New Tech

I have to admit, I love gadgets and one of my favorites was my activity monitor. I had been wearing the Garmin Forerunner for about a year and a half and I quite liked it. I was quite sad when the band broke and I could no longer wear it. It's an older model and I think that it has been replaced with newer versions so of course the band (which can be replaced) is really hard to find and has to be ordered online. That's frustrating as hell.

When it first started to wear out I started thinking about what I wanted to get to replace it when it eventually became unwearable. I had thought about replacing it with an Apple watch. I will admit, I love Apple products. I have a few different i-things and felt that the watch would be a good addition. Unfortunately they are pretty pricey and I have heard that they can be a little on the pricey side. I also didn't really need some of the features that the watch includes.

Then, I heard about the FitBit Blaze. I liked that it sat closer to my wrist than the Garmin did and I also liked the fact that you could swap out the bands to change the look of the watch (what can I say, I like trying to coordinate things lol). Unfortunately, it was still expensive enough that I couldn't justify making the purchase. My Garmin was still trucking along and working quite well and I was used to the features.

Then, it happened. The part of the band that adjusts the size tore. It still sort of fit so I powered on. Then, I lost the part that holds the free end of the band in place. It broke and fell off the watch and it would no longer stay on. A fitness monitor is doing nobody any good if it falls off and so after losing it a few times I ended up biting the bullet and buying my Blaze.

I think it looks darn good on my wrist. I'm still getting used to the different functions but I like the fact that I can register specific exercises so that it tracks my calories accurately. Getting used to everything else will just come in time.