Recent content by luisrcastillo

From someone who owned it, I wouldn't recommend it until Samsung releases the update(s) this device needs to qualify for a fitness tracker.

Thanks for the info. I ended modifying mine too to see the effect it has on me. I'm a big guy trying to get healthy so calories are extremely important

Was that your active calories alone or a combination of both active and resting? I did notice a high count the first couple of days but after a couple outdoor walks/runs it calibrated and the calories are better. I was pretty active on both days but still felt it was kind of high. However, today...

I agree that it's not the prettiest but given how good how good it is I'm getting over the looks. I think this is the device I've been looking for. I hope it works out for you!

Followed your footsteps and returned mine and got the Garmin so we'll see how good that is. Really wanted to love the fit 2 but the issues don't justify its price.

The calorie count and HRM during other workout was what lured me into returning the gear s2 when it came out. I had hoped that Samsung might've fixed these issues in this fitness tracker but I was wrong. I honestly don't have any hope that Samsung will fix soon. There's also no way for us...

Outdoors with GPS seems more accurate as far as location and speed goes. Calories seem to be OK too. I agree with you on the annoyances and I personally have thought about returning it but mine got scratched and I have a feeling they won't take it back [emoji22]

I turn location off on the treadmill and turn it on when running outdoors

I noticed this and to me it looks like machine exercises like treadmill are not using the heart rate which is odd. However, if you set your excercise as running and turn off location, you will get a better calorie count but the distance will be significantly higher than the treadmill.

Not being able to see HR during other workout is my biggest annoyance with this device

I noticed the distance estimate is way off but at least calories are better. In S Health on the step count screen, you can pick which source you want to see whether it's the phone, gear or both

Not bad. I don't really use GPS so I don't think I'm really affected by it but I did notice that with WiFi off battery life did improve slightly

I noticed something interesting. So when I started a workout on a treadmill as running rather than treadmill, it seems that the calorie calculation takes the heart rate into consideration. I used a couple online calculators and the numbers were pretty close (fit 2 was 8 calories short). In my...

If you go to settings>device on the gear fit 2 itself you'll see the option to disable wake up gesture.

How's everyone's battery life? I can't get more than 2 days on mine which I'm OK with since it is more than just a fitness tracker but it is less than the 3-4 days advertised by Samsung