate enough to be worse than just using perceived exertion anyway.

A Polar Varity Sense (if you right upper arm doesn't have ink all over it) is significantly more accurate than a watch and less annoying than a chest strap.

 

[cfdjay]

I like it more for the sleep monitoring.


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[Marbles]

I like it more for the sleep monitoring.


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You could switch to your right wrist at night.

I'm not sure the sleep monitoring would be worth that much to me. 2 nights ago it told me I had great sleep when I woke up and laid awake for an hour or so, then the next night I slept solidly through the night and it said my sleep was poor and interrupted.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

I should've jumped on those when they were $4500. I only have a Datejust with diamond dial, really classy looking but too much for day to day wear.

Ya I bought my first one in 06 when i graduated USMC boot camp, wore it all 4 years on active duty. Beat the piss outta it on deployments. Cracked the glass and Rolex covered it for feee.

Paid 2800 bucks new. My dad told me I was crazy for spending that much on a watch. I could easily sell it for 8-9k after almost 20 years.

My new sub date was like 12k and I have no doubt in 20 years will be worth double. They are actually great investments imo. My kids will get em when I’m gone and either use em or sell em and make a pile of money.

Hell my cheap orient was 150 new and now they are almost 300 bucks.