I wouldn’t go as far as giving it a rave review but it works for me. I don’t need constant connection, just enough to fetch the activity recordings. You can take the activities and load them into something like Open Tracks.
Be aware you’re in for a rough around the edges experience. Garmin etc make their devices for their software only so you won’t get all the features. Without the Garmin app for example I can’t change the watch face or load workouts to the watch, so I have to have my phone on me during runs, which isn’t ideal.
I wouldn’t go as far as giving it a rave review but it works for me. I don’t need constant connection, just enough to fetch the activity recordings. You can take the activities and load them into something like Open Tracks.
Be aware you’re in for a rough around the edges experience. Garmin etc make their devices for their software only so you won’t get all the features. Without the Garmin app for example I can’t change the watch face or load workouts to the watch, so I have to have my phone on me during runs, which isn’t ideal.