DC Rainmaker on The Front Desk Review
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They tend to have some of the longest battery life out there
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For the vast majority of consumers, the Fitbit Air will do exactly what a Whoop band does, for a fraction of the cost, and in some cases, even do it better.
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substantially upgrades the imaging pipeline (and video quality), and then adds in a bunch of super useful gesture-based controls (arguably the first time I've ever found any gesture-based control system even halfway useful, most just suck)
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Everything has been spot-on, even when lowering the GPS accuracy down, it’s still spot-on with its dual-frequency competitors.
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the button-only functionality is super clean
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For my indoor ride, accuracy was largely quite good, until I got to the tippy-top pain locker of some hard intervals where I was sprinting a bit (then it lost track of HR).
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the bike bell is awesome. Seriously, that’s (by far) the best feature on this unit.
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there's simply nothing of note in either heart rate or GPS performance to be of concern. It's spot-on across the board.
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on the whole, things are much better than the Watch6 heart rate accuracy, and largely good enough for most running-focused scenarios.
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when I look at GNSS/GPS accuracy on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra, it’s very solid
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Hot take: The bike bell is the best part of the Edge 1050.
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looking at GPS accuracy overall, I see only good things on the Karoo 3’s data plots here
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This watch in isolation is great.
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The Garmin Lily 2 takes seemingly all of the criticisms I had about the Lily 1 and fixes it
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the improvements in the heart rate accuracy are real – be it via algorithm or new sensor, they definitely improved things there
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In the case of heart rate tracking though, Apple continues to have one of the best optical heart rate sensors on the market, which I’d say is largely a wash between Garmin’s ELEVATE V5 HR sensor at this point.
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the Venu 3 easily delivers on both accuracy and usability, with a solid feature-set of both new and existing items that’s very competitive
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The imagery coming off the unit is incredibly good, and on par with the DJI Mavic 3 Pro in almost all my shots (and even better in a handful) – even if at lower than 5K resolutions.
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GPS accuracy is basically perfect here.
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The Edge 840 delivers on what people want: An Edge 1040 in a smaller package.
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the reality is the new Fitbit Inspire 3 is likely outperforming its $99 price point
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making it the least expensive multi-band GPS bike computer on the market
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the Descent G1 is cheaper than the Apple Watch Ultra ($799), and of course has all the native dive stuff built-in
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For the price and display size, the Edge Explore 2 is hard to beat, at least for most cyclists that are more focused on the journey than the mid-ride metrics.
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there’s no bike computer anywhere near the accuracy of the Edge 1040.
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the Vivosmart 5’s optical HR sensor during workouts is largely spot-on, with only minor issues (save cycling, which is less accurate)
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Bryton does get the core data right, which is hard to do.
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My two picks here are the Lezyne Mega-XL & Garmin Edge 130 Plus
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the coloring on the new BOLT actually exceeds that of the ROAM.
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It looks really darn good. Super crispy. Very happy with this.
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This one tends to just work with minimal fuss, even if it’s at a substantial premium compared to competitor offerings.
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If you’re looking for a small form factor GPS bike computer, the Edge 130 Plus is easily the most polished option out there, with one of the heavier feature sets.
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I think it's a really solid mid-range trainer for the price and the simplicity of it.
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The rear-light meanwhile stayed on and appeared to have more battery
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